Middle East War Week 3, Trump Messaging 'Winning', Voting Act

President Trump is telling NATO allies they face a, quote, very bad future if they don't help secure the Strait Of Hormuz. The Iranian regime is blocking the key oil shipping route and attacking Gulf countries as The US Israeli war with Iran enters its third week. I am Michelle Martin. That's A Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. As the public remains deeply ambivalent about the war with Iran, president Trump is doubling down on his message that US is winning. Is that the reality on the ground, or is he just trying to manage a global energy crisis? And Republicans are pushing a bill to require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Millions of Americans don't have easy access to those documents. Does it have the votes to pass? Stay with us. We've got news that you can start your day with. There is no sign the Iran war is ending anytime soon, and Iran is exacting a painful price. Iran is attacking Gulf countries and blocking the Strait Of Hormuz, a key oil shipping route. President Trump is pressuring countries to help reopen it, and a second front in the war is heating up with new Israeli ground operations in Lebanon and also potential diplomacy. NPR's Daniel Estrin is with us from Tel Aviv. Daniel, where do things stand? Well, Iran is continuing to attack Gulf countries. It says it's punishing those Gulf countries for allowing The US to use their territory to mount attacks on Iran, and so we are seeing the global implications. Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest airport, temporarily suspended flights yet again after a drone attack started a fire. And then there's the effect of the world's oil trade. Iran is largely blocking that key shipping route, the Strait Of Hormuz, And president Trump says he's speaking to about a half a dozen countries asking them to send military help to reopen the Strait Of Hormuz. He has threatened a, quote, very bad future if NATO allies don't help. Daniel mentioned you were, in Tel Aviv in Israel. So what are the effects of Israel's attack on Iran now more than, what, two weeks into the war? An Israeli military spokesman briefed reporters this morning about how the war is going in their eyes. He said the Israeli military has taken out more than 70% of Iran's ballistic missile launchers, but we do see Iran still firing missiles daily toward Gulf countries and toward Israel, including shortly, before, I got on to speak with you. Israel, according to the Israeli military, is now working to degrade Iran's nuclear program as well, and the military spokesman said that there have been some strikes that he cannot speak about yet. The major question here is whether this war will end with Iran still in possession of highly enriched uranium that it has, which Iran says is buried under rubble from the war last year. So the question is, could they …