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President Trump continues to say that Iran wants to make a deal to end the war and that the U.S. has control over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the president downplayed concerns about the conditions aboard the USS Lincoln. MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde and New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker join Stephanie Ruhle with more details and analysis.

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[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

NOT supplying our Troops is how you SUPPORT the Troops!

-Republicans!

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They are just saving taxpayer money. Such a genius move

[–] Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

Would be nice if they were actually saving money instead of being the most wasteful admin ever. Instead we get shit and massive debt

That just makes them smart!