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He says other nations will have to guard and police the Strait of Hormuz as necessary, after his attacks on the country prompted Iran to target vessels in the crucial world shipping lane. Mark Stone analyses the Truth Social post.

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 70 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Comes in, shits the room and leaves.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

for you it was the Straight of Hormuz. But, for me, it was a Tuesday.

-- Donnie "shits-his-pants" Trump

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago

So running away and leaving the mess for his victims to clean up. Much like he probably did to the children he raped.

[–] entropiclyclaude@lemmy.wtf 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If you’re in Iran, the US doesn’t have an iron dome. And drones made it over military bases housing hegseth and others.

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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Vietnam speedrun any%

It did achieve the intended distraction from Trump's Epstein issues quite well though, they've been off the press radar since this began.

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[–] Stern@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Didn't think TACO even applied to military action, learn something new every day I guess.

i'd rather have him chicken out than continue a pointless war though

[–] ChristerMLB@piefed.social 22 points 1 day ago

America doesn't lose wars, it loses interest

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I started the war, you all finish it! Thank you for your attention to the matter!

🫲🍊🫱

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago

Just leave a giant steaming dump on the elevator for the custodian to clean up. That's his job, he gets paid for it.

So his war slogan is I break you fix?

[–] IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And at the same time he deployed a fuck load more marines to Karg.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Marines have not been deployed to Kharg yet, unless I missed something.

What you're seeing here is just classic Trump, utterly indecisive, utterly lacking in any ability to make long term plans. This is why he doesn't like war; it demands long term planning and punishes impulsivity (at least at the strategic level).

Currently he's stuck between two bad options. He can abandon the fight, or he can go all in. Both choices hurt him, just in different ways. And because he's a creature of pure id who craves constant adulation and approval, he's doing what he usually does and sounding those choices out in public to see what plays / feels best.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago

he calls them suckers and losers, he wants them to soak up the ammunition from iran.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump mulls all sorts of stuff. Invading Greenland and Canada come to mind, as do hamberders and cofefe.

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[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

mull is such a kind word for dementia

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

So that means he is gonna attack Kharg Island, doesn't it? Or launch a ground invasion elsewhere in Iran?

He likes to do this stupid transparent 4D chess stuff to try and keep people off balance

[–] KnitWit@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m sure you can just watch the betting sites, going to be some random 3 million dollar bet two hours before it happens and that’ll be junior cashing in.

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