Donald Trump has threatened that Iran will be “blown off the face of the earth” if it attacks US vessels trying to reopen a route through the strait of Hormuz.

The US launched an operation on Monday to help hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, dragging the region back to the brink of full-scale war.

Over 800 ships and roughly 20,000 crew members remain stranded in the region.

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    This will ensure that all countries will develop nukes otherwise they will be defenseless against nuke owning states.

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    This is that elementary school bully that walks up to a kid and punches them because they think it’s funny, but when the kid punches back the bully goes crying straight to the teacher.

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    In other words, the Cheeto will murder a bunch more innocent children and then taco the fuck out

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    This train wreck is as painful to watch as a B horror movie.

    This numbnut is walking into an obvious trap. They’re baiting major assets of the USN using ratty little fast boats.

    Now that they’re in striking range, their defense have to be lucky every single day, multiple times per day. If the Iranians are lucky once, they destroy billions of dollars in hardware, get major bragging rights, and thousands of GI families at home get to look up the lyrics to “Fortunate Son.”

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    All you had to do is not do the stupid blockade, Iran at that point was ready to open the damn strait, ships were going through. Now we 'll have stupid pointless escalations because fuck the global trade

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      All he had to do was not shred the Iran deal we already had in place (and was working) because it was negotiated and put into effect under a president who was black.

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        When there’s eventually a deal with Iran, it’s not going to be as good as the one we already had with them but he’s going to say it’s the best deal ever and his base won’t know any better. It’s such a stupid time we live in.

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          That’s like 95% of the reason he shredded it. Same reason he claims he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, outright hates ACA, and did everything he could to undo literally everything Obama did.

          Exactly the same reason he cut the Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense, which was Obama’s defense when H7N9 broke out. Then COVID came and no response group

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      Content warning: needless uninvited pedantry ahead

      Trump acts like a toddler. And any parent can tell you that predicting the inevitably dumb behavior of your toddler isn’t rocket science.

      He’s so predictably stupid and selfish that most of the time, everyone else but him knows what he’s doing. It’s a fun meme but I think the reality is the opposite.

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      I know it’s a joke, but people who don’t know what they are doing are relatively easy to predict.

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    Once you’re doing warcrimes weekly they just let you get away with raping kids apparently

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    I really hope Americans have learned something from this and that is to not elect demented pedophiles to be presidents FUCKING TWICE, third time’s the charm right? right?? And while everyone else is trying to deescalate the situation he and his “top” officials are trying to make it as difficult as possible to reach a peaceful solution.

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      come on now you think the yanks have learned something? they haven’t learned a thing for decades. Did they learn anything after Reagan? Bush Senior? Bush Jr twice? you honestly expect them to figure it out NOW?

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        A good percentage of the US population would elect Satan himself as long as he was “sticking it to the liberals.”

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          Satan as in Lucifer? The light bringer? The symbol of knowledge and enlightened thought? That Satan?

          Would be way better than what we have right now.

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      He’s getting a 3rd term. The American people are dead and oligarchs are stripping the country for parts

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          Who knew rules mattered basically fuck all? Image the people who spent tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars studying US law, all for it to mean fucking nothing. Not to mention everyone who got a “secure government job” just to have a couple of coked up losers fire you and ruin your life.

          I don’t even really understand how people are being so apathetic? Was it the constant school shootings? Or maybe even social media? I don’t get it.

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      It could be worse. We accidentally voted for an orangutan. But it could have been a WOMAN OF COLOR! Really dodged one there… /s

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        Be nice to orangutans, they’re so chill. They can’t help that a reviled wannabe dictator dyed himself orange for some stupid reason. :(

        I’d vote for president actual-orangutan over of any of the garbage choices we keep getting.

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      Americans have no such self-awareness. The ones that do do everything in their power to leave the country or isolate themselves in communes and imply don’t participate.

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        Tempting, to just go inna woods and run from society, but from what I’ve seen the ones that have self awareness are actually flooding the streets across the country with protests and getting teargassed and stuff.

        I get that the internet can be a collective jar to sigh and vent into but let’s not discount the sacrifices many are making because they believe tomorrow can be better.

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      Honestly even if Congress is swept by Democrats, I would be completely unsurprised if the controlled opposition faction of the DNC (read: the vast majority of them) does nothing at all due to how diViSiVE it would be. And even if they do, the Tribunal of Six will probably try to declare impeachment unconstitutional or something like that.

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        The leftist candidates that have been winning these various special elections by double-digit spreads over highly-favored right-wing candidates are not dems, they’re progressives. Same label, very different flavor.

        And I am totally here for that. It’s been fun watching them quietly form a party within the party.

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    Feckless feculence mainly resides at the Florida Blight House whilst Kegsbreath Kevin prosecutes their war crimes against humanity in the Caribbean, the Middle East & elsewhere, draining the USA of resources once utilized to care for our friends, families & neighbors in our various communities.