Trump suggests in speech that 'pretty soon I'll be declaring' Hormuz strait a U.S. territory (www.cbc.ca)

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Unclear how seriously Trump meant the remark or whether it represented a new policy position

Donald Trump on Friday urged Americans to accept slightly higher gasoline prices as ‌the cost of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and said he would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz a U.S territory.

The comments underscore the growing political risk for Trump as higher fuel prices collide with his campaign promise to lower energy costs, with Democrats already seeking to make the economic fallout from the Iran war an issue heading ⁠into the November midterm ⁠elections.

In a speech in Garden ‌City, N.Y., Trump said Americans who had to "pay a tiny little bit more for your gasoline" should remember that this was the cost of ensuring "a very evil country" ⁠could not have a nuclear weapon.

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[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

Donald Trump on Friday

Says something to distort the markets, it happens every week.

[-] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

If they can, they will, and that has been true since the native genocide. There's no moral "should" in their vocabulary, they cannot conceive it, the closest thing is "legal/illegal".

[-] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 hours ago

[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Right in time for an EPA superfund?

[-] stumu415@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 hours ago

Is he going to turn the Strait of Hormuz into a beach resort like he wants to do with Gaza or cunt Kushner wants to do in Albania?

[-] andyburke@fedia.io 23 points 7 hours ago

The man is a walking embarrassment.

There is no rock bottom with them, is there?

🤦‍♀️

[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

He's a symptom of 'Murica's real heart

[-] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 7 hours ago

Even if there is, they'd just dig dig dig

[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago

If he wasn't such a stupid dipshit I'd think he had a humiliation kink.

[-] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 32 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I declare the ~~Golf~~ Gulf of America a NZ territory. Hence forth it shell be named after the most powerful country in the region - The Golf of Mexico

edit: well that is embarrassing, but Ill leave it mostly as is

[-] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago

The Golf of Mexico, coming in 2027.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago

I second that declaration

I also declare a thumb war

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 hours ago

FOUR!

[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago

Can't tell if intentional typo to mock OP's spelling of gulf, or an actual typo.

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

Tyop.

[-] EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

FORE!!!

[-] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

I'd visit!

[-] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 17 points 7 hours ago

Bullshitter bullshits more bullshit. More at 11.

[-] BC_viper@lemmy.world 13 points 8 hours ago

And I claim Washington as my territory. I expect them to comply.

THAT IS ALL.

[-] stumu415@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 hours ago

He's such a dumb cunt. Not the good Australian kind.

[-] TrippaSnippa@aussie.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

A dumb cunt is bad, much like a shit cunt or a dog cunt. A sick cunt or a mad cunt is good.

I am not making this up.

[-] Jargkra@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Thanx ya sick cunt 👍

[-] modernangel@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 hours ago

pedo says what

[-] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Well, as long as he declares it…

[-] Snowies@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago

Pretty soon I’ll be declaring my lottery winnings

[-] Lor@mander.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago

wash. rinse. repeat.

[-] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 2 points 6 hours ago

He was clearly joking, but he still needs to stop with his bullshit.

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 5 points 5 hours ago

Trump doesn't joke. He doesn't really comprehend the concept. What he does is say something outrageous and then if there's pushback he'll claim he was joking so it doesn't look like he's backing down.

[-] fbn@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 hours ago

yeah yeah joking not joking wink wink bribes plz

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