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Trump & latest NATO threat 😱

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Cossy Fri 10-Apr-26 08:22:17

Trump never fails to annoy me, but the headline today absolutely enrages me, his ignorance, his stupidity, his arrogance!

What he evens means by the below is beyond me!!!!

ā€œ ā€œUS prepares to punish Nato states for Iran rift
President Trump has warned that the UK may face a ā€˜reckoning’ after an audit of the war effort.ā€

ā€œBritain has been told by the Trump Ā­administration that it will be audited along with other Nato members to Ā­decide which should be punished for disappointing the president during the war in Iran, The Times understands.
The UK is also facing pressure along with Nato allies to step up military support to secure the Strait of Hormuz, and there will be consequences for those countries that fail to assist.ā€

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ā€œUS prepares to punish Nato states for Iran riftā€
The Times and The Sunday Times
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HOW DARE HE!

Oreo Mon 13-Apr-26 23:12:06

There’s a lovely ear worm to go to bed on 🤭

Oreo Mon 13-Apr-26 23:10:54

Hey teacher! Leave that kid alone….all in all it’s just another brick in the wall.

Allira Mon 13-Apr-26 23:08:21

Oreo

Smileless2012

I'm glad that KS has refused to take part in Trump's blockade.

Well tbf he can’t as we don’t have any ships, maybe France will lend us one.

No, it's brickies he wanted for this wall but they're needed here for house building now.

Oreo Mon 13-Apr-26 23:06:28

Smileless2012

I'm glad that KS has refused to take part in Trump's blockade.

Well tbf he can’t as we don’t have any ships, maybe France will lend us one.

Cossy Mon 13-Apr-26 18:36:00

Allira

Ps it's going to be bigger and better than any wall ever built.
Better than the Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall, the Mexican/USA border wall.

It's going to be really nice.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Smileless2012 Mon 13-Apr-26 10:52:52

I'm glad that KS has refused to take part in Trump's blockade.

David49 Mon 13-Apr-26 10:27:48

Whitewavemark2

NYT reporting that the military have announced a step back on the blockade - distinguishing boats not leaving Iranian ports.

This blockade is something else not going to happen isn’t it?

24 hours is a long time in politics

Nan99 Mon 13-Apr-26 09:08:15

Lets not forget the US are the only
ones who have dropped the dreaded bomb. If one country drops it so everyone will start, so I don't think anyone will.

The US have started more wars than any other country.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 13-Apr-26 09:06:32

NYT reporting that the military have announced a step back on the blockade - distinguishing boats not leaving Iranian ports.

This blockade is something else not going to happen isn’t it?

fancythat Mon 13-Apr-26 09:04:17

Not to mention many probable wars.

fancythat Mon 13-Apr-26 09:03:59

nanna8

Which country is the only country in the world, ever, to drop not just one but two nuclear bombs ? Just saying.

Which has stopped the rest for nearly a century.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 13-Apr-26 08:55:51

Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline is once again running at full capacity after drone strikes, bypassing the straits of Hormuz

It is capable of shifting the equivalent of 7 million barrels per day.

I imagine that POTUS and the big US petrochemical corporations will make $billions out of this blockade as the price of crude oil and gas soars…

Chocolatelovinggran Mon 13-Apr-26 08:32:09

I don't understand the logic behind Mr Trump's blockade.
I see that Iran will not be collecting the fee that they have proposed for using this body of water, but they have not had it before, so lose nothing.
Surely it is every one else that will be enduring the consequences?
Am I misunderstanding this manoeuvre?

nanna8 Mon 13-Apr-26 00:25:00

Which country is the only country in the world, ever, to drop not just one but two nuclear bombs ? Just saying.

Oreo Sun 12-Apr-26 21:03:14

Yum!

Allira Sun 12-Apr-26 21:01:54

Oreo

Allira

Ps it's going to be bigger and better than any wall ever built.
Better than the Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall, the Mexican/USA border wall.

It's going to be really nice.

šŸ˜„
Think it’s a wall of šŸ›³ļø ships

I misread that as a wall of šŸ›³ļø chips.

Oreo Sun 12-Apr-26 20:58:32

Allira

Ps it's going to be bigger and better than any wall ever built.
Better than the Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall, the Mexican/USA border wall.

It's going to be really nice.

šŸ˜„
Think it’s a wall of šŸ›³ļø ships

Oreo Sun 12-Apr-26 20:57:45

mae13

Now Trump says he's blocking the Strait of Hormuz - but isn't it blocked anyway? Maybe Trump doesn't think it's blocked quite enough.........what are this idiot's thought processes?

Stopping ships entering and exiting, including Iranian ships and Chinese and those who are paying Iran a toll.

Allira Sun 12-Apr-26 20:52:49

Ps it's going to be bigger and better than any wall ever built.
Better than the Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall, the Mexican/USA border wall.

It's going to be really nice.

Allira Sun 12-Apr-26 20:50:42

mae13

Now Trump says he's blocking the Strait of Hormuz - but isn't it blocked anyway? Maybe Trump doesn't think it's blocked quite enough.........what are this idiot's thought processes?

Apparently he's going to build a wall across the Strait.

Smileless2012 Sun 12-Apr-26 20:47:38

I don't think he's capable of any thought processes.

TiggyW Sun 12-Apr-26 20:45:48

I don’t think Trump has ever studied world history, politics or geography. Someone should explain to him that the NA in NATO stands for North Atlantic (defence of), not the Middle East.

mae13 Sun 12-Apr-26 20:39:56

Now Trump says he's blocking the Strait of Hormuz - but isn't it blocked anyway? Maybe Trump doesn't think it's blocked quite enough.........what are this idiot's thought processes?

Allira Sun 12-Apr-26 20:03:56

Cossy

Menopauselbitch

For any one that’s open minded this is very long but very interesting. Could have a lot of the answers to what Trump is trying to achieve. I’m not saying it’s good or bad just thought provoking
youtu.be/xrmERlHUqBk?si=eyWpgJ1s5czorp3G

Thank you for this, I won’t be watching, not because I do NOT have an open mind, I do, however I simply cannot watch anything more which even slightly puts a good slant on anything Trump has done in either of his terms as POTUS.

In his first term he overturned almost everything Obama put in place for Mr/Mrs Normal/Average.

In this current term he has insulted almost every nation’s leaders, directly, outrightly insulted the Pope, attempted to take over Greenland and Canada, started and continued an illegal war on Iran, pretended to have worked on stopping the fighting in both Gaza and Ukraine, openly supported his own ICE staff murdering people in the open streets, pardoned violent prisoners, been found guilty of various felons…. and on and on it goes.

I simply cannot find ANYTHING positive or productive to say about him and I just don’t wish to listen to anyone, anywhere, at any time, praising him or explaining his objectives.

Sorry, that’s simply how I feel about him!

Cossy

A good summing up Trump's second term as POTUS.

Is he the most disastrous POTUS ever?

suelld Sun 12-Apr-26 19:16:59

Whitewavemark2

The question is academic. But supporting Trump does not seem a sensible strategy to me at any stage.

Exactly! He is a poisonous blob! If Iran decided to use a nuclear bomb they would be stupid … and vicious and aggressive the Revolutionary Guard might be, they are not Stupid… unlike Trump!
He started an illegal war without telling any Allies ( at the behest of Netanyahu probably) and is now in a worse position than before he started!