White house confused after Iranian prize remark

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-present-mystery-strait-of-hormuz-b2945506.html?test_group=lighteradlayout

Must be the Iranian peace prize to go with the one from FIFA.

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pentastarm@piefed.ca · 91 pts · 183d (4 replies)

No_Eponym@lemmy.ca · 39 pts · 183d (3 replies)

deacon@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 183d (2 replies)

THE YELLOW ONE IS THE SUN

SippyCup@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 183d (1 reply)

I'LL TAKE THE BACK SEAT IN THE MIDDLE WITH THE HUMP

WR5@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 183d

Both favorites! Grape and cherry are both favorites.

kmartburrito@lemmy.world · 78 pts · 183d (1 reply)

Well, it's probably because he makes shit up on the fly all the time. A man that literally cannot tell the truth is confusing? All he's trying to do is run out the clock. Keep kicking the can down the road to avoid prison and impeachment.

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise

neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 183d

And don't forget to throw in the dementia in there.

SkabySkalywag@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 183d (5 replies)

I am honestly not sure which is worse. That we have a world leader representing the US who believes

  • the population is stupid and complacent enough to swallow this lie.

-that a bribe is something both laudable and acceptable from an active war opponent.

This really is Caligula loosing touch with reality.

No_Eponym@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 183d (2 replies)

Caligula

Maybe the Marines will secure the Straight by firing bullets into the water and then declare victory over it? Some people tell me this is a very victorious way to wage war.

neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 183d

We need to nuke the strait apparently. Just like the hurricanes.

SippyCup@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 183d

We'll send a bunch of unarmed barely armed and notoriously fragile LCS ships made of aluminum to the Straight.

You know those stupid futuristic looking catamaran ass destroyers?

Those. (They're made of soft penetrable aluminum.)

ripcord@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 183d (1 reply)

That a bribe from a foreign power isn't specifically forbidden by the constitution, and for really good reasons

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 183d

I guess the emoluments clause just doesn't exist anymore, huh?

What about giving aid and succor to enemies?

Ariselas@piefed.ca · 26 pts · 183d

Maybe they gave him a 747 that's totally not bugged. oh wait that was Qatar, my bad

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 183d

I am pretty sure he is talking about the insider trading he and a bunch of people in the regime are doing on polymarket and similar platforms

timewarp@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 183d

I'm guessing it was a large wooden horse

dermanus@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 183d

What's confusing? You have the most short sighted, transactional president ever and he took a bribe. Or someone convinced him they gave him a bribe.

nogooduser@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 183d

They were also confused before the Iranian prize remark.

zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 183d

So it was a video of him raping a kid?

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 183d

They gave him a big gift, and that's how he knows he's dealing with the right people.

They might not be able to deliver on any of their agreements, but they promised him something shiny, so he's in.

They are going to fleece him for a zillion bucks.

FatVegan@leminal.space · 2 pts · 183d

The whole world is confused for decades

Trex202@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 183d
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