Donald Trump threatened to “take over” Iran if the Strait of Hormuz was not immediately re-opened, the president told Fox News.
His latest round of threats came in response to news Saturday that Iran was once again closing the key waterway, just days after signing an agreement to ensure that traffic could flow through.
Iran announced that it would close the Strait of Hormuz after Israeli forces continued an all-out assault into Lebanon aimed at dislodging Hezbollah militants.
80 Comments
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 96 pts · 65d
So much winning and no pointless, endless wars in the Middle East.
Seriously, if you are a conservative still spouting these lies, you might want to get your head checked. Unfortunately, there are 30-some percent of people in this country still supporting this complete dumbass.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 65d
Its really easy to avoid the “liberal media” these days.
zwerg@feddit.org · 11 pts · 65d
What liberal media is there any more?
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 65d
Well exactly
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 65d
Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world · 71 pts · 65d
87Six@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 65d
I want to be mad at the Rword use, but in Trump's case it's accurate so it doesn't sound like a slur
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 65d
To delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
Sounds like calling conservatives retards is accurate based on the dictionary definition of the word....
Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 65d
It's not. I wouldn't use it against the people it was used to make fun of, because they certainly don't deserve it.
Trump, and his ilk, are so revolting, disgusting, insulting, ignorant and crass that no other single word would cut it. We need to repurpose it.
tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 65d
But that is akin to saying it's revolting, disgusting, crass for someone to be intellectually disabled. There are millions of words and we can even make up entirely new ones, why do we need to repurpose an ableist slur?
HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 65d
I thing people on the left need to appreciate the power behind that word and why it needs to be used against these fascist assholes.
artyom@piefed.social · 4 pts · 65d
I think you need to appreciate that some people are clinically "retarded" and importantly not fascist assholes and don't deserve the comparison.
HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 65d
Literally every word to imply someone isn't smart (idiot, stupid, dumb, etc) was once the "clinical" term until it naturally evolved into an insult specifically targeted against people, not for a genuine cognitive impairment, but people doing genuinely fucking stupid things.
The word "retarded" used as an insult shouldn't be treated any differently as side from the emphasis it holds in co.parison to the others.
artyom@piefed.social · 0 pts · 65d
Please do share the clinical equivalent
tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 65d
No, fuck fascist pieces of shit, we don't need to use ableist slurs, what power does it have? It has no power against Trump or his followers, at most it will make them mad and hit their wife more. I'm sorry I already replied but this is just so irritating to see so much and makes no sense at all and only hurts vulnerable people.
Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 65d
It needs to be recycled to reference only absolutely inept, ignorant, malignant pieces of shit like Trump.
People with cognitive impairement of any kind don't deserve to be insulted and made fun of.
But Trumptards? Absolutely
tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -2 pts · 65d
The offense doesn't come from who it's directed towards, using it as a slur maintains the idea that it's disgusting or malignant to be disabled. How would it sound if people called them the N word, or gay? They would be offended at that wouldn't they?
tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -4 pts · 65d
I'm sure a young person with a learning disabiliy who gets called that by bullies would love if people used it more. I know it's really great everytime people call Trump gay. Can you explain why it needs to be used?
HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 65d
It wouldn't be that different than targeting a child like that with words like "stupid" or "idiot" or "dumb ass".
Why is "retarded" magically different? The others if misused against those with learning disabilities in earnest would count as slurs too.
tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 65d
Yeah we should avoid those terms as well, many people do.
HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 65d
Or we can accept that these words are not inherently taegetted at society's vulnerable and realize context actually matters.
White knighting and word policing in the face of an actual fascist takeover and destruction of the country is some really badly placed priorities. Shows a lack of sense of what's actually important.
tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 65d
By that logic we could excuse any slur. I agree there are more pressing issues, it's not a priority or a thing I spend a lot of time arguing about, but it's a very simple task to use a different word that doesn't hurt and marginalize disabled people. I think having respect for vulnerable people is still important with everything going on. Part of a fascist takeover is the language they use, words reflect people's culture and using ableist slurs is reflective of fascist ideals like eugenics.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 65d
Trump's gay?
tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 65d
No probably not, maybe bi, but I just mean like talking about him being gay for Putin or whatever, pictures of them kissing, that sort of thing.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 65d
US voted for another 4 seasons
TheLastOfHisName@piefed.social · 56 pts · 65d
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 65d
The problem is Bibi gives you briefcases full of $100 bills and you couldn't care less what was actually good for anybody
Substance_P@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 65d
Or that Mossad is the number one foreign agency that spies on the US government and has been for decades, that it holds kompromat material on much of the elite, and that this keeps Trump on a leash. There is no rational reason we kiss Bibi's feet other than blackmail. Jeffrey Epstein was the most successful foreign agent in world history
nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 65d
Trump probably won’t care about any dirt anyone has on him, and neither will about a third of the US population. However, point out his incompetence and you'll be kimmeled by this extremely insecure little whiner before you can say “reflecting pool”.
Hayduke@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 65d
This is a guy who has lost all control of a very bad situation. Republicans all seem fine with it. They talk a game, but avoid the mechanisms in place to put an end to it all. They are neck deep in the sunken cost of supporting a moron and they are out of moves. Good times.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 65d
When incompetence comes home to roost
toiletobserver@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 65d
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 65d
Donny couldn’t win against algae…
nullspace@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 65d
The pool's getting a $200 billion payout to begin talks on whether or not it will seek algae-blooming capability.
Wytch@lemmy.zip · 30 pts · 65d
Master negotiator he's the best negotiator, no one's ever seen negotiations like this before
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca · 27 pts · 65d
If your last threat didn’t work, add more swear words!
Zier@fedia.io · 27 pts · 65d
This will be just like covid, it will go on and one and many people will die needlessly, not to mention the financial cost. The only difference is this time HE created this entire problem.
fodor@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 65d
While it's true that Donald is directly responsible for this horrible loss of life, it's also true that the world will hold the US government responsible long after Donald is out of office or even alive.
A war is not fought by one person. In a democracy, or at least a country that passes for one, national level leaders are all responsible for such actions.
impairedimperator@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 65d
Not just the government, lol.
Look at any comment section under a post about Ukraine. Nobody cares whether some particular russian supports the war or not. Either they're at fault for supporting it, or they are at fault for not doing enough to stop it. Hell, even the ones that fled the country in an effort to avoid supporting it indirectly are sometimes considered responsible.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 65d
leadore@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 65d
It would be much more effective if he "took over" Israel instead of Iran, since the "agreement" stipulates that it is dependent on Israel stopping its attacks on Lebanon.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · -19 pts · 65d
Or take over Hezbollah and stop their attacks on Israel
theacharnian@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 65d
You mean the genocidal apartheid state that is armed with nuclear weapons and keeps attacking it's neighbours?
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · -1 pts · 65d
No nukes...yet
tigermountain@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 65d
What a master class of negotiation strategies.
Steve@startrek.website · 18 pts · 65d
The guy who already surrendered?
SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip · 15 pts · 65d
Based on the track record, I hope that Iran can do a better job with the reflecting pool.
newton@feddit.online · 4 pts · 65d
And the final in FIFA
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 65d
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 65d
We're back to this again eh?
ceenote@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 65d
We've now confirmed that it takes longer than 4 months to teach him something. Further testing
might be neededis probably gonna happen whether we want it or not.Goodeye8@piefed.social · 23 pts · 65d
I'm more amazed he hasn't thrown Isreal under the bus already. He hasn't had an issue with throwing people under the bus before, and yet somehow Israel perseveres despite Iran publicly humiliating him for months.
Makes you wonder what kind of dirt Isreal has on him.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 65d
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 65d
Just for the record it's "Israel." Not real.
arctanthrope@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 65d
by his own admission, he acts the same now as he did when he was 5, and I see no reason to doubt that assessment. so it apparently takes more than 75 years to teach him anything
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 65d
I literally don't get how someone can be that... stagnant. Like my personality ebbs and flows constantly based off of what information I take in, sure it usually doesn't effect how I act and present on a day to day but like any form of evolution a little over a long time is actually quite a lot.
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 65d
Mental disease lol
arctanthrope@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 65d
imagine a 5-year-old with enough money, that every time a normal 5-year-old would be denied and throw a tantrum, he can instead pay someone enough to do whatever he wants. do you think that kid would ever meaningfully change his desires or behaviors, and grow into a socially and emotionally healthy adult?
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 65d
Perhaps not functional but I would still expect some amount of change, but then again I'm more or less forced by instinct to collect knowledge so it may just be alien to me. It's quite literally incomprehensible that someone would through intention or nature not evolve as a person past the age of five, hell id expect puberty to cause something to shift.
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 1 pts · 65d
I guarantee, the tests will end eventually
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 65d
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 65d
I thought that was legitimately MacArthur but what the hell
fodor@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 65d
Oh Donald Donald, nobody believes a word you say. You're impotent!
ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 65d
Maybe if you give them 600 billion, Donny.
Art of the Deal motherfucker.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 65d
What about a plane? Everyone loves planes
ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 65d
Bitches love planes.
Steve@startrek.website · 11 pts · 65d
You and what army?
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 65d
Lol good luck
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 65d
Oh, I thought the war was over. Silly me.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 65d
This announcement was timed to coincide with his big UFC Birthday Fight. We always knew it wasn't going to stick.
D1re_W0lf@piefed.social · 8 pts · 65d
Ahhh. The eternal circle of
lifeFriday / Monday markets.Dzheyk@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 65d
Yeah ok there bud 😮💨👍
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 65d
"Sure you will Skippy."
Nothing makes a doofus look weaker than threatening to do something that EVERYBODY knows he is totally incapable of.
a_good_hunter@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 65d
TACO
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 5 pts · 65d
The dementia is strong in that one...
BetaBlake@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 65d
It's been closed you dumb bitch
TheAlbacor@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 65d
Maybe we should take control of Israel or let them get what's coming to them.
wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io · 3 pts · 65d
Well, this is a step in the right direction from “wiping an entire civilization off the map.”
newton@feddit.online · 1 pts · 65d
Talking of murica ,we know
stretch2m@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 65d
Did such a great job last time. It's a bold move, Cotton.
thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 65d
How? By paying them another 300 billion?
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 65d
300 billion isn't a pay-off. It's wartime restitution for wrecking shit and killing people.