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Trump says he will declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory
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return2ozma lemmy.world return2ozma@lemmy.world
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Buffalox lemmy.world Buffalox@lemmy.world
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Absolutely brilliant Trump. And now that you are at it, why not declare China a US territory too?
I wonder why nobody thought of that before? I guess it's because they don't have big brains. 🤡 🤢 🤣

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Eager Eagle lemmy.world eager_eagle@lemmy.world
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Buffalox lemmy.world Buffalox@lemmy.world
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#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

Hey poster, can you post a non amp link instead?
Here you are:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6030671-trump-says-strait-of-hormuz-us-territory/

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radiofreebc lemmy.world radiofreebc@lemmy.world
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#5 · (edited) Quote Reply

Isn't it already in Iranian AND Omani waters? You can't just claim something someone already owns...especially a country you're not at war with (Oman).

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orbituary lemmy.dbzer0.com orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#6 · Quote Reply

Do you have a flag?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6RhIx6US6Q

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limonfiesta lemmy.world limonfiesta@lemmy.world
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#7 · (edited) Quote Reply

Listen and learn boys. This is 12D chess, straight from the grandmaster.

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GreyEyedGhost piefed.ca GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca
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Isn't it already in Iranian AND Omani waters? You can't just claim something someone already owns...especially a country you're not at war with (Oman).

As a matter of fact, you can! It's a great way to start wars and annex territories. Not so good for treaty negotiations, though.

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NateNate60 lemmy.world NateNate60@lemmy.world
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return2ozma lemmy.world return2ozma@lemmy.world
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Hey poster, can you post a non amp link instead? Here you are: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6030671-trump-says-strait-of-hormuz-us-territory/

Fixed it. Sorry

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givesomefucks lemmy.world givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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Isn't it already in Iranian AND Omani waters? You can't just claim something someone already owns...especially a country you're not at war with (Oman).

You can’t just claim something someone already owns…especially a country you’re not at war with (Oman).

Buddy...

Most wars start because someone claimed someone else's territory...

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BuckFutter timeyak.com BuckFutter@timeyak.com
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#12 · Quote Reply

This seems like a good candidate for one of those real men of genius commercials they used to do in the late 90’s. Shame this is reality.

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affenlehrer feddit.org affenlehrer@feddit.org
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#13 · Quote Reply

Abstract Art of the deal

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rem26_art fedia.io rem26_art@fedia.io
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“Pretty soon, I will be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,” Trump said during an address highlighting his administration’s efforts to combat crime in the U.S.

That'll do it. That'll stop crime in the US for sure. I can follow the logic

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kevincox lemmy.ml kevincox@lemmy.ml
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#15 · (edited) Quote Reply

You can’t just claim something someone already owns…especially a country you’re not at war with (Oman). Buddy... Most wars start because someone claimed someone else's territory...

Yeah, anyone can claim whatever they want. Making other people respect your claim is the hard part.

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Rhaedas fedia.io Rhaedas@fedia.io
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“Pretty soon, I will be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,” Trump said during an address highlighting his administration’s efforts to combat crime in the U.S. That'll do it. That'll stop crime in the US for sure. I can follow the logic

Only losers stick to a single topic. This guy multitasks like no other.

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Pope-King Joe lemmy.world popekingjoe@lemmy.world
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Cricket [he/him] lemmy.zip Cricket@lemmy.zip
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This seems like a good candidate for one of those real men of genius commercials they used to do in the late 90’s. Shame this is reality.

Remember that those commercials used to say "real American heroes" instead of "real men of genius", until 9/11 happened.

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aramis87 fedia.io aramis87@fedia.io
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Please do it. Once he does it, we can complain about the inordinate number of aliens present and tell him he should send ICE there.

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BuckFutter timeyak.com BuckFutter@timeyak.com
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Remember that those commercials used to say "real American heroes" instead of "real men of genius", until 9/11 happened.

Oh wow you’re right, I forgot that…that explains why they had a gap in the commercials around 9/11

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turdburglar piefed.social turdburglar@piefed.social
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#21 · Quote Reply

we had the same inclination. thank you internet twin.

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Lost_My_Mind lemmy.world Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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Only losers stick to a single topic. This guy multitasks like no other.

Nope. Not really. All this random multitasking, all the constant never ending bullshit. It's all actually 1 task.

That 1 task is called "Distract everybody from the epstein files"

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Lost_My_Mind lemmy.world Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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Yeah, anyone can claim whatever they want. Making other people respect your claim is the hard part.

Alright. Thats it. I've had enough of these territory disputes. I declaire all of existence to be my territory. Yep. Every single atom that exists. All mine. I own everything now.

And for anyone who wishes to dispute this, the process is simple. Just take a number, use your toungue to write out a letter of dispute, directly onto my butthole! Anyone who doesn't do this respects my claim to everything.

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DarkCloud lemmy.world DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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#24 · Quote Reply

...but none of it is canon.

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rottenmummy lemmy.ml rottenmummy@lemmy.ml
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#25 · (edited) Quote Reply

Probably will rename it strait of America as well

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Sailor Anarres lemmy.dbzer0.com theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#26 · Quote Reply

Really "protecting an international waterway" of him.

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Aqivex fedinsfw.app Aqivex@fedinsfw.app
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... Wouldn't that then mean that every single US company would have an avenue to sue the US government for "negligence" in the handling of the Strait causing disruption?

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IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet reddthat.com IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com
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#28 · (edited) Quote Reply

There's a game being played.

I forget the quote... But I once heard...

"[You can play chess] or you can be a chess piece yourself and get played to death."

There's a higher level of understanding reality outside of the way we are groomed to view reality. The best and shortest way to articulate it in this context is that our nations aren't at the top of the game. The nations are a tool to be used in the game. So if we are living under our nations than we are chess pieces used by someone else in the game.

We are influenced to be distracted from the higher reality. The more people that understand the higher reality of "The Game" means that the current players of the game have less control. So that's why narrations of distraction and manipulation are used to keep people divided and bickering over stupid emotional drama instead of understanding and playing the game.

They even will say they are teaching you to play the game... But usually that means they are using you. It's almost like the idea of spirituality or meditation, it's something you can't teach, it's something that's not tangible until you realize you attained. The understanding is not attached to a nation or a religion or any group and never will be if it's truth is authentic.

We gave power to our nations. We gave them the power to play "The Game" for us. We gave our lives to be their chess pieces. And since the nations are used as tools transnationally by the wealthy, we gave our lives to them.

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Mulligrubs lemmy.world Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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The question is, who is profiting off of this? I mean not Trump money, but real money (JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, etc.)

Is it just a way to sell a few thousand missiles? I think there's more behind this (that Trump is unaware of, because he's a moron).

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Altered_bungholes lemmy.world molestme247@lemmy.world
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IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet reddthat.com IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com
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I see you username. #bleachlife

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HumanOnEarth lemmy.ca HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca
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There's a game being played. I forget the quote... But I once heard... "[You can play chess] or you can be a chess piece yourself and get played to death." There's a higher level of understanding reality outside of the way we are groomed to view reality. The best and shortest way to articulate it in this context is that our nations aren't at the top of the game. The nations are a tool to be use...

I mean, yeah probably. Not some interconnected thing just a different world with different rules than we play by.

If I had to guess one thing based on this, I'd say climate change. As in the writing is on the wall, and everything happening boils down to power and money preparing for the end of civilization as we know it.

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IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet reddthat.com IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com
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I mean, yeah probably. Not some interconnected thing just a different world with different rules than we play by. If I had to guess one thing based on this, I'd say climate change. As in the writing is on the wall, and everything happening boils down to power and money preparing for the end of civilization as we know it.

I generally write my posts for myself. Like just thinking out loud.

One thing I think people don't think about is how much we have as a modern civilization that is not necessary to living. It's these extras that keep people submissive to a darker side of humanity. And with the speed of everything changing we really aren't born into life with an understanding of what's not necessary, instead we are born into a world based off living for wants instead of needs. That's essentially what keeps all these issues I see people complain about growing.

No one makes true sacrifices to stop this trajectory. It's almost like modern life is a junky culture of people addicted to privileges that aren't necessary to their life. They will pay tax to kill people to keep that privilege and at the same time protest and beg for things to stop.

I know I'm part of the problem. I'm not trying to hate on anyone but it's something I feel like I can't deny is true. Like any addiction, I feel like understanding denial is the first step in true change.

I think understanding this denial helped me understand the real "game".

...Like, as a metaphor, I lived my entire life like a crack whore being offered useless shit in order to be submissive for my pimp to gain more control of the block, while watching the people on the block, under his control, turn into something that holds little genuine humanity anymore. It's like humanity is theater now and all the soul is distilled out of it, and what is distilled out is the fuel that keeps the dark side of humanity in control. And that's because people were taught to stop playing "The Game" and instead gave permission to some other entity(nation?) to do it for them.

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darthsundhaft piefed.social darthsundhaft@piefed.social
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Classic conquistador heritage strategy. Taking what isn't yours by force because you can't think of any other way other than violence against people who didn't want to deal with you in the first place.

more ranting

Typical fucking wanker. He'll rewrite every bit of history he doesn't like to satisfy his own ego no matter how cruel or vile.

Yeah, remember folks. Did you all see that article about how the Pentagon admitted to slaughtering civilians in that one US war crime? Yeah, they're still fucking doing that. STILL.

They're not even fucking hiding it anymore. They're literally telling you to your face that the US has committed the same stupid ass crimes the media portrays as only being done by other war powers.

THAT right there is the problem. This has never been a west vs east battle. This has always been a class war. The greedy and vengeful don't see anything other than a battlefield but they use the rest of us as pawns. They could give two shits if you or I die for their cause.

USA this, Russia that--who cares! What we should be doing is taking them all out. Don't like Trump? Guillotine. Don't like Putin? Guillotine. Kim Un? Guillotine. As entertaining as feeding them to wolves sounds, I wouldn't wish their filth to any animal as food. which should be enjoyed.

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flandish lemmy.world flandish@lemmy.world
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#35 · Quote Reply

it’s an oldie but it checks out.

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AlecSadler lemmy.dbzer0.com AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Nope. Not really. All this random multitasking, all the constant never ending bullshit. It's all actually 1 task. That 1 task is called "Distract everybody from the epstein files"

Would he even lose his existing base at this point though?

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AlecSadler lemmy.dbzer0.com AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#37 · Quote Reply

Isn't it already in Iranian AND Omani waters? You can't just claim something someone already owns...especially a country you're not at war with (Oman).

US colonialism has entered the chat

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FlashMobOfOne lemmy.world FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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#38 · Quote Reply

Anything to distract from the Epstein Files.

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GreatWhiteBuffalo41 slrpnk.net greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net
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#39 · Quote Reply

Thank you, I came to see if this had been posted. I need this humor to deal with this bull shit.

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Anything to distract from the Epstein Files.

Honestly, the "distractions" are at this point so far far worse than the Epstein files themselves are that I do kind of want to focus on them.

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LemmyBruceLeeMarvin lemmy.ml LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml
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#41 · Quote Reply

See, he Declared it

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yeehaw lemmy.ca cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca
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#42 · Quote Reply

And I declare that trump's rectum is a Putin territory.

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Talcosis lemmy.zip impairedimperator@lemmy.zip
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#43 · Quote Reply

Honestly, the "distractions" are at this point so far far worse than the Epstein files themselves are that I do kind of want to focus on them.

Dude probably doesn't even remember the files, he's just trying to do crazier shit than yesterday with the knowledge that if he can't do something crazier then people might catch up.

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KulunkelBoom lemmus.org KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org
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#44 · Quote Reply

Trump declares the moon is his.

Film at eleven.

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Phoenixz lemmy.ca phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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#45 · Quote Reply

Good luck

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BarneyPiccolo lemmy.today BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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How does this dumbfuck manage to get STUPIDER with each passing day? It's like he's studying to get a PhD in Imbecility.

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nomecks lemmy.wtf nomecks@lemmy.wtf
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#47 · Quote Reply

I believe the standing order is that an attack on American territory can be met with nuclear deterrence.

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#48 · (edited) Quote Reply

Why not just follow Israel's lead and declare all other countries and the buildings and homes in them property of the United States?

Then everyone else becomes a criminal tresspasser terrorist and they have to do what we say because they're bad and we're right and it's normal and reasonable for us to zip tie a man's peener and parade him naked in front of his family, and shoot the kids if they so much as look at the rocks that are everywhere because we smashed their neighbors house into rubble the day before.

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Please do it. Once he does it, we can complain about the inordinate number of aliens present and tell him he should send ICE there.
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How does this dumbfuck manage to get STUPIDER with each passing day? It's like he's studying to get a PhD in Imbecility.

His brain is atrophying as his dementia continues to worsen.

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