Trump's Second Term

[Andy_Ross]

The reason for underwater mines is that most ships nowadays are actually rather resistant to hull damage coming from the side.
But hit them from the bottom and you "break their spine" so to speak and cause damage that can only be fixed in a Dry Dock, if at all.

It's always been the same.

Poking holes in the side of a ship above the waterline is an inefficient way to sink it.
A torpedo or mine makes holes below the waterline.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Waltz: "It's absolutely correct for President Trump to call on the world to come help ... he's calling upon the world to take care of this problem once and for all"

https://twitter.com/x/status/2033209503877845298

 

[Lukraak_Sisser]

Waltz: "It's absolutely correct for President Trump to call on the world to come help ... he's calling upon the world to take care of this problem once and for all"

https://twitter.com/x/status/2033209503877845298

Hey, we started a war without any reason and plan to make our president feel tingly in his man parts for a small period of time.
Now it appears this was stupid and is causing lots of problems everyone knew would happen.

So now you need to help us, and in exchange we will put more Tariffs on you, break even more international agreements and refuse to help you with the war in Ukraine.

 

[shemp]

Waltz: "It's absolutely correct for President Trump to call on the world to come help ... he's calling upon the world to take care of this problem once and for all"

https://twitter.com/x/status/2033209503877845298

"I started beating this hornet's nest with a stick, and now they're stinging me! I expect you to come help me finish them off!"

 

[Flo]

Waltz: "It's absolutely correct for President Trump to call on the world to come help ... he's calling upon the world to take care of this problem once and for all"

https://twitter.com/x/status/2033209503877845298

Well, I'm sure a great part of the world can think of several ways this problem could be taken care of once and for all, but you and Trump might not really like it …

 

[The Great Zaganza]

People shouldn't start bar fights - especially not when they can't finish them

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

Donald trump operates in a world of "alternative facts".

Even if the world cup is a disaster, playing in front of half-empty stadiums, and losing millions of dollars, Trump will still claim the games were a "success, best ever".

He will also claim simultaneously that the games were a failure that were caused by "radical leftist leaders in Democrat-run cities".

That Trump will be stating completely contradictory statements (that the games were both a success and a failure) will be ignored by his MAGAchud supporters.

I'm not really considering TACO's reaction (I reckon his vision of the world cup is him being the captain of the winning team who scores all the goals and gets all the [underage] girls). But FIFA could be in serious trouble when this goes wrong.

 

[Garrison]

So it goes from we don't want Royal Navy ships, to we want Royal Navy ships and Trump swings from 'unconditional surrender' to 'not ready to make a deal yet'. There's no point talking about finding an off ramp when no one seems to be driving the car.

 

[Hans]

I realise I don't know how deep the waters of the strait are, and that matters because influence mines lying on the bottom are only really effective in shallow water where a ship passes a few metres overhead. They're the type of weapon that got dropped in shipping lanes in estuaries rather than out at sea.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Strait_of_hormuz_full.jpg

 

[P.J. Denyer]

It's always been the same.

Poking holes in the side of a ship above the waterline is an inefficient way to sink it*.
A torpedo or mine makes holes below the waterline.

*Unless it's a ferry at midnight.

 

[shemp]

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) explains why the Iran war was such an incredibly stupid idea.

https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mh22exlc3c2o

https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mh22exliw22o

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https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mh22ezkaq22o

https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mh22f2jpks2o

 

[shemp]

https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mh22f3ddus2o

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https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mh22f5k2l22o

 

[junkshop]

Waltz: "It's absolutely correct for President Trump to call on the world to come help ... he's calling upon the world to take care of this problem once and for all"

https://twitter.com/x/status/2033209503877845298

Why is he in Barbieland?

 

[jimbob]

It's ok, a Republican with the requisite can do attitude has found the solution.

Newt Gingrich
@newtgingrich
Instead of fighting over a 21-mile-wide bottleneck forever, we cut a new channel through friendly territory. A dozen thermonuclear detonations and you’ve got a waterway wider than the Panama Canal, deeper than the Suez, and safe from Iranian attacks.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2033249021133811775

 

[Norman Alexander]

The Chris Murphy commentary is all correct, but it overlooks the one factor in this Iran excursion that really matters: Brown Muslims are being killed. And that's all that matters to Hegseth and Trump.

 

[Norman Alexander]

It's ok, a Republican with the requisite can do attitude has found the solution.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2033249021133811775

Seems to be satire.

 

[jimbob]

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) explains why the Iran war was such an incredibly stupid idea.

https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mh22exlc3c2o

https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mh22exliw22o

https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mh22eykacs2o

https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mh22ezkaq22o

https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mh22f2jpks2o

I take issue with the idea that Trump has lost control of the war. For the obvious reason.

 

[dudalb]

I am also concerned about

How easy is it to pick up those mines after this alleged "war/excursion" is over?

It's called Mine Sweeping, it has not changed much since World War 2. A Minesweeper uses a special kind of what amounts to a new to pick up the mines; picking up the mines is the easy part, it is defusing them is the hard part.

 

[dudalb]

It's ok, a Republican with the requisite can do attitude has found the solution.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2033249021133811775

Gee seems to me the Gulf states might have problems with any kind of nuclear detonation.

Newt has totally lost it.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

It's ok, a Republican with the requisite can do attitude has found the solution.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2033249021133811775

And the fact that the ships that pass through it will glow in the dark will reduce marine collisions world wide!