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"Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after Saudi Arabia suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, according to two U.S. officials."

nbcnews.comTrump’s abrupt U-turn on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz came after backlash from alliesSaudi Arabia, a key Gulf ally, suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, sources say.

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He was thinking he’d turn this into a protection racket and charge each ship $10 less than Iran. The US Escort Service. Just wire the funds to this offshore account and we’ll assign a warship.

And at this point I'd like to bring up again how placeholder prez Biden de-facto pardoned all the Jan 6 ringleaders just by simply appointing Garland, who let's not forget was Mitch McConnell's candidate for Trump's first FBI director. Both of whom are on this handy Russian mafia chart from 2017.

Idiokratie@idiokratie.bsky.social

Oh you liked that, huh? Here's another belated crowd pleaser: Merrick #Garland was pitched to Trump as #FBI director by *Mitch #McConnell.* Appointing him AG and leaving Wray in office after #Jan6 was Biden's way of pardoning ALL the Jan 6 ringleaders. Not ONE of whom has been held to account.

Well, his country is in the line of fire, and the mighty US has shown itself to be much weaker than expected - unprepared for counterattacks and running low on critical air defense ammunition within days. Another cold war giant caught hapless in the face of modern drone warfare.

Seriously, do we have any allies left at this point? If Trump gets any more pathetic, even Putin’s going to dump him out of sheer self-respect.

Demento may be the answer to speed record for all of mid east to hate usa. So damn quick for all countries to hate him. China helping Iran and Demento won't say a word. World knows how pathetic Demento is now.

Exactly right on this. And the part nobody's talking about is that the U.S. presence at Prince Sultan Air Base was already winding down—CENTCOM even signaled a shift in priorities back in 2023.

He’s the laughingstock of the entire planet, a dangerous one… but STILL a laughingstock !!! Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a nomination for “ post of the night “ !!! Bravo, I salute you Aaron 🫡🫡🫡🫵🏾 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏾👏🏽👏🏿👍🏾 ( International/ Informative/ Educational + World Leader Status GONE ‼️‼️‼️ categories)

this is honestly hilarious. even the Saudis are like "nah we're good" when it comes to his chaos. says a lot when your "allies" won't let you use their bases for a reckless stunt. wonder what other plans they've quietly vetoed

The Saudis told Trump to pound sand. They don't trust him and they think he will makes things worse than they are now. Even Prince Bonesaw told Trump there was nothing he could do. Everyone thinks Trump is an unstable moron.

Left: The world’s busiest oil chokepoint got planned like a tweet draft and a missed callback. Right: Funny how "allies" take YOUR money, then park YOUR Navy when things get real. Which one are you? frame-dial.news/quiz?ref=bs-tr

I am not a foreign policy expert. But compared to Trump, I’m a fukin’ genius. I understand the concepts: plan ahead, consider the consequences, develop contingencies, think outside the g-damn box.

When you’re used to opulence, even prosperity can feel like hardship Gulf states R used to carefree, easy living paid by cheap oil & cheap foreign, slave-like labor. They thought US bases &alignment were shields. Turns out they’re targets & they aren’t prepared to take the hardship of being targets

All that money for Jared and crypto wasted! Apparently, simply for lack of diplomacy, lack of courtesy, lack of respect. And US military incompetence.

As long as Trump is in office we were always going to end up here. Without any guardrails we knew he would destroy everything around him and burn every bridge to try to prove himself right. He has done this all his life.

Gee, and I thought it was because the Iranians had been cowed into making “great progress” toward an agreement.

Simply amazing stuff. I can hear the steady womp… womp… womp… It is the sound of them continually slamming their own dick in the door. You would think that would be something you’d sus out before announcing it to the rest of the planet. But no… we live in the stupidest time imaginable.

Another failure to think past step one of his plan. His cult thinks he plays multi-D chess. And maybe he does. He just can’t think about anything past the next immediate move.

All I have to say is welcome to NATO's world. Demented Dipshit Donny just does whatever he wants when he wants. And then he expects allies to deal with him shitting the bed and expects them to clean it up. When you don't you get crapped on cause you won't bail him out of another mess he made.

Naw they got what they wanted and then some. ~All our secrets revealed. ~We look the other way for bone sawing of journalists. ~The US president is a foolish dancing clown 🤡 on the world stage, being led by the nose by Israel, Saudi Arabia and Russia to name a few. What more could they want?

So we’re NOT making any benefit or lasting impact outside of the USA except for chaos, much like the chaos created inside the USA. Destroying financial and security world order for a handful of 70+ year old dictators, to create a modern global feudal society system, not as easy as they envisioned

Saudis hate Iran, but fear a regional revolt more—& their people see Israel as the real threat. MBS doesn’t like Trump—he owns him!🤦🏿‍♂️

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Predictably—Trump’s 'Project Freedom' flopped once Saudi pulled the plug on airspace/bases. Saudis hate Iran, but fear a regional revolt more—& their people see Israel as the real threat. The House of Saud wouldn't survive a fraction of what Iran has withstood. MBS doesn’t like Trump—he owns him!🤦🏿‍♂️

Maybe we should withdraw all troops, sailors and assets from Saudi Arabia, like we threatened to do in EU countries that refused to allow the U.S. to use their bases? Teach them the same lesson, that they taught the Europeans (whatever that was…)?

Well, when bribes are coming in from every direction, it's kinda hard to tell who is pulling the strings at any given moment. Putin, Netanyahu, MBS, Al Thani. Take your pick. 😡

We turned out to be way less competent at warfighting & strategery than they thought/we sold ourselves as, so instead of curbstomping their old rival & Trump’s nemesis since the Hostage Crisis, we’re flailing like all 3 Stooges & they’re getting crossfire. So now they’re asking Ukraine for help…

Just, they're suffering financially because their exports can't get out. Oppression freedom could have brought a limited amount of relief. Now they're forcing Trump to end it. I still don't get their objective.

Well no, they aren’t forcing Trump to end it yet because that isn’t under their control—they’re just ïting our stuff to minimize exposure because WHAT AIRDEFENSE DOING?! this time Yankee Yanukovych style Objective—get rid of a dangerous rival, Iran has been a loose cannon in the region for decades

This is what happens when a demented, sundowning malignant narcissist who doesn’t understand diplomacy nor the value of allies is in charge of foreign policy/military.

I suppose Trump will abandon all our bases in those countries now and teach them the same lesson he wants to teach Germany. I don't know what that lesson is supposed to be. And I'm pretty sure Trump doesn't either.

The Regime keeps threatening the Gulf States and European allies With pulling U.S. troops from our military bases And they keep saying 🙄 Stop threatening us with a good time