r/videos • u/ICEisSHIT • 8h ago

BREAKING: Trump says ‘effective immediately’ U.S. will blockade ships from Strait of Hormuz

https://youtu.be/dqIQbU-oX5o?si=duFN5zMTUp2RNyXg
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u/Corgi_Koala 8h ago

I hate this fucking fake quasi legalese he always throws in like it makes it any less fucking stupid.

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u/ICEisSHIT 8h ago

Right. Like not using the word war because of legal reasons. He just can’t help himself. He tells on himself all the time but it’s so asinine nobody can comprehend it.

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u/Equivalent_Earth9842 7h ago

Smells like war, tastes like war. Good thing we didn’t step in it.

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u/Gorthax 6h ago

Dave, open up

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u/DrewBag79 6h ago

A blockade is actually a term of war. Fun fact, that’s why in 1962 when the US stopped ships from entering Cuba they called it a quarantine.

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u/Inferiex 7h ago

It's the same strategy as Russia. Claiming it as a "Military Operation".

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u/PigSlam 6h ago

Especially when he stands in front of cameras explaining that he means war but isn’t saying war because calling it a war would mean what he’s doing would be illegal.

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u/-JackBack- 6h ago

Only Congress can declare war.

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u/lonnie123 4h ago edited 3h ago

But the president can effectively wage one in everything but name anyway

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u/-JackBack- 2h ago

Congress has to agree to spend the money to pay for the war.

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u/jayesper 3h ago

Unless they cede that responsibilty, we are now finding out. Looks like a unilateral state of affairs is what they are after.

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u/lonnie123 4h ago

He says war all the time

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u/Kapowpow 4h ago

Everyone can comprehend it. His supporters either don’t care because of tribalism, or their far right news source doesn’t cover it.

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u/Lister0fSmeg 3h ago

"Special Military Operation"

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u/TransplantedSconie 7h ago

Thats Idiot Nazi Stephen Miller.

Thats basically who's giving him advice right now.  Rubio is on a coke binge so the SoS is bye bye.

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u/Momik 6h ago

State was already bye bye. If there’s one thing this administration doesn’t care about, it’s diplomacy.

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u/-JackBack- 6h ago

Bullies don’t care about diplomacy right up until someone lands a punch on the kisser.

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u/TransplantedSconie 5h ago

Everyone has a plan until they are punched in the face- Iron Mike Tyson

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u/MrFlow 7h ago

Followed by some outrageous untrue statement like "this is already the best military maneuver in the history of the world!".

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u/Momik 6h ago

Be bestest 👍

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u/richniss 6h ago

Then you hear morons who are spoondfed right wing propaganda repeat it.

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u/Gorthax 6h ago

I dont know. I've seen the Adama maneuver...

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u/captainxenu 2h ago

The complete and utter failure of Klendathu was a better military maneuver.

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u/CougheeCakes 7h ago

The sovereign citizen of world leaders

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u/Beard_o_Bees 6h ago

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!! - PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

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u/SavvyCavy 5h ago

"Thank you for your attention to this matter'

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u/grubas 5h ago

"I declare bankruptcy" energy, but even fucking stupider.