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Meanwhile, dozens were injured by Iranian strikes in Israel, as Tehran targeted a nuclear site.

Donald Trump threatened Iran in a Truth Social post Saturday evening, warning that the U.S. would target the nation’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz remained closed.

“If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!” Trump wrote in the post.

Approximately 20% of the world’s oil passes through the the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trade route. Iranian attacks on ships in the area have seen the area essentially close to maritime traffic, while oil prices have soared globally.

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[–] Afaithfulnihilist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We did this.

Trump is the inevitable result of liberals spending all their energy opposing progressives and cooperating with fascists.

The portion of the adult American population that remains blameless is vanishingly small.

We decided at some point to stop enforcing laws on rich people and the whole world is paying the consequence for that. We are mostly the source of most of the aggression on most of the planet, I don't know about you but I'm old enough to say it's been 40 years of this shit to my recollection.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We did this.

Speak for yourself. I voted Green.

Trump is the inevitable result of liberals spending all their energy opposing progressives and cooperating with fascists.

That's a salient point, but the 'we' you're pointing to isn't a part of this. Billionaires and the Epstein Class are who the finger should be pointing at. Voters only have any real power at the local level, unless you're planning to follow in the footsteps of Player 2.

We decided at some point to stop enforcing laws on rich people

Again, I'd argue there's no we here. The only power you or I have is in our local neighborhood, and in mine, we're doing good things. Hell, my city was one of the few to put a killer cop behind bars. (And in the US, you can count on your fingers the number of killer cops who've spent any time in prison.)

[–] zeejoo@thelemmy.club 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I voted green

Then you did do this lmao

[–] eksb@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Depends where he lives. I always vote third party, but every district I am in is gerrymandered, and my state is not within 10 points of competitive for president, so my votes do not matter other than getting third parties on the ballot.

[–] zeejoo@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jill Stein is a Russian asset and anyone who supported the green party in 2024 is a cuck who got trump elected. Even if your vote didn't matter, you contributed to the dialogue and publicity they got for their blatant effort to split the vote. We shouldn't have only 2 parties, but in the current system voting 3rd party is performative at best and genuinely dangerous at worst.

[–] eksb@programming.dev -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That seems like something you guys should have been more proactive about.

[–] PeggyLouBaldwin@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the people who voted for trump got trump elected.

[–] zeejoo@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 week ago

You keep telling yourself that.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

A very useful comment. Thank you, and have a lovely Sunday.

[–] zeejoo@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 week ago

About as useful as your vote?

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also, and this is really fun, I literally predicted this in September 2024.

[–] zeejoo@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 week ago

Jill Stein is a Russian asset or at the very least a shill, and you're the idiot that fell for it and voted for her.

"Cornel West, he’s one of my favorite candidates. Cornel West and I like her also, Jill Stein, I like her very much. You know why? She takes 100% from them." - DJT

Stein recorded a video from Red Square, in which she talked about "the need to rein in American exceptionalism" and replace "a U.S. policy based on domination." Which, she's not wrong, but she wasn't saying it for the right reasons (hint hint red square).

Source

And then there's her position on Ukraine which is straight from the mouth of Putin and Lavrov.

“Russia’s invasion was a provoked response to the bigger, more murderous and illegal game plan of US empire… In 2014 the US backed a coup in Ukraine led by far-right insurrectionists. The installation of the new government was a giant step towards the goal of adding Ukraine to NATO - and putting hostile bases and nuclear-capable missiles right on Russia's border.” – Jill Stein (Feb. 24, 2022)

Then theres, you know, her having dinner with Putin. In Moscow. For..... Reasons?

Source.

But ya, blame everyone else instead of taking some personal responsibility for being a fucking moron.