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Donald Trump erupted at the United Kingdom Tuesday morning over its refusal to join the United States in its war against Iran, issuing the European nation a notice that the United States would no longer be offering it “help.”

“All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you: Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2 points 47 minutes ago

US owes most of its national debt to UK after Japan and China btw.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

I'm half expecting him to declare martial law tonight.

[–] saimen@feddit.org 10 points 4 hours ago
[–] yuknowhokat@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Damn, what a petulant little child he is. Anyone who feels he is the right person for the job has not been paying attention

[–] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago

Now hopefully the UK will finally stop letting the US use them as an aircraft carrier... right?

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 hours ago

Great advertisement for Chinese solar tech.

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Yes please, stop helping. And thank you! See? I didn't forget to say it.

But really, you have done more than enough. A LOT more. Some would say you have done way too much. Get on your couch, turn on the tv, order a Big Mac and please, please, stop helping.

The US economy is generally down, but there are exceptions. Some companies make more profit than they did before, especially US oil companies.

Why? Simple. Prices for oil are up, the US oil companies continue to extract the same amount out of the ground, which they can now sell at higher prices -> higher profit.

[–] Nunar@lemmy.world 28 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

What is a king if his crown is worthless? Not a man of the people, but surrounded by cultists. Praised by the loudest, loved by the thoughtless. Crowned not by honor, but by lies that were endless.

His walls crumble as whispers grow louder, Causing once-shaking hands to grip blades ever prouder. The throne he once clutched, now colder than stone, His fate sealed by the seeds of ruin he'd sown.

He feasts while his kingdom is left to rot, Drunk on his power yet blind to the plot. A puppet on strings, now tangled and caught. If he ends up dead, then that is his lot.

The crown on his head, a mockery now, A hollow gold band on a sweat-ridden brow. No glory remains, no trumpets resound, Only silence and ash on the burning ground.

Betrayed not by foes but those he called his closest friends,

Their daggers ensuring his rule meets its end. No prayers are whispered, no mourners will weep, For kings who sow torment shall fall just as deep.

When he ends up dead, the people have spoken, A crown polished with falsehood is a crown that is broken. And a kingdom built on cruelty is one which ends with dread,

The crown on his corpse was always a crown of the dead.

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[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 14 points 13 hours ago

We will! And it'll have blackjack ... and hookers!

[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 21 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe we can build even more big beautiful windmills.

[–] darkmogool@feddit.org 7 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

oh nooo… they kill millions of birds and [insert random idiot argument]…

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

Ohhh..my headaches...

bald eagle screaming intensifies

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 4 points 10 hours ago

No help only help

[–] metermatic26@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Why can’t the UK just deal with Iran directly? Why pander to an ungrateful US?

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

These numbnuts haven't figured out that it's not that hard for any other country to get their oil. Only the US and Israel need to suffer to this war.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Trump: “what if we pissed off everyone

Generals: pissing of all countries who-

Trump: “I said everyone! Every single person on the planet! I want them pissed all the time!

Now just sell it as lemonade and profit :)

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 1 points 8 hours ago

This but unironically. It's how authoritarians retain power.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

I remember when he first threw his toys out of the pram over a wind farm visible from one of his Scottish golf courses. He's lost all his battles here, hah!

Wind farms aren't ideal given all the infrastructure needed, but they are certainly preferable to a war.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15l3knp4xyo

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 14 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

At some point, some world leader should do a dressing down of this fuckface right there in the world stage.

Edit: Trudeau was too polite: https://youtube.com/shorts/G0va-McELJE

[–] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 53 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

I’m not saying the system was good (far, far from it) but this asshole walked into office and started dismantling 100 years of economic diplomacy and peace through trade. There’s no way you can tell me he isn’t a useful idiot for Russia.

[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 1 points 8 hours ago

And his entire campaign was based on convincing willful idiots that his presidency would do the exact opposite.

Now the US is dead last in education, science, GDP and trade. Lmao

Good luck blaming all that on Biden and Obama as if it's possible to pretend that any facet of society wasn't objectively better. There is no war in Ba Sing Se!

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