Just a Thought

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[[[ So now it’s "Economic D-Day" against Iran to try to force them to make a deal. It seems Trump never went to war to win, as all he’s done is gone to war to try to make deals that make him look good, while all his supposed deals have done is fail.

 

The hell with Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the hell with their worldwide terrorist actions, the hell with the Iranian freedom fighters being executed by the day, the hell with the Iranian people who are still begging for help, all Trump cares about is making deals with terrorists.

 

And now to add insult to injury any country who aids Iran in any economic way… I guess that encompasses food and medical aid as Trump did use the words  "economic lifeline"… will face (as per Trump) severe economic consequences by the US. and isolation on the world stage.

Our president has no idea what the hell he’s doing, and maybe it’s time that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio rein this man in, because the way things are going he could well start a real World War III. My opinion, and I stand by it! ]]]

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Field Trip to Mamdani's Socialist Supermarket Goes Hilariously Wrong

Teri Christoph /' RedState

 

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plan to open five government-controlled grocery stores – one for each borough! – is going about as well as you'd expect a taxpayer-funded socialist supermarket experiment would go. Not great.

On Wednesday, city officials took a group of prospective vendors to tour the site of the Harlem store, dressing them up in hardhats and high-visibility vests. Everyone was ready for a muddy-boots tour of the construction site, hyped to be wowed by this socialist utopia coming to life. 

They were greeted by an empty parking lot with no construction whatsoever. Even worse, there was trash blowing across the vacant lot and nary a sign to suggest Mamdani’s socialist supermarket was arriving anytime soon.

Big Apple officials took prospective bidders on a pathetic tour Wednesday of a trash-strewn empty lot in East Harlem where Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s planned $30 million city-owned grocery store is supposed to become reality.  

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Iran says Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ will fail as Strait of Hormuz shipping traffic remains unchanged

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said President Donald Trump’s “economic D-Day” against Iran will fail, dismissing it as a distraction from America’s growing national debt. Trump said Wednesday that the economic campaign he plans to wage against Iran would be the most “crushing” operation of its kind ever attempted.

Covered by: James Cirrone and Emma Bussey / FoxNews 

 

WHAT TO KNOW

• President Donald Trump urged U.S. allies and countries around the world Wednesday to cut off Iran economically, saying there would be consequences for anyone who "provides a lifeline."

• Iran largely dismissed Trump's economic threat, with Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, saying this pivot comes after the U.S. military operation "didn't yield results."

• As of Wednesday, there are no talks scheduled with Iran, according to Trump.

• Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains unchanged from Wednesday, according to shipping data.

• Traffic has slowed further at the other major transit chokepoint in the region, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.

• Amid sustained disruptions to oil exports in the Middle East, Brent crude is now hovering at $94 per barrel, a 2.5% jump from Wednesday morning. Read live updates here.

Just a Thought

The thought below is my {Diane Sori) thought alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.or google.com 

  

[[[ Message to President Trump: As per some of your comments of late regarding the "Strait of Hormuz" and your now making it a U.S. territory in some posts/interviews or saying "the Strait is now under permanent U.S. control" in other posts/interviews, and then trying to either joke about it or have PR cover them up is just plain wrong. The fact is Mr. President, that war...any war...is NOT a joke, and should NEVER be treated as such. People die in wars...innocent people...and all your silly comments do is rub salt into the wounds of those in mourning. I say maybe you should stop and think about your words BEFORE you actually say them. ]]]

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Trump declares Strait of Hormuz as 'new US territory,' day after MoU deadline expire

When asked whether he was working to extend the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Trump declined to answer and shook his head no.

Dan Kweller / Jerusalem Post 

US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday in a Truth Social post that he was declaring the Strait of Hormuz a new US territory.

Later on Tuesday, Trump said that there are "no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled, with the Islamic Republic of Iran."

"The Naval Blockade remains in full force and effect. The Hormuz Strait is open and operating. All water mines have been removed or detonated," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

The announcement came after reporters asked Trump in the Oval Office on Monday whether he intended to make such a declaration. "I think it's an excellent idea. We control it through the blockade, and I like the idea of declaring it our territory," he replied.

Trump also pointed to what he described as the effectiveness of the US military's naval blockade. "We're taking out millions of barrels of oil a week. If you look at the numbers we're getting, the strait is open, oil prices are going down, and they'll continue to go down, unless we decide to do something much more drastic than what we're doing now."

Russia shipping drones, explosives to rebuild Iran’s supply after US, Israeli strikes: report

Ronny Reyes. / NEW YORK POST  

Russia is shipping parts for drones, missiles and explosives to Iran to replenish its weapons stockpiles decimated by US and Israeli airstrikes during the war, according to a new report.

More than two dozen Russian ships, many of them under US and European sanctions, traveled across the Caspian Sea to deliver the arms to Iran’s port in Amirabad, NBC News reported, citing documents and a Western official.

While the development demonstrates Moscow and Tehran’s deepening alliance, it also proves that the US-Israeli strikes against Iran’s production plants have been largely successful, Jim Lamson, a former CIA analyst, told the outlet. 

“Iran’s procurement of drone components and small arms ammunition from Russia strongly suggests that Israeli and US military strikes on Iran’s facilities that produce these items have degraded Iran’s domestic capability to produce them,” he said.

Just Two Thoughts

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[[[ My opinions and I stand by every word. First, Jared Kushner should be ashamed of himself for stabbing his long time family friend BiBi Netanyahu, Israel, and the Jewish people in the back for meeting with Hamas leaders in Cairo to try and make a 'deal' with the very terrorist masterminds and perpetrators of October 7th. Guess trying to make deals with terrorists runs in the family. ]]]

 

[[[ And Saudi Arabia who again said they'll only sign onto the "Abraham Accords" if Israel gives up land for a Palestinian State cannot be trusted as a U.S. ally. And why don't they give up some of their unused vast land to help their own Arab brethren...better for them to let Israel deal with the Palestinian trouble makers than them...putting it politely. ]]]

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