"President Trump told Fox News the US may take over the strait in the future if they have to & collect tolls. The president described this as the US being the guardian angel of the Strait of Hormuz & Middle East. He said that would involve the US taking 20% of the oil that passes through the strait"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 21 June 2026 at 09:23
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Sunday, June 21, 2026
Sure Why Not
It Is Very Very Funny
Netanyahu (and American lunatics) has been pushing for war against Iran for years, and now Iran has an effective veto over Israeli actions.
Saturday, June 20, 2026
At Least The War Is Over
- Iran’s military says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz over Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon that have killed at least 32 people since dawn.
- US Vice President JD Vance says he is expecting to travel to Switzerland for Iran talks within days.
Friday, June 19, 2026
Is "America First" Good Or Bad
The problem with the rhetorical stylings of The Klob here is that she suggests that "America First" - a particular branding of Trumpism, not some general emphasis on prioritizing America - is Good.
You can point out your political opponents are failing on their own terms, but you should clear those terms are bad!
You Don't Have To Hand It To Her, BUT
It is funny that Meloni has been less willing to take any shit publicly from Trump than most other European leaders.
I don’t mean that this makes her good. I just think it is funny that right wingers often can't stand each other because they are assholes.
Mr. TRUMP DOES NOT LIE
Vile slander.
A diplomatic row between United States President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has escalated, with Italy’s top diplomat cancelling an upcoming visit to the US.
At issue is Trump’s claim that Meloni “begged” him for a photograph during the Group of Seven (G7) meeting in France earlier in the week.
Sure Why Not
Normal behavior.
One morning, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt walked into the Oval Office and found Trump “clutching a tube of superglue and attempting to affix gold decorations to the marble fireplace mantel,” according to the book.
“As he was known to prefer his own aesthetic handiwork to anyone else’s, the sight of the President squeezing glue onto gilded appliques and mounting them on the wall himself surprised no one in his inner circle,” Haberman and Swan write.
Bibi Won't Stop
Not until somebody makes him.
Talks under pressure: Vice President JD Vance is no longer traveling to Switzerland for US-Iran negotiations today, with talks postponed. Iran has asked for guarantees that hostilities in Lebanon will end before it resumes the talks, a diplomat told CNN.
The script after 10/7 was that Israel would get to spend a few months slaughtering mostly innocent Palestinians, as a treat, and then somehow Netanyahu would be pushed out a d Good Israel would return.
And then...
Thursday, June 18, 2026
Lickspittles
I think a lot of people don't get that Trump understands the flattery he gets is bullshit. It is his power play, how he humiliates people, how he establishes he is on top. He doesn't actually respect the bootlickers.
Weeks after they met with Trump, he was still regaling associates with stories of how Zuckerberg and Bezos were “kissing my ass,” according to the book. “You would not believe the texts I got from these tech guys. I've got to show you,” Trump is quoted as telling some guests.
The episodes also show how Trump reveled in the genuflections of the titans of Big Tech—Google’s Sundar Pichai and Apple’s Tim Cook also met with the incoming president—before relentlessly deriding their efforts.
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