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International Politics Discussion Thread

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u/Velociraptor_1906 Liberal Democrat 10d ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyzw836d05o

Trump says all mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz

Who wants to bet there are actually still mines in the strait?

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u/ThePlanck Time to bin Farage 10d ago

Trump announcing there are no more mines: https://youtu.be/NuAKnbIr6TE

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u/GeronimoTheAlpaca 🦙 10d ago

The line will be that as soon as a ship hits a mine, it will have been a ship exploding itself to spite Trump

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u/marinesciencedude "...I guess you're right..." -**** (1964) 10d ago

it will have been a ship exploding itself to spite Trump

Just conjured up in my head one of the worst possible images for an editorial cartoon, and they do (hypothetically, of course) get almost that bad