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Botany

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4. Trump was told about the risks and decided to go ahead anyway

Reply to tanyev (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 09:33 AM

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“Trump reportedly acknowledged the risk but decided to move forward with the military campaign, telling advisers he believed Tehran would likely capitulate before taking such a step, and that the US military would be capable of reopening the waterway if necessary.”

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Trump was told before his war that Iran could and most likely would shut down the Strait of Hormuz. [View all] Botany Yesterday OP

Did Trump ever go to a gas station? bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1

Operation Epstein Fury had to go forward because Trump is trapped by his child raping history. Botany Yesterday #2

Has he ever driven a car? IbogaProject 20 hrs ago #11

Was he awake? Was he doodling ideas for new mean nicknames on his notes? tanyev Yesterday #3

Trump was told about the risks and decided to go ahead anyway Botany Yesterday #4

Well, everyone knows that the con artist is a lunatic Quiet Em Yesterday #5

;-{)....... Goonch 23 hrs ago #6

Highroad. Hormuz has been Iran's hostage for a decade at least. "Back off or oil and Israel get it!" OC375 23 hrs ago #7

That his job. Kid Berwyn 23 hrs ago #8

Another very bad decision Farmer-Rick 22 hrs ago #9

Of course he was told that. They've done it before. It was obvious they'd do it again. No way to stop them. Martin68 21 hrs ago #10

Exactly. TomSlick 14 hrs ago #12