Donald Trump threatened to “take over” Iran if the Strait of Hormuz was not immediately re-opened, the president told Fox News.

His latest round of threats came in response to news Saturday that Iran was once again closing the key waterway, just days after signing an agreement to ensure that traffic could flow through.

Iran announced that it would close the Strait of Hormuz after Israeli forces continued an all-out assault into Lebanon aimed at dislodging Hezbollah militants.

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      The pool’s getting a $200 billion payout to begin talks on whether or not it will seek algae-blooming capability.

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    So much winning and no pointless, endless wars in the Middle East.

    Seriously, if you are a conservative still spouting these lies, you might want to get your head checked. Unfortunately, there are 30-some percent of people in this country still supporting this complete dumbass.

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      I thing people on the left need to appreciate the power behind that word and why it needs to be used against these fascist assholes.

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        It needs to be recycled to reference only absolutely inept, ignorant, malignant pieces of shit like Trump.

        People with cognitive impairement of any kind don’t deserve to be insulted and made fun of.

        But Trumptards? Absolutely

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    This is a guy who has lost all control of a very bad situation. Republicans all seem fine with it. They talk a game, but avoid the mechanisms in place to put an end to it all. They are neck deep in the sunken cost of supporting a moron and they are out of moves. Good times.

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    It would be much more effective if he “took over” Israel instead of Iran, since the “agreement” stipulates that it is dependent on Israel stopping its attacks on Lebanon.

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    Israeli forces continued an all-out assault into Lebanon aimed at dislodging Hezbollah militants.

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    We’ve now confirmed that it takes longer than 4 months to teach him something. Further testing might be needed is probably gonna happen whether we want it or not.

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      by his own admission, he acts the same now as he did when he was 5, and I see no reason to doubt that assessment. so it apparently takes more than 75 years to teach him anything

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        I literally don’t get how someone can be that… stagnant. Like my personality ebbs and flows constantly based off of what information I take in, sure it usually doesn’t effect how I act and present on a day to day but like any form of evolution a little over a long time is actually quite a lot.

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          imagine a 5-year-old with enough money, that every time a normal 5-year-old would be denied and throw a tantrum, he can instead pay someone enough to do whatever he wants. do you think that kid would ever meaningfully change his desires or behaviors, and grow into a socially and emotionally healthy adult?

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            Perhaps not functional but I would still expect some amount of change, but then again I’m more or less forced by instinct to collect knowledge so it may just be alien to me. It’s quite literally incomprehensible that someone would through intention or nature not evolve as a person past the age of five, hell id expect puberty to cause something to shift.