“Take the Strait of Hormuz. Use it for yourselves. The hard part is done, so it should be easy,” Donald Trump says.

The hard part was taking a bash on the hornets' nest. Now that they are in a frenzy and highly aggressive, Trump is telling Nato allies to go in and take the honey.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, however, cautioned in a speech:
“I do have to level with people on this; this will not be easy.”

Ain't he brilliant?

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fanuc2013 · 51-55, F

It's about time other NATO members did some of the heavy lifting and not sit back and let the U.S. do everything!

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@fanuc2013 So you see this as a form of reslience testing? Carrying out a pointlessly self-destructive act to test how well other NATO countries can perform under stress? 🤔

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@fanuc2013 Are we repeating the slogans again Fanuc.

Waveney · 41-45, M

@fanuc2013 what does this pointless conflict have to do with NATO?

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@Waveney Trump doesn't know that either... but these people just repeat the same things that their leader said without even thinking about it.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer, On Stupidity (1943)

... but hey, even though this isn't smart, at least it's not as vile as cheering for 16 year old kids getting shot or suspects getting bombed to pieces without any due proces. @fanuc2013 can be a character in a Paul Verhoeven movie.

Convivial · 26-30, F

@fanuc2013 you want heavy lifting done you organise it with friends first...

ElwoodBlues · M

@fanuc2013 says

It's about time other NATO members did some of the heavy lifting

DUUUDE!!!

Obama did the "heavy lifting" in 2015; built the JCPOA nuclear inspections treaty that Iran signed onto. It halted Iran's uranium enrichment. And then what happened?? tRump blew up the JCPOA in 2018, claiming he could "make a better deal."

And when tRump FAILED to make a better deal, Iran began enriching uranium again. In 2025 tRump tried to bomb Iran's deeply buried enrichment facilities; promised they had been set back years. And because that round of bombing failed, tRump started this war!

The "heavy lifting" was done until tRump knocked it all down!! It's tRump's mess and the USA's mess entirely. When you've made a mess and need favors from your allies, you ask nicely. Oh, and you don't spend the previous year insulting your allies and heaping on illegal tariffs!!