Schrödinger's Strait - Trump Thread #162A

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The Strait of Schrödinger remains open and closed, safe and dangerous, insurable and uninsurable, blockaded and free.

"You put your tanker in, you put your tanker out
In, out, in, out, you sail it all about
You do the Straits of Hormuz and you turn around
That’s what it’s all about!"

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

Got overwhelmed by the 🍊💩's idiot fuckery last time and missed out thread #161 so have designated this one as fake #162...A

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Thanks for link @CaveMum

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5516057-he-has-no-deal-he-has-no-dice-trump-thread-162

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There was some security over them. The general circulation maps were very general.

However there are places where the position of the pipelines had to be made explicit for safety reasons. There are some that go under the Norfolk Broads that are clearly marked.

Fire crews have to be trained how to deal with a 75bar fracture that can throw the gas well over a quarter of mile.

Looking for that bleach injection right now 🤮

I think the Jolly Roger should be his flag now. Skull and crossbones.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/24/trump_threatens_big_tariff_on/

The film Black Hawk Down was about the events at the front line not policy made months later. You see the Delta time go down and the pilot captured

The reason we're not prepared to make excuses for Trump's behaviour is because he has form.

Like the grudging way he invited the victorious US women's hockey team just a few months ago.

Sometimes people try to make a good-hearted joke and it misjudge it a little; or reporting can take a tiny soundbite out of context. So I took the trouble to actually watch the clip.

No. He really did sound like he was apologising to the men for having to invite the women's team too. It was tagged on the end, definitely an afterthought.

[ETA I found the video clip archived]

<a class="break-all" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260224044115/bsky.app/profile/kattenbarge.bsky.social/post/3mfk3eyoexs2q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20260224044115/bsky.app/profile/kattenbarge.bsky.social/post/3mfk3eyoexs2q

Donald Trump's leaked call to Team USA and awkward women's team comment
^https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/hockey/donald-trump-s-leaked-call-to-team-usa-and-awkward-women-s-team-comment/ar-AA1WRZtM^

Thanks for this.
Over optimistic - probably.
But lots of 'truths' in there which are a welcome boost. (Especially needed in the UK at the moment - IMO)

Well, given that the UK is not in the EU now, they could do 0% tax and encourage the US companies to move. Like Ireland does, or did, with Apple. I recall both the EU and the US were not happy about that. All those rest of the world profits sitting in Ireland to avoid US tax.

The on again, off again talks are maybe, back on?

Iran talks: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to arrive in Pakistan tonight with a small delegation, Pakistani government sources and an Iranian source told CNN. Pakistani mediators expect there will be a second round of talks between the US and Iran, the government sources said.

Noooooo, this cannot be true!

Pentagon briefing:
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth railed against European allies on Friday morning for not helping the US enough in its war against Iran, saying the US “barely” uses the Strait of Hormuz and that the situation “is much more their fight than ours.”
“We are not counting on Europe, but they need the Strait of Hormuz much more than we do, and might want to start doing less talking and having less fancy conferences in Europe and get in a boat,” Hegseth said during a Pentagon press briefing. “This is much more their fight than ours.”
Hegseth and President Donald Trump have repeatedly bashed US allies, particularly those in NATO, for not coming to the US’ aid after it began combat operations against Iran on February 28.

How did he get from the US and Israel starting a war with Iran to it's our war. We didn't ask for Iran to be attacked.

It's Friday, so time for an announcement to affect the markets.

@RedTagAlan It's Bingo card time again!

She has 2x really big tubs of Lego. She wanted to make it.... but I had to find the bits. Amazingly, about 150 liters of lego (most of it copy), and a couple of hours of raking through it.... there is hardly any blue.

Ahh well.

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I'm going to have to try and make this now

I'm going with the idea that none of the women wanted to get close enough to shake his hand. I know I wouldn't. If anyone has the dreaded 'cooties', it's him.

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The reason I have no truk with Trump is he's a selfish fuckwit with shit for brains who thinks the world revolves him. He has been pushed forward for election by people who must be fucking thick as shit, or for their own nefarious means and elected by a misogynistic electorate because who in their right minds would actually think (especially after his first term and the riots) that he would be great.

The Epstein stuff was already out there, so it's not like this stopped him being elected.

He has managed to fuck the world over and still nobody is holding him to account, the way he responded to the tennis team is exactly how you would expect him to behave if you were paying attention. In his head, the successful people are there to add to his greatness, and so can dismissed with a wave.

He is every awful trait rolled into one with no redeeming features nd if you think otherwise, in my opinion you are a fool.

On the bingo card will be Vance.
Not on the bingo card will be... SOFA!

I'm thinking of taking bets- is Harry getting back into the US or is he headed for an ICE prison on his return?
Will the orange one revoke his visa due to earlier drug use?
How will the King respond?
Who gets custody of the kids?

I maybe expressed myself badly...the film quite understandably did not cover certain events on the day that took place at the front line related to Durrants capture.

Some broadcast media seen in the US and elsewhere did cover it to some extent at the time...(I was outside the UK when this all happened and can still recall seeing some of that particularly grim footage on a US rolling news channel)

It was those specific events that may have played a part in some subsequent decision making by the Clinton administration.
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Did he not say it was their gift to the world ? Lets check....

"It's a bold and dangerous mission, a gift to the world"

Yes he did, So far as gifts go, it's like getting a voucher for a single free coffee in a Tokyo restaurant , but only if you spend $1000 for the meal per head, and pay to get there. Minimum party size of 20.

If you aren't prepared for this war to last a couple of years, you've not been paying attention.

Just for debate, it's arguable whether WW2 was over by 1949. Plus the fact that for some people it never ended.

There is a long running H&M thread on here. It's a good fun one. I post now and again. I had a look a few days back and it's candles that smell like little boys now. I kid you not. That is their latest product. Little boy scented candles.

Here is the H&M thread. It's a fun one :-)

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Some lighthearted relief.

Just watching the racing and thought @JoshLymanSwagger might appreciate the name of the second-placed horse in the most recent race at Perth.

Sadly neither owned, trained or ridden by David Dweck 😜