Yep. It's OK to Trump and his administration because they're all terrible people.*
 Previous Message "Wow, I'm glad I wasn't on it." Previous Message So it’s reported that when Trump was leaving Turkey with a credible threat against him, they not only made him take the old AF1 instead of his Qatar jet but squirreled him (and maybe a few others?) away to yet another plane and had everyone else (staff and journalists) stay on old AF1 as a decoy, with no one knowing Trump wasn’t aboard. Seems kinda shitty—obviously it was thought that AF1 was in enough peril that they didn’t want Trump on there, but if it’s that dangerous, why is it ok for everyone else to be subjected to that risk, especially without their knowledge? And if all of the above is true, it does suck but—it wouldn’t have been Trump’s decision, would it? Feels like it would have been the Secret Service? Like people are ragging Trump about it but it doesn’t seem like this was some dastardly plan of his. Previous Message
WSJ: Trump Thought Opening the Strait of Hormuz Was Imminent. Iran Had Other Plans.
The prospects of a deal appeared to darken over the weekend when the United Arab Emirates said Iran launched a missile attack on one of its ships and a top Iranian official laid out a series of tough demands for allowing traffic through.
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said the U.S. would need to permanently end the war, lift its naval blockade, withdraw its forces, end all sanctions, free Iran’s frozen assets, pay war reparations, end threats and insults, and stop military action against Iran’s militia allies around the region before Iran would open the strait, according to a report on state news agency IRNA.
U.S. officials said Trump is patient and expected to ride out the latest diplomatic snarl, especially so long as gas prices remain where they are. The average price of gasoline was $4.02 a gallon on Saturday, according to AAA. That is up from $3.16 a year ago but down a bit from a week ago.
Did they say that with a straight face?
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 Week of August 10 Current Events Thread. Strait’s closed. Moose out front shoulda toldya. - ATL August 10, 2026, 05:50:44
- Good fucking riddance Karoline, you horrible bitch. - Stu 3 hours ago
- Truth* - KingTalkyTiki 2 hours ago
- So US sailors are trying to jump off a carrier that won't make a port call? - RVA 4 hours ago
- Maybe we now know why they wheeled the android out a couple days ago. KKKaroline stepping down. - KingTalkyTiki 4 hours ago
- Good to see Fox News is trying to help sufferers of an epidemic.... - KingTalkyTiki 4 hours ago
- Let's talk about Standing - complainant 7 hours ago
- I’m not a democratic socialist but I like this ad for the Michigan guy - ATL Today, 12:27:33
- I have a question about this whole Air Force One decoy situation - Jackie Today, 11:58:01
- Poor Marco got left on the decoy plane. - SurfTheBoneyard 7 hours ago
- ooo - Taz Today, 13:01:51
- I didn’t think I needed to clarify this, but obviously Trump could give zero shits about anyone but - Jackie Today, 12:56:50
- He could have, y'know done something to get everyone but the pilots off the plane as well. * - IlliniRunner Today, 12:55:35
- Answer: he ate 5 chocolate pudding cups while aboard the kitchen car thingy* - memyselfandillini Today, 12:25:44
- It was all Trump's call - especially when you saw who made the cut - Jersey Today, 12:18:01
- It's just as interesting who he brought with him in the catering cart and who he left behind - UofIL6 Today, 12:16:27
- also feels more like a precursor to nuke or send in group troops - VIV Today, 12:00:33
- If a planeful of staff and press was shot down by Iran, Trump's only thought would be - doubledown Today, 11:59:59
- Yep. It's OK to Trump and his administration because they're all terrible people.* - ATL Today, 12:08:15
- You guys aren't gonna believe this. Mike Pillow says it's rigged. - doubledown Today, 08:45:29
- AP calls Wisconsin for Crowley over Hong - complainant Today, 03:18:45
- If Democratic Socialists want to have any chance, they need better spokes people. - doubledown Yesterday, 18:44:09
- Speaking of Trump wanting a third term (hi tiki), Illinois Republicans are mad that Pritzker - Taz Yesterday, 18:07:25
- OK, this is the perfect name for the operation - ATL Yesterday, 16:15:56
- Biden has Stage 4 cancer. Trump is unimpressed. - ATL Yesterday, 15:38:11
- "Woman Behind Trump at Vaccine Signing Sparks Robot Claims" - assassin Yesterday, 12:31:54
- Tornado warning in Chicago. Every phone in the office just blew up.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 10:30:55
- Brad Pitt is drinking again. I say good for him.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 09:46:39
- Who am I rooting for in South Carolina's GOP primary for US Senate? - complainant Yesterday, 07:24:20
- Serious question: does Trump actually believe that kids are getting soda bottle sized - Sounder August 10, 2026, 20:39:34
- These people are so dumb. - OB25 August 10, 2026, 19:47:36
- LOL - ATL August 10, 2026, 18:44:16
- That is not Tony Dokupil* - ATL August 10, 2026, 16:26:27
- Gross, Pete. Really gross. - ATL August 10, 2026, 16:16:17
- i hope bill cassidy never gets another good night's sleep again - assassin August 10, 2026, 15:45:55
- We’re just blowing through nap time aren’t we? - VIV August 10, 2026, 14:37:39
- Mass. wealth tax proves to be huge fiscal success & number of millionaires in state increases 38%. - ATL August 10, 2026, 11:42:34
- Rather than hold oil the entire time, really wish I’d bought the dips around the BS admin optimism - Carl Spackler August 10, 2026, 10:28:03
- we're essentially trying to slowly back out of the room and hope no one will notice. - VIV August 10, 2026, 09:48:43
- If you really think about it, Trump is simply too strong to surrender.* - Toonces August 10, 2026, 12:49:57
- The Strait is open, for target practice. * - memyselfandillini August 10, 2026, 10:20:40
- What did Kegseth do with all our missiles? Trillion dollar defense budget apparently ain't enough.* - Warrin'_Illini August 10, 2026, 10:33:31
- about 60% of the budget is operations, maintenance, and personnel (pay, benefits, and allowances) - illiniranger August 10, 2026, 13:32:53
- They publicly announced last year that logistics are gay/woke and a thing of the past - RVA August 10, 2026, 12:37:20
- Interesting factoid: - Stu August 10, 2026, 10:37:02
- did anyone else read this as david caruso and then put on a pair of sunglasses or just me?* - lcubed August 10, 2026, 10:23:58
- Israel and Iran don't really seem to be doing anything to each other - CanHartlebHireSnider August 10, 2026, 10:17:49
- He's pretty fortunate. He could say he had a dream about an open strait and oil drops 6% - UofIL6 August 10, 2026, 07:40:39
- 1/3 of the American public would believe TCG if he pissed in their ear and told them it was raining - TarheelIllini August 10, 2026, 06:14:07
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- IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 12:07:39