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Thu Mar 12, 2026, 03:29 PM Thursday

"We took a little excursion"



Stephanie Ruhle Hammers Trump Over His Description Iran War: ‘Does That Sound Like a Little Excursion to You?’

“Just a little excursion,” Ruhle reacted. “My son’s on a snorkeling trip today. That’s an excursion.”

The host then described some of the Iranian response to the U.S. and Israeli war:

According to [Iranian] state TV, they launched their most intense attacks yet earlier today.Three commercial ships – I want you to see this – three commercial ships were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran has taken responsibility for one. And just hours ago, two more tankers – and you can see this on your screen right now – were attacked within Iraqi waters deeper into the persian gulf. Iraq’s state news agency told The New York Times that one crew member died and 38 were rescued. Their effort to block oil shipments from passing through the key trade route has now forced the International Energy Agency to approve the largest ever release from the emergency oil reserves.


Does that sound like a little excursion to you? It does not to me.

https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/stephanie-ruhle-hammers-trump-over-his-description-iran-war-does-that-sound-like-a-little-excursion-to-you/

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"We took a little excursion" (Original Post) bigtree Thursday OP
Cadet Bonespurs, starting wars and calling them EXCURSIONS Skittles Thursday #1
How long till "playdate" or "sleepover" is used? (nt) ret5hd Thursday #2
Sign up for your excursion now LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago #3
Trump aides aware of president's repeated gaffe - but are 'afraid to correct him': report LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago #4
Beware Nuclear Reactor Excursions. MineralMan 13 hrs ago #5

LetMyPeopleVote

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4. Trump aides aware of president's repeated gaffe - but are 'afraid to correct him': report
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 02:38 PM
14 hrs ago

trump is too senile/stupid to know the difference between “excursion” and “incursion." trump's aides know the difference but they do NOT dare correct trump. Every time that trump uses the term "excursion" instead of incursion, I laugh. Again, trump is too senile to sue the right term and his aides are too scared to correct trump.

Trump aides aware of president’s repeated gaffe – but are ‘afraid to correct him’: report

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-03-14T16:00:13Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2676102711

President Donald Trump has been ridiculed in recent days for repeatedly referring to his administration’s military siege on Iran as an “excursion,” a potential mix-up with the word “incursion,” but according to a new report from Zeteo, his aides are well aware of the blunder but refuse to correct him out of fear.

“I’m not telling him,” a Trump administration official told Zeteo on Friday, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

The word “excursion,” as explained by MS NOW’s Jonathan Lemire on Friday, generally refers to “a short, organized pleasure trip, à la snorkeling,” whereas an “incursion” is a “sudden, often hostile entrance or invasion into a territory or place,” a far more appropriate term to describe the Trump administration’s operation in Iran.

And yet, despite the obvious blunder, Trump officials told Zeteo that correcting the president would be “a fool’s errand,” and that “doing so would likely get them yelled at,” the outlet reported.

“We say ‘incursion,’ the boss says ‘excursion.’ It’s not a big deal,” a second Trump official told Zeteo, also speaking on the condition of anonymity.
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