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DemocratSinceBirth

(102,064 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:14 PM Wednesday

The main takeaway from Trump's press conference

The main takeaway from Trump's press conference is Trump ratifying Iranian control over the Strait, and how they used that control and can use that control to cow the world. The rest is noise.

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SamKnause

(14,969 posts)
1. I didn't need to watch it. I know what he said.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:20 PM
Wednesday

Lies, that is always what he does.

Tells lie after lie.

He is incapable of the truth.

AnotherMother4Peace

(5,273 posts)
2. Main take away is that he's gasping for breath. Heart issues? Sounds like my relative before he died of heart failure.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:41 PM
Wednesday

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,248 posts)
3. You have to have a heart to have heart issues,
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:08 PM
Wednesday

of which Trumpedo doesn't.

Hopefully, this walking, talking asshole croaks sooner rather than later.

dalton99a

(96,189 posts)
4. "To reopen Hormuz, Trump gives Iran $300 BILLION gift and allows Iran to collect fees"
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:29 PM
Wednesday

should be the headline

kimbutgar

(27,705 posts)
5. Part of the View show o ABC was disrupted and I watched 2 minutes of it
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:52 PM
Wednesday

He attacked a woman reporter from ABC and called it fake news and spoke gibberish, looked and sounded awful.

Hopefully, Satan will be taking him home before the summer is over.

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