Donald Trump pleads for UK to send warships to secure Strait of Hormuz
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Why would they join the war that is already won?
Victory has many fathers. Defeat is a gosh gallop of roping in allies, obscuring facts and blaming Joe Biden.
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*god
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To win the war he already won. How is that confusing?
Because Ghislane Maxwell says so.
But he just said he doesn't need them! What happened? Was he wrong?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/8/trump-says-us-does-not-need-united-kingdom-aircraft-carriers-for-iran-war
"It's both"
Many such cases.
My god he is such a fucking idiot. He just insulted them and told them their help wasnt needed. Just a stupid, pathetic, hatefull asshole.
And sadly watch the UK cave cause no one stands up President Lumpty Trumpty.
Spain has entered the chat, at least symbolically
Meh at this point I feel like this isn't incompetence but calculated malice, he's doing everything Putin wants to great effect. He's basically dismantling America.
I thought he didn't need our ships for a war already won.
The only official response to him from the UK should be the direct quote about not needing the UK. No additional words. Don't take any words out. Just the exact quote.
Starmer will say no, only in defence, then give Trump everything he wants.
Then the UK has a problem to deal with as well.
Ready in Canada if our government decides to help Trump out. Don't care which team he's on.
We should really call a vote of non confidence if they do. Regime change should always start at home.
It's still a minority government.
Those wealthy elites know a thing or two about class solidarity. It means a few hundred extra poors to the chopping block, they'll take it!
Huh.
Does he mean the strait that is only insecure because HE made it insecure ? Good job by the way !
i dont think the water is lacking confidence, you make it sound like trump is bullying a geographical feature and hurting its feelings
But would nobody think of our water?!
Dear UK, do not help pedophile rapist out!
We don't have any ships anyway because the prior government gutted the military, just because. They're looking very stupid right now.
It turns out that non of the military powers are much of a threat.
You mean the series of tory PMs who were backed by Russian money...
Yeah, I wonder why they'd do that?
The infinite might of the United States is unable to hold and defend a 24-mile wide body of water.
Think about that for a second.
Daddy Bibi gonna be mad about this one.
You think Bibi doesn’t know, nd love the fact, that Trump is an idiot?
"I want Greenland! Give me Greenland, or I'll go to war with Europe! Give me what I want OR ELSE! "
3 months later:
"You better help me save face from my virtuosically incompetent war strategy OR ELSE!"
I'm starting to think he was never very good at the businesses and the strategies all along!
Would love for a country to just ask a billion dollar per day, paid in advance, for any help. Art of the deal and all that.
I don't have a lot of faith that a worm like Kier Starmer won't fold after Trump yells at him a bit.
There's no way Starmer pulls us into this war, given the current political climate in the UK.
The two far-right party leaders called to join the war in Iran as soon as it started - they've both had to backpedal now due to the UK public categorically not supporting the war.
It's given Starmer some much-needed good press. His actions on the world stage have been consistently brilliant and I don't see that stopping yet. He should be able to keep our noses clean during this, but I suspect we'll be hit with the recession regardless.
You forget that Starmer loves shooting himself in tbe foot and hates good press
And he could try the whole "no elections during wartime" strategy if he really wants to end up even more hates than he already is
There's speculation that that is something Trump and the Republicans are after, with some evidence to support that theory.
There's zero evidence to support New Labour will attempt the same. This is just tin foil pulled out your arse conspiracy, which aids nobody but the fascists. Don't let the bastards win, don't spread unfounded conspiracies.
Only two elections have ever been cancelled in our history, both during world wars. Both times the ruling party didn't keep control but instead a coalition government of varying parties was formed. The strategy of cancelling elections to keep power in the UK therefore doesn't work, has no evidence to support it, and the ruling party don't have the public support to even attempt let alone pull off.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_George_ministry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_war_ministry
https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/reform-uk-still-holds-8-point-lead-gap-shrinks-amid-doubts-over-their-readiness-government-ipsos
There is no way the Lords would allow that, nevermind the King. We are a consitutional monarchy. The buck doesn't stop at Starmer.
In fact, I doubt even Starmer's own MPs would follow such a whip
His domestic politics have been a disaster, but his international stuff has been pretty damn good. Mostly....
I take that back, the government's position on Israel/Gaza is a disgusting.... Apart from that though!
The bad domestic policies he quietly tended to walk back a bit, like the whole mandatory ID thing
Don't know that much about him, but it would be epically spineless of him if he did.
after trump just threatened all of EU for not supporting him too.
Starmer ain't Blair.
He can't afford to fold. He's close to finished as it is, siding with trump would be the last straw.
Fuck off loser.
This is the same country that was seriously planning to invade and annex Greenland just three months ago. They might have postponed their plans in favor of bombing Iran, but Greenland is still on the table.
So Europe may suffer the economic consequences of this mess, but the White House getting humiliated and the US military getting degraded and bogged down in Iran are both a boon for Europe.
My only fear that some European leaders (looking at you Starmer) might actually be stupid enough to follow them in this folly out of some misplaced sense of appeasement.
China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK…wut?
He's just listing the countries he can remember. It would be interesting to see China working alongside anyone.
He does command the - by far - biggest navy in the world. If he can't fight the war he started to distract from the Epstein files, he calls others, who have nothing to do with it, to do his dirty work and get the blame.
Only STRONG
PedophilesLeaders BEG other Countries to Help themcoverup their Child Raping!do Israel's Bidding!not Embarrassingly LOSE a War Bigly!Where the fuck is Israel in this war? Where are their soldiers?
In Lebanon
Gotta keep the genocide rolling.
At a "safe" distance, ensuring others fight their pointless war for them so they can conquer and exploit the region afterwards.
Sane-washing title
Not a good sign if we are asking China to change our diaper.
Just one week ago he "truthed":
What? Wasn't already won one week ago, and no help was needed? Now it needs to beg for help?
According to the article, this is what he said:
How does that turn into this?
Ummm, sounds pretty much the same to me.
You mean because the headline did not include the other nations?
The headline conveys a different message. He made a statement in a public occasion.
He stated that these countries may have interest in joining the war, and that he'd be happy if they did.
He did not plead the UK: pleading the UK would be calling their prime minister and asking them what they want to join the war. As far as I understood there has been no contact with UK officials to talk about this.
It was just another post on "Truth social". Full version of this particular ramble here:
Clearly that is doing more than just saying they "may have interest". It is expressing a desire for them to on his part. I guess it's not pleading but it is definitely him publicly urging them to do it. It's also interesting that in the same message he claims that many countries will be sending warships before expressing this hope that some he lists would.
I believe the public statement was the pleading part and the rest is just semantics since he has said in the past that he didn't need them and that the war was virtually over. In fact I'm the same breath he mentioned that they were decapitated. Why would you need help with a decapitated event? I mean would you actually expect him to say the words "I'm pleading with...?"
I think there have been many exaggerations regarding TACO, he practically invites them after all, but this one is pretty mild.
Donald Trump is just trying to drag everyone down with him.
Surprisingly, Starmer has so far shown signs of having a spine. He must be facing a backbench revolt.
Starmer is another leader I fucking hate. Are there any good leaders left?
I submit the following: an oil shock and the resultant recession/depression is worth enduring so that the world may be rid of Trump. Let the idiot wear his blunder, and may the economic disaster he unleashed be forever known as the Trump Slump. The alternative might be WW3.
One thing, though: we must help Ukraine defeat Putin. Russia is getting a huge boost right now from Trumps's blunder. If the UK and others send ships anywhere, it should be to blockade Russia.
The end of the AI and Realestate bubbles and, even better, the Reserve status of the USD, would be wonderful things.
Sure, it would be painful, but it's like pulling a rotten tooth, a short sharp pain now to save us from continued paid that will turn into something much worse in the future.
I’m gonna miss my mighty dollar but you’re right it’s outlived its useful life.
"Please spend billions of dollars to pull my ass out of the fire!"
France already told him to go fuck himself.
I’m going to tell you like I told George Bush. Go fuck yourself.
-France
Instead of renaming French Fries to Freedom Fries, they'll just ban them, and people who make them in their air fryers at home will be designated terrorists, and be executed.
As a result, the potato futures will plunge, and the entire potato industry will be destroyed, farms will go out of business, animal feed will be short, leading to meat shortages.
And the MAGAs will be on TV saying "It was hilarious to see the Libz getting angry because there were no fries at McDonalds, which was our objective.
"The fact that another major commodity market was destroyed as a direct result couldn't be predicted, and isn't our fault, or our problem.
"Thanks to President Trump's leadership, we achieved OUR objective in record time, and this operation was a TOTAL SUCCESS!"
Stop predicting the future right now. Someone might read this!
UK, Germany, France and Spain, so far, and I believe also even his fellow fascists running Italy.
USA and Zionists just bring chaos and instability to the region .
Gulf countries and Iran could find a middle ground and agree to peace , but zionists wants greater Israel ,USa wants resources
This timeline is unrealistic and poorly thought out.
This season the writers went WOKE.
Ignore that fascist bastards whining. He dug his own ass into it let him dig himself out
What in Frankensteins vagflaps is going on with his face? It looks like it was sewn together from discarded bits of uncooked chicken skin
It was. His real face is underneath, and it's much worse.
He picks the best people. In this case, a stylist that cant size collars to save his neck image.
The problem with the American military doctrine, is that they don't have one; everytime they need to fight a war, they find somebody else to be the troops while they stick to a "support" role.
Trump can eat dick all day long
I’m unsure if that’s supposed to be an observation or a retort.
Alternatively, the UK can kick out the US and Israeli ambassadors and its oil will be allowed to pass the Strait.
Ooooh... If Iran made that counteroffer, things would get spicy!
Amerisrael is on the genocide route, and Iran is playing the role of Undyne. What a world.
Why? Because the U.S. decommissioned most of its purpose-built minesweepers?
Because Israel and USA run out of ammo if Iran doesn't surrender soon and then they're really up shit creek.
iran maybe the "key" to slowing or stopping israels aggression in gaza.
Precision guided weapons, yes. Dumb bombs and munitions, no.
America First. Remember?
So maybe all those allies weren't so bad to have anyway?
But I sincerely hope nobody will come to the aid of USA in this. They made the mess together with Israel without consulting allies, and they need to clean it up themselves.
If they had consulted allies, I am pretty sure they would have been told unanimously to NOT attack Iran. They even had a clear deal on the nuclear thing, that Iran would stop completely to produce enriched uranium, not just for nuclear bombs, but stop COMPLETELY! Then Israel and USA attacked!!
Well yeah; if that agreement had gone through, Israel and the US would have lost all leverage over Iran. They had to stop it at any cost.
Plus, it distracts from Epstein and Netanyahu’s current troubles.
yes it was the intended point, also it gives an out for Russia, AS THEY just lifted sanctions on thier oil too.
The sad thing is that they just might. The Brits (and the rest of Europe) need lower energy prices
The thing is there is no support for a war so leaders are very reluctant to be seen siding with the US. Even the right wing voters don't want this.
yeah, the US is burning so much good will, it's insane
I find it amusing anyone thinks the UK could still project any sea power.
We might be able to deploy one destroyer loaded with 4 missiles and 100 rubber chickens
the British navy is in that bad a state?
Yeah I'm barely exaggerating.
We have 6 modern destroyers, 4-5 of which are pretty much permanently in docks awaiting overdue parts maintenance. Scuttlebutt is that we have ammo to roughly half load one... Though that could be a bit out of date now but still, it's shocking
Kir Stammer is one of those that I think is dumb enough to do what trump want
The stupid orange pedo shitstain can sod off. He had his chance and blew it in typical fashion.
They didn't when Reagan asked. And Reagan didn't even start that war.
Pathetic
lol, lmao even
USA started it, USA should finish it! We don't give a fuck about USA starting a war and then beg the rest of the world to do something! Maybe you should send your citizens!
US is out of warships? Didn't see this comming.
Any US-aligned ships which go into the strait of Hormuz without Iran's blessing will probably be hit by a bunch of drones and sunk. The US wants their puppet states to act as bullet sponges so that fewer Americans die.
I see they've learned from the Israelis and the Saudis.
Doubtful. But they probably can't send more without officially having to declared a war. Which Trump alone can't do. So they are asking other nations to come save him from his own domestic misconduct.
Why wouldn't he be able to send more warships? AFAIK the only legal limit imposed on the Presidency is a 60 day limit on how long they can deploy troops without declaring a war. However, this has been mostly ignored by US Presidents since the law was passed decades ago. The only part of that law they do follow is notifying Congress.
I honestly don't know. I can't say I'm an expert, it was more of an educated guess. Maybe it's difficult to justify sending more seeing as they've already declared victory...
There is no mechanism to enforce that, besides impeachment. And there are no guidelines in the Constitution about what the threshold is for declaring war.
There's the War Powers Act, but that only matters if Congress attempts to enforce it.
They just don't want headlines about any of those ships being sunk.
You people decided you didn't need the UK back in 1776. No take backsies.
I mean, he decided he didn't want us just a week ago...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9dn3j04lydo
It's already won. What's the problem?
But that was over a 20% tariff on tea!
The United States should be annexed by China
The United States should be returned to its indigenous owners
But as they found it.
maybe let's not replace one imperialist power with another, hm?
ok i won't
Canada sure as fuck doesn't want it.
Hmmm, I wonder if we made an error in judgment when we designed these countries after WW2, including plopping down our own massive military base in the middle (Israel)?
UK and USA made this mess, the wars will never, ever stop by design.
Hahahahahaha! Sure DonOLD.
I hope they dont do that and that the Washington regime becomes severely weakened as a result.
the US: BIGGEST MILITARY IN THE WORLD (probably)
Also the US: pls halp.
Greedy of USa creates chaos and instability,they have trillions but still wants more !
-- from The New Pope
For real, so corrupt attacking the most powerful Muslim country. It is obvious this is a war of convenience and racism. When the commanders told the troops they were bringing about the rapture/Armageddon they sealed the deal. Crusades 3.0, fucking disgusting.
In the region; the most powerful would probably be Pakistan.
Kind of a toss up, Iran spends more money and has more troops counting reservists. Pakistan has nukes and more naval and air units but Iran has more modern drone capabilities.
Plus Pakistan is considered a non-nato ally so bringing it up is nonsensical.
Oh if the alliance is non-nato then it means he might honour it or something?
Lol all bets are off the table it seems, kind of like WWII.