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What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?

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What Is the U.S. Navy Telling Trump?
Trump isn't sending ships to the Strait of Hormuz. Why is that, do you suppose?

Well, I don't have any actual names or times, but here's probably the reason:

Naval expert have told Trump that there is no viable way that US Navy ships can safeguard shipping vessels through that bottleneck. Worse, it would be very difficult to even defend the Naval vessels themselves. Since we have no control over the land bases at the Strait, Iran could easily attack any warships we send in there, and with almost zero warning.

Bottom line: "Don't try it, Mr. President! It will fail miserably."

So, Trump calls for other nations to do it. But they aren't about to do something so stupid. Not a freaking chance.

Trump is stuck and has no valid way to get unstuck from this situation. "Stupid is as stupid does," once again.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221100929

Douchebag making up stuff again?

Democrats Turn on Eric Swalwell Using Evidence From a Trump Official

https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/03/16/democrats-turn-on-eric-swalwell-using-evidence-from-a-trump-official-n4950681

California politics rarely looks gentle, and the latest fight in the governor's race proves that point. A Democrat now tries to knock Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) out of the contest using evidence first uncovered by an official serving under President Donald Trump.

Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Pulte, sent a criminal referral to the U.S. Department of Justice in November 2025 involving Swalwell. The referral claims Swalwell listed a Washington property as his primary residence while securing a mortgage loan. Mortgage documents often offer better terms for primary residences, which raised questions about how the property was classified.

Tom Steyer, the billionaire also running for California governor, quickly seized on that information and filed a request asking California Secretary of State Shirley Weber to examine whether Swalwell meets the state's residency requirement for governor. California law requires a candidate to live in the state for at least seven years before running for the office.

 

Is she dead yet?

"I eat a very healthy diet exercise don't drink, smoke or take drugs."

Trump quit drinking years ago, and I doubt he smokes or takes drugs either.

Given the example against which DJT reacted, the self-destructive alcoholism of his older brother Fed Jr. (a trait Jr.'s daughter Mary shared, IIRC), DJT probably swore off alcohol in the early-mid  1970s or even the late 1960s.

"I'm a gutsy girl"

For a DUchebag that means she's wide as she is tall.

The old term (older than me) was five-by-five, whether male or female.