The US operation to guide stranded vessels through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused for a "short period of time", President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening. Trump said that "Project Freedom", which began days earlier, would be halted by "mutual agreement" because "great progress" had been made toward a deal with Iran. Iranian state media characterised it as a victory, saying the pause demonstrated that Trump "retreated" after "continued failures" to reopen the vital waterway for global shipping. The US president's announcement came as Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the initial US-Israeli offensive in Iran - Operation Epic Fury - was over after achieving its objectives. In a post on social media, Trump said that he had made the decision "based on the request of Pakistan", which has acted as an intermediary between the US and Iran. He added that the US blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place.

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[–] 59 points 6 months ago* (2 children)
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    Oh yeah, it's Tuesday. 🌮

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago

    Hahahahahahaha

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago

    So the US navy has been defeated again. Great work guys

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    Trump says "I have no idea what I'm doing."

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    No relation to the cargo ships getting hit as the escorts prioritized their own defense, and then all of the other cargo ships telling them "No Thanks".

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    I see TACOs are always on the menu on Tuesday!!!!!! 🌮

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    [–] 83 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    ... So is the US on defense, now?

    The fuck does that mean? Fucking alcoholic shit

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  • [–] 40 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    It means what Trump doesn't want to hear: That he's on the backfoot, that he's losing (even more), that he's run out of manpower, that he's retreating, that he's WEAK.

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  • [–] 42 points 6 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 33 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    This war was always offensive. Just in a different sense of the word.

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  • [–] 32 points 6 months ago (4 children)
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    TDS played those clips last night with Trump explaining it's a military operation not a war for legal reasons... Then he calls it a war moments later.

    🤦🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Still seems pretty offensive to me

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Oh good, so now we have entered the Endless Quagmire stage. The defense contractors will be thrilled.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Rubio said: leaders should "check themselves before they wreck themselves in the direction that they're going". WTF is that. Was that early 90s when it was briefly popular. A whole generation just cringed.

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    Rubio wants this shit to be over so we can finally invade Cuba.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Murica lost again ,this time is was a war . Next FIFA 2026 Iran -America final ?

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    I'm still offended.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    every single comment coming out of a white house official right now is to manipulate the oil markets.

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  • [–] 40 points 6 months ago

    a.k.a. It's been too long since we got a fat check from polymarket betting

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago

    TACO Tuesday! Amazing his handlers even let him out of bed on Tuesdays anymore.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago

    Look, DJT is a huge pedophile with very very tiny hands. What a piece of shit.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago

    Shart of the deal

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    Say you are getting your ass kicked without saying you are getting your ass kicked. Stupidest and weakest leader in history.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Project Freedom is escorting ships out of Hormuz right? Didn't we just get news yesterday of a ship being hit by a projectile from an "unknown source"?

    So they figured ships can still be shot at even if you surround them with escorts, huh?

    Geniuses, these guys.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    oh, it is about iran... i read the headline and thought he is talking about his attempts to steal the elections....

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    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago*

    Didn't the founders call it project freedom?

    And now's the time to pause it. Got it.

    spoiler:P

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