Trump backs down from invading Iran's Kharg Island "My... preference would be that, but I don't know if America has the stomach for it"show more

Trump: My preference has always been take Kharg Island.... I don't know that America has the stomach for itshow more

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump said that he’s always wanted to take... Kharg Island… but doesn’t think America “has the stomach” for it. Kharg Island is roughly one-third the size of Manhattan and handles about 90% of Iran's crude oil exports. Writers: Claudio, Samuelshow more

⚡ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Donald Trump says he is considering... seizing Iran’s Kharg Island, according to FT reports. "My preference would be to take the oil…I don't think they have any defense. We could take it very easily."show more

🚨 KHARG ISLAND: IRAN’S ECONOMIC LIFELINE Kharg Island sits... just off Iran’s southern coast — but its importance is enormous. It is Iran’s main oil export terminal, handling the majority of the country’s crude shipments to global markets. Some analysts describe it as the regime’s “cash register.” Because if Kharg Island were ever taken out of operation, Iran’s ability to export oil — and fund its government and military activities — would be severely crippled. “If Kharg is taken,” one analyst said, “it’s essentially game over for the regime’s oil revenue.” For now, the facility remains operational. But in any escalation involving Iran’s energy infrastructure, Kharg Island would almost certainly be one of the most critical strategic targets.show more

REPORTER: “What’s your plan for Kharg Island?” PRESIDENT TRUMP:... “I may have a plan or I may not, but how would I ever say that to a reporter?" "If I said that to a reporter, Marco would say, ‘please, sir let's bring you over to the helicopter immediately.’ Right? I can't tell you that.”show more

JOHN BOLTON: "I think Kharg Island, I mean, one... way to look at it might be is a deception operation. Let the Iranian authorities put all kinds of minds on Kharg Island and around it and divert their attention from something else. That may be what's at work."show more

Trump backs down, he says: “I hope they (Iran)... are not going to be killing people... it would seem to me that they have been badly misbehaving, but that is not confirmed." It seems that he’s backing down with “not confirmed.”show more

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump won't touch the one thing that would... actually cripple Iran: Kharg Island It’s a tiny coral island off Iran's coast that handles 9 out of every 10 barrels of Iranian oil exports. It's highly exposed, easy to hit, and would devastate Iran's economy if destroyed. Trump hasn't touched it. Hitting Kharg risks Iran unleashing hell on Gulf state oil infrastructure, would spike oil prices even higher, and would kneecap any future Iranian government after regime change. Some Trump officials are talking about the "long-term game" being to get Iranian oil reserves "out of the hands of terrorists" and into friendly hands. In other words, they want the oil intact for whoever comes next. Source: Financial Timesshow more

BEN SHAPIRO: “The easiest move for the United States... is to just blow up Kharg Island.” If America were a serious country, we would deport this prick to Israel.show more

Gainzy addresses the wallet that sniped the bottom: "I... don't know how to twap. I don't know how to snipe. If I knew how to snipe, do you think I would be down 7 figures on memes?"show more

Trump is surprised by the words in his teleprompter:... "Today is Giving Tuesday -- I don't know if anyone has heard that one before -- but it is indeed Giving Tuesday."show more

Oh Boy. Trump is going to be furious at... Lindsey Graham for telling the truth about Iran's nuclear ambitions: "I don't know where the 900 pounds of highly enriched uranium exists, but it wasn't part of the target set."show more

girls don't do that ‼️ jihoon literally said before... that if he comes down from the stage, please don't grab or pull him because it can hurt. i know y'all get excited but please don't lose all common sense ‼️show more

6k... I never thought it would be reached, but... here we are 🫣, I don't know what to say without repeating myself but, honestly I am so grateful for all the support from you all who has been with me in the journey, new as old. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart 🥹🫂🫶🏻show more

Trump refused to reveal plans regarding the Iranian island... of Kharg. "I don't want a ceasefire" He emphasized that "a ceasefire is not needed when one side is being destroyed."show more

Trump blatantly lies: "African American unemployment is now doing... better than it has ever done. I don't know where that stat came from, but I'll take it." (It's made up!)show more

They don't know it yet, but in just 200... days, Trump has made America stronger, safer, and better for them, their kids, and their grandkids. 🇺🇸show more

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 THE TINY ISLAND THAT COULD STRANGLE IRAN’S ECONOMY... Kharg Island is barely a dot on the map; it's a rocky lump in the Persian Gulf about 15 miles off Iran’s coast. But that tiny island handles around 90% of Iran’s oil exports, which means it’s their economic jugular. Pipelines from the mainland feed giant storage tanks there, and supertankers dock offshore to haul crude out through the Strait of Hormuz, much of it heading straight to China. Cut Kharg off and the money pipeline dries up. No tankers. No oil exports. No revenue. For military planners, that makes the island one of the most tempting pressure points in the entire region. Why bomb refineries across a country the size of Iran when one island controls the tap? But actually seizing Kharg would be anything but easy. Iran has spent decades preparing for exactly that scenario. Not with aircraft carriers or massive fleets, with asymmetric chaos. Naval mines scattered through shipping lanes, drone swarms like the Shahed-136, fast attack boats buzzing around like armed jet skis. Individually, none of these threaten the U.S. Navy, but combined, they turn the Persian Gulf into a giant naval obstacle course. Even if the island were captured, holding it would be the real nightmare. Iran wouldn’t need to retake Kharg, it would just need to make sure no one can safely use it. And then there’s the global fallout. Iran exports 1–2 million barrels of oil per day, take Kharg offline and oil markets would react insanely. Source: BBCshow more

REPORTER: "How nervous were you about it happening again?... Another assassination attempt?" TRUMP: "I don't think about it." REPORTER: "You don't think about it at all?" TRUMP: "And if I did, I wouldn't be doing a very good job here. I'd be thinking about nothing but that. I don't think about it. I really I don't think about it. If I did, I wouldn't be effective."show more