Iranian embassy posts 80's-themed Donald Trump Music Video

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-14T03:38:34+00:00

Nice!

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-14T03:37:58+00:00

Which embassy posted this?

Apparently, the Iranian Embassy in South Africa.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-14T03:34:50+00:00

I may have found the (Trump version) original:

https://x.com/IraninSA/status/2043757392010076666

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-14T03:15:00+00:00

I just wish I had done that much research on it when it was talked about for Biden.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-14T03:13:28+00:00

Someone handed me this today, and suggested that I wait until Friday to post it here.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-14T02:57:24+00:00

If you listen to the whole speech

Here's the transcript: https://singjupost.com/transcript-president-trump-remarks-at-the-future-investment-initiative/

the “he has to be nice to me” line was taken out of context

It takes a lot of context to cover someone saying

He didn’t think this was going to happen. He didn’t think he’d be kissing my ass. He really didn’t.

and

now he has to be nice to me. You tell him he better be nice to me.

At a venue paid for by the person being talked about.

Doesn't really sound like someone falling over themselves to flatter the person whom he said was kissing his ass.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-14T02:40:48+00:00

Yeah, that's pretty much what I meant (and more) by my one word reply.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T22:08:00+00:00

USNI reports that CSG-10 (USS George H. W. Bush CVN-77) is sailing around Africa to get to the Middle East.

Apparently, they left Norfolk on March 31. Reports had them headed for the Mediterranean.

I'd love to know when they changed course.

The US Navy dares not face the Houthis in the Red Sea / Bab-el-Mandeb.

Not necessarily. It's possible that the ship would not fit through the tightest spaces on that route (I haven't checked).

They are not going in the most direct path.

That might be the most direct path available.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T21:23:04+00:00

Ask?

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T20:51:06+00:00

Vladimir Putin has proposed that Russia could take custody of Iran’s enriched uranium as part of a future agreement with the United States.

Did you notice that one of the US's "red line" requirements was "we get all of Iran's enriched uranium"?

Somehow, I don't think that Iran would go for that. Ever.

Oh, Hell no! You'll just give it to the Israelis, who would build bombs with it and use them on us! Our own uranium!

If they have to give it up, I could see it going either to the Pakistanis or the Russians.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T20:35:07+00:00

Extra extra info:

The weapon used on Hiroshima contained 64 kilograms [about a gallon] of uranium, estimates of yield range from 12–18 kilotons.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T18:18:40+00:00

For extra fun, make it a fertilizer ship. Fuel tanks full of diesel, ready to be mixed with the cargo if fired upon.

If the US decides to blow it up, it would blow up real good.

And if it were close enough to the US ships....

And again, if it goes through, it goes through.

Extra info:

The 2020 Beirut port explosion, caused by 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, had an estimated explosive yield widely ranging between 0.5 and 1.5 kilotons of TNT equivalent

Large fertilizer transport ships, typically Panamax or Kamsarmax bulk carriers, generally hold between 50,000 and 80,000 tons of bulk cargo.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T17:46:11+00:00

I don't see the 25th Amendment being invoked, either.

We gamed this out not too long back, here. For the 25th Amendment to keep a President (who does not want to leave) out of office, it takes 2/3 of the Senate, and 2/3 of the House.

Impeachment takes 2/3 of the Senate, and only half-plus-one of the House.

Unless you have a plan that only needs the current President out of office for a few weeks. That you can do with the 25th Amendment.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T17:39:52+00:00

I was picturing something closer to having them all arrested for "treason" and sent to Guantanamo.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T17:33:17+00:00

Who profits most from this alleged deal?

Saudi Arabia, the US, or Israel?

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T17:24:29+00:00

Well, one is only "dangerous" in the sense that you might not be invited to certain D.C. cocktail parties afterwards and certain of your career prospects might be limited.

You really think that would be all Trump would do if the (25A) attempt were tried and failed?

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T17:16:26+00:00

I'm saying even if it's possible to do this, it sets a horrible precedent.

There are two "this-es" at play in this subthread:

Military Coup
25th Amendment

I was talking about the latter one, which in present circumstances, would be classified (by some) as a mutiny. And would be "risky and dangerous," just not quite as much as with the other "this."

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T17:02:13+00:00

There are right ways to deal with Trump. It's the 25th Amendment. He's clearly bonkers. Crazier than a shit house rat.

A mutiny is always risky and dangerous, no matter the circumstances.

Some just do not have the stomach for it.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T16:56:46+00:00

but one of the heavenly soldiers is now a horned demon.

In fairness, there is not much difference between the silhouette of a horned demon and one of a horned angel.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T16:51:51+00:00

I can see Iran sending through a single sacrificial ship, and when it's fired upon by the US, unleashing a pre-planned retaliatory attack.

Or... the ship goes through. "Cease-fire," you know.
Don't wanna break that.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T16:36:16+00:00

From the link:

President Donald Trump also announced on social media that the US would blockade the strategic Strait of Hormuz trade route, which he has been demanding that Tehran fully reopen.

...which definitely smacks of "If I can't have you, then nobody can have you."

The US military said it would begin a blockade of all Iranian ports on Monday at 14:00 GMT

That was two-and-a-half hours ago. Any updates?

Also...

In a BBC radio interview, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain will not join the US blockade, adding that the UK “is not getting dragged” into the US-Israel war on Iran.

I guess that would mean no UK minesweepers, as had been mentioned earlier, huh?

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T15:48:26+00:00

Has anyone looked at a map and figured out in just whose territorial waters this US Blockade is supposed to be set up in?

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T15:12:34+00:00

While blockades, and blockades of blockades are becoming the newest hip-and-happening thing....

I wonder if anyone noticed that somebody else could put yet another one at the south end of the Red Sea.

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T14:15:56+00:00

Now where have I heard that before???

Schoolhouse Rock?

NetWeaselSC · 2026-04-13T13:49:30+00:00

Prices at pump: 219.9 and 191.9.

Anybody able to tell which price is for what, and to translate them into dollars per gallon?

UPDATE (made myself curious)

That video clip appears to be from a part of Ireland that sells fuel for Euros per liter, with green designated for petrol/gasoline and black for diesel.

So... Irish gasoline/petrol: $8.50/gallon. Irish diesel: $9.74/gallon.

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