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orangecrush

(30,045 posts)
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:41 AM 19 hrs ago

Trump says US may strike Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub 'just for fun'

Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States may carry out more strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub “just for fun”, saying that while Tehran appears ready to make a deal to end the conflict, “the terms aren’t good enough yet”.

He said the US strikes had “totally demolished” most of Kharg Island, telling NBC News that “we may hit it a few more times just for fun.”

During that same interview with NBC, Trump questioned, without attribution, whether Iran’s new supreme leader “is even alive”.

Trump also said it’s not clear whether Iran has dropped mines in the strait of Hormuz in the 30-minute telephone call with NBC.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/14/us-kharg-island-oil-export-hub

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Trump says US may strike Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub 'just for fun' (Original Post) orangecrush 19 hrs ago OP
There are words. Most of them would net a visit from the insane one's thugs. niyad 19 hrs ago #1
Crazier than a shithouse rat orangecrush 19 hrs ago #2
Congress could stop this right now if they chose to. travelingthrulife 11 hrs ago #12
Ahh, a quote from Stand By Me! Polybius 9 hrs ago #15
Constantly admitting to more slightlv 19 hrs ago #3
George Kennan once said America is a prehistoric monster with a tiny brain BeyondGeography 19 hrs ago #4
Certifiable. nt Exp 19 hrs ago #5
He thinks its a game show on an Ellison network n/t Cheezoholic 18 hrs ago #6
Totally not an impeachable offense. SSJVegeta 18 hrs ago #7
Was this a James Austin Johnson skit on SNL?!? William Seger 17 hrs ago #8
Yeah, a couple of BILLION more dollars blown up because money's no.object to TSF. sinkingfeeling 14 hrs ago #9
Killing people for fun is a sure sign of a sick piece of carbon waste. twodogsbarking 12 hrs ago #10
Mass Murder for Fun Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Deminpenn 11 hrs ago #13
Way past time to remove this threat to global peace. Come on, GOP, remove him or we remove you all from office Attilatheblond 10 hrs ago #14
When the golfing day is done, boys just want to have fun. hay rick 9 hrs ago #16
Another classy quote from the mean, selfish kid who never grew up Bayard 7 hrs ago #17
Oh good. Leave them "nothing left to lose." It's like proving you've killed the hostage while demanding ransom. pat_k 3 hrs ago #18

travelingthrulife

(5,068 posts)
12. Congress could stop this right now if they chose to.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 08:17 AM
11 hrs ago

All of this is on your heads Republicans.

slightlv

(7,760 posts)
3. Constantly admitting to more
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:57 AM
19 hrs ago

And more war crimes. May he one day reap the true reward of his words... and make it painful please.

BeyondGeography

(41,035 posts)
4. George Kennan once said America is a prehistoric monster with a tiny brain
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:58 AM
19 hrs ago

This is what he had in mind.

SSJVegeta

(2,780 posts)
7. Totally not an impeachable offense.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 01:40 AM
18 hrs ago

Going to war for fun is completely normal.

Perfectly 👌


Shouldn't be needed, but:

William Seger

(12,411 posts)
8. Was this a James Austin Johnson skit on SNL?!?
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 03:04 AM
17 hrs ago

Or is #rump's power psychosis getting too crazy to satirize?

sinkingfeeling

(57,733 posts)
9. Yeah, a couple of BILLION more dollars blown up because money's no.object to TSF.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 05:51 AM
14 hrs ago

But there's no money for extra SS workers, SNAP paying for kids to eat, nor Healthcare for Americans.

Response to orangecrush (Original post)

Attilatheblond

(8,764 posts)
14. Way past time to remove this threat to global peace. Come on, GOP, remove him or we remove you all from office
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 09:53 AM
10 hrs ago

No matter how much voter suppression you try, We The People will take back our nation from the hands of the insane man and his toadies.

hay rick

(9,558 posts)
16. When the golfing day is done, boys just want to have fun.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 10:30 AM
9 hrs ago


It's past time for adult supervision in America.

Bayard

(29,457 posts)
17. Another classy quote from the mean, selfish kid who never grew up
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 01:04 PM
7 hrs ago

Remember this story:

"One of several accounts from Trump’s early childhood included the story of a mother who found the would-be president pelting rocks at her son’s crib in her Queens backyard.

“She starts hearing the baby screaming, and she comes outside and a roughly five year-old Donald Trump is throwing rocks at the crib,” she said.”

pat_k

(13,220 posts)
18. Oh good. Leave them "nothing left to lose." It's like proving you've killed the hostage while demanding ransom.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 04:29 PM
3 hrs ago
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