Strait of Hormuz
The president had many choices. He could have given in to Iran demands and paid them money like Obama did.
He could have sent in massive ground troops in as Bush did.
He chose the method of JFK and created a blockade that would not abandon the goal and minimize putting US soldiers in harm’s way. This is war and anything can and will happen but it was a careful choice.
As successive waves of officials take control of Iran, they are learning a lesson that whether there will be regime change or not there will be regime modification and the US is not backing down from its position of no nukes and limited ballistic missiles.
And the regime that gunned down 30,000 of its own citizens, oppresses women, fakes the “elections” and has to shut down the internet to suppress opposition, is decrying that the US is not respecting its “rights.” Of course, only the UN could add Iran to a human rights panel.
Unlike Europe, we are not backing down and the only chits Iran has are its continued threats to take the rest of the world down economically and it can try but we are moving to block that and flip the script to close them down economically instead.
It won’t happen but Dems should get on board with supporting this quarantine of Iran and show some national unity and resolve. 47 years of oppression, threats, terrorism, nuclear enrichment, and deaths to us soldiers is enough.
The ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply damaging. Getting global shipping moving is vital to ease cost of living pressures.
The UK has convened more than 40 nations who share our aim to restore freedom of navigation.
This week the UK and France will co-host a summit to advance work on a coordinated, independent, multinational plan to safeguard international shipping when the conflict ends.
I've seen birth tourism up close. It's a total abuse of the system.
Think about it -- someone like me, who was not born in the U.S. but has lived here since I was a 6 years old, will never be able to run for President. But a child born here through birth tourism, then taken back and raised in their parents' country, never growing up with American values, somehow can.
American citizenship is not an "insurance policy."
🚨ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! The U.S. Senate just straight-up CANCELLED debate on the SAVE Act, our best shot at requiring REAL voter ID to stop non-citizen voting, because they were too busy HOLDING A DOG PARADE!
FIRE @LeaderJohnThune
Moment of the night: Democrats refusing to stand to affirm their allegiance to American citizens over illegal aliens. Will be signature moment of this speech. Trump nailed them.