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spanone

(141,610 posts)
Tue May 6, 2025, 11:29 PM May 2025

He's totally fucking bonkers...

Trump plans to announce the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials tell AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the U.S. will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Arab nations have pushed for a change to the geographic name of the body of water off the southern coast of Iran, while Iran has maintained its historic ties to the gulf.

The U.S. officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters. The White House and National Security Council didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

The Persian Gulf has been widely known by that name since the 16th century, although usage of “Gulf of Arabia” and “Arabian Gulf” is dominant in many countries in the Middle East. The government of Iran — formerly Persia — threatened to sue Google in 2012 over the company’s decision not to label the body of water at all on its maps.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-persian-gulf-saudi-arabia-ce30874c27bc01426d93ad3c65a18844

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Maru Kitteh

(31,759 posts)
5. Yup. Things like this and football are what he really cares about. Shallow, petty
Tue May 6, 2025, 11:47 PM
May 2025

trifling things. Barstool-masters-of-the-universe level bullshit

He doesn’t care about much of the rest of it. World affairs, domestic policy. Too much work and too boring. He’s even starting to come across as bored with his own tariffs, and tariffing . .

He’s always been lazy, and he now has very little incentive to care about doing too much of anything that doesn’t amuse him.

Justice matters.

(9,787 posts)
14. Plus, the lazy convicted felon doesn't sleep "much"
Wed May 7, 2025, 12:44 AM
May 2025

He tweets at 3AM then at 5AM often... at 78, soon 79... lack of enough deep sleep time is detrimental.

vapor2

(4,509 posts)
11. We really are now a shit hole country
Wed May 7, 2025, 12:04 AM
May 2025

They keep telling us to suck it up with the tariffs while they gut Medicaid, Social Security, Education, VA benefits and 47 doesn't even know if he is supposed to uphold our constitution.

Ilsa

(64,371 posts)
9. Someone please slip him some paper straws.
Wed May 7, 2025, 12:00 AM
May 2025

He needs to be distracted by trying to enforce one of his previous EOs.

chouchou

(3,144 posts)
10. He reminds me of a squirrel on amphetamines, except a squirrel is usually fun to be around.
Wed May 7, 2025, 12:03 AM
May 2025

Deuxcents

(26,915 posts)
12. He's gotta get his opinion in everything that does not concern him..more drama.
Wed May 7, 2025, 12:04 AM
May 2025

What’s the purpose of this visit, I wonder..finalizing the plans for resorts in Gaza or a new tower in Dubai?

Zorro

(18,692 posts)
15. Next he will be issuing executive orders
Wed May 7, 2025, 01:12 AM
May 2025

for the tides to turn and the skies to clear.

 

elocs

(24,486 posts)
18. Yes, I hear, see, & read that every day yet he remains.
Wed May 7, 2025, 09:01 AM
May 2025

"Trump is crazy, falling apart, going to pieces" over and over and over again. You would have thought he would have fallen apart and gone to pieces by now and swept up.

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