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Miles Archer

(23,092 posts)
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 07:53 PM Monday

Trump on control of the Strait of Hormuz: "Uhhhh it'll be jointly controlled. Maybe me. Me and the next ayatollah."

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
COLLINS: Who's gonna be in control of the Strait of Hormuz? Who's gonna be in control of that?

TRUMP: Uhhhh it'll be jointly controlled

COLLINS: By who?

TRUMP: Maybe me. Maybe me. Me and the next ayatollah, whoever that is. There will also be a serious form of regime change. Look at Venezuela.

COLLINS: Who's gonna be in control of the Strait of Hormuz? Who's gonna be in control of that?

TRUMP: Uhhhh it'll be jointly controlled

COLLINS: By who?

TRUMP: Maybe me. Maybe me. Me and the next ayatollah, whoever that is. There will also be a serious form of regime change. Look at Venezuela.

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-23T14:15:33.609Z
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Trump on control of the Strait of Hormuz: "Uhhhh it'll be jointly controlled. Maybe me. Me and the next ayatollah." (Original Post) Miles Archer Monday OP
And it's going to be open in two weeks. Sneederbunk Monday #1
Lordie, no matter how stupid I think he is, he still manages to outdo himself on the stupid scale. efhmc Monday #2
The "next ayatollah"... what's sort of funny is he probably genuinely get the meaning of his words. David__77 Monday #3
It was never about the protesters................... Lovie777 Monday #4
why is he accepting that Iran will have any control over free shipping through the Gulf? bigtree Monday #5
wait wut ... i thought dweller Monday #6

efhmc

(16,610 posts)
2. Lordie, no matter how stupid I think he is, he still manages to outdo himself on the stupid scale.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 08:02 PM
Monday

David__77

(24,661 posts)
3. The "next ayatollah"... what's sort of funny is he probably genuinely get the meaning of his words.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 08:04 PM
Monday

This reads like a death threat to the current one, of course. I actually don’t think it was meant as that. Stupid.

Lovie777

(22,901 posts)
4. It was never about the protesters...................
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 08:05 PM
Monday

shithole and comrades thought that cutting off the heads of the leadership of Iran would give them a easy win over the oil. Oh boy, were they ever wrong.

bigtree

(94,196 posts)
5. why is he accepting that Iran will have any control over free shipping through the Gulf?
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 08:06 PM
Monday

...smells of surrender.

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