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applegrove

(132,207 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 09:44 PM 4 hrs ago

Trump Says U.S. Will Leave Iran 'Within Two Weeks'

Trump Says U.S. Will Leave Iran ‘Within Two Weeks’

March 31, 2026 at 6:22 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 264 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/03/31/trump-says-u-s-will-leave-iran-within-two-weeks/


President Trump told reporters the U.S. will leave Iran “within two weeks.”

He added: “We will be leaving very soon, and if France or some other country wants to get oil or gas, they will go up through the Hormuz Strait and will be able to fend for themselves. But we have nothing to do with that. What happens in the Strait—we aren’t going to have anything to do with it. There is no reason for us to do it.”
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Trump Says U.S. Will Leave Iran 'Within Two Weeks' (Original Post) applegrove 4 hrs ago OP
I thought he wasn't going to telegraph Ars Longa 3 hrs ago #1
Everything is always "two weeks" with that asshole. GoCubsGo 3 hrs ago #2
Whatever. Two weeks from when? efhmc 3 hrs ago #3
Where are they going? Vacation, if so where? efhmc 3 hrs ago #4
So - never. AloeVera 3 hrs ago #5
I wonder if Donnie Dipshit has been told that the USA imports more crude than it exports? AZJonnie 3 hrs ago #6
The same two weeks when he will introduce his great new healthcare plan... Jack Valentino 3 hrs ago #7
Has anyone ever explained the pottery barn rule... Hugin 3 hrs ago #8
"Two weeks from everywhere" harumph 3 hrs ago #9
This has to be a joke. No president of the usa could do this shit. spanone 3 hrs ago #10
Except surrender monkey Trump Renew Deal 2 hrs ago #11
yep spanone 2 hrs ago #12
TACO TACO MAN!!!!! BigmanPigman 2 hrs ago #13

Ars Longa

(524 posts)
1. I thought he wasn't going to telegraph
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 09:53 PM
3 hrs ago

what his moves were going to be to the enemy?
Unless, I guess, it is surrender!!! (?)

AloeVera

(4,263 posts)
5. So - never.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 10:20 PM
3 hrs ago

Hormuz? "No reason for us to do it"

Spoken like a true narcissistic sociopath. I hope all allies AND gulf nations shun and isolate him. Just turn your backs in disgust, that's all he deserves! Quit your fawning and floor scraping, it's disgusting.

AZJonnie

(3,700 posts)
6. I wonder if Donnie Dipshit has been told that the USA imports more crude than it exports?
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 10:22 PM
3 hrs ago

The USA is a net energy exporter, but not a net crude exporter. The frackers produce oil that doesn't refine well in our stateside refineries, sell that overseas, then we collectively import (even MORE than we export) crude from Canada, Mexico, VZ, and even some from the Middle East, that is of the sort the our refineries handle well.

The US frackers/extraction companies are going to make a killing, but the US refineries are going to be paying inflated prices (since the US buys about 5.5M barrels/day on the world market), and therefore prices for petrol here are going to be sky high, cause the refiners still have to hit their margins.

The idea that the USA just "doesn't need" the 20% that's being lost on the world market is a freaking joke. It's going to fuck consumers over HARD.

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