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demmiblue

(39,738 posts) Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:20 AM Mar 16

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UPDATE ON THE HORMUZ COALITION (Mon, March 16): [View all]

UPDATE ON THE HORMUZ COALITION (Mon, March 16):

🇫🇷 France: REJECTED
🇬🇧 UK: REJECTED
🇮🇹 Italy: REJECTED
🇪🇸 Spain: REJECTED
🇯🇵 Japan: REJECTED
🇳🇴 Norway: REJECTED
🇨🇦 Canada: REJECTED
🇦🇺 Australia: REJECTED
🇩🇪 Germany: REJECTED
🇨🇳 China: NO RESPONSE
🇳🇱 Netherlands: NO RESPONSE
🇰🇷 South Korea: NO CONFIRMATION

We are a pariah state
— Bradley P. Moss (@bradmossesq.bsky.social) 2026-03-16T11:11:51.243Z

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UPDATE ON THE HORMUZ COALITION (Mon, March 16): [View all] demmiblue Mar 16 OP

Trump, the greatest negotiator of all time! Jim__ Mar 16 #1

The best deals, like no one's ever seen before! hatrack Mar 16 #2

He just said last week that all kinds of nations were calling him so they could help w/Hormus. Botany Mar 16 #5

Begging,bigly,on their knees....tearing their hair out... BattleRow Mar 16 #26

Well, he's the best at making deals. Swede Mar 16 #30

Just wait. The moron will probably pull us out of NATO before the day is over. Vinca Mar 16 #3

But didn't Trump say just a few days ago that all kinds of nations were calling him to help w/Hormus? Botany Mar 16 #4

Looks like we need....... whyzayker Mar 16 #6

He's DEMANDING they help...Bwahahahahahahaaaa spanone Mar 16 #7

and he's threatening everybody with "we will remember". OGBuzz Mar 16 #23

Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV... hay rick Mar 16 #25

They should announce they will send all the help they can muster AFTER Donald resigns. tanyev Mar 16 #8

Trump has named seven countries that will participate! Ray Bruns Mar 16 #9

Don't forget Eswatini! WestMichRad Mar 16 #12

And the Duchy of Grand Fenwick TheRickles Mar 16 #14

Or he just waves a sheaf of papers and says "Look at all my followers!" (Just like McCarthy's communists.) erronis Mar 16 #19

8. Mordor 9. Isengard Aviation Pro Mar 16 #21

They will help when Dimwitted Donnie Dr. T Mar 16 #10

Pottery Barn rule "If you break in you own it" TexLaProgressive Mar 16 #11

And a "PARIAH STATE"... GiqueCee Mar 16 #13

Trump wouldn't listen to the generals and was too stupid to think about any consequences. lark Mar 16 #15

Netherland should decline, but MoseShrute Mar 16 #16

We started this. COL Mustard Mar 16 #17

We don't need no coalition. We have magats to serve there. Fearless leader just needs to get them there. I am sure they LiberalArkie Mar 16 #18

Let the LOSER dangle Fiendish Thingy Mar 16 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Mar 16 #22

He should call on his "Patriots" Beachnutt Mar 16 #24

(Trumpet bellows for the MAGA Navy) 🛥️ underpants Mar 16 #32

;-{).... Goonch Mar 16 #27

🛥️🇺🇸 underpants Mar 16 #33

Merz literally said "This war has nothing to do with NATO" Prairie Gates Mar 16 #28

S. Korea may be in the toughest spot there, because of how much they need U.S. military support. thesquanderer Mar 16 #29

Next he'll call Bolivia, Rwanda, and Paraguay. No word from North Korea yet? underpants Mar 16 #31

MaddowBlog-After alienating allies and declaring victory, Trump 'demands' foreign help in war LetMyPeopleVote Mar 16 #34

I am sooo tired of winning. the_liberal_grandpa Mar 16 #35

This is how they sink his presidency Tree Lady Mar 16 #36

We deserve to be a pariah state peggysue2 Mar 16 #37

What was that country that's populated only by penguins? I'm sure the penguins will help!!! CaptainTruth Mar 16 #38

Yes, "a coalition..." GreatGazoo Mar 16 #39

The Full Diaper stands alone. City Lights Mar 16 #40