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Blue_Roses

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8. He and his "crew"

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 09:34 PM

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are in so over their head. With gas prices soaring, the choke-hold on the Strait of Hormuz, inflation, etc., his "advisors" see the writing on the wall. Now to try and figure out how they are going bail out and still look like they accomplished something. That's probably more what their "talks" consist of, rather than "talking" to Iran.

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