Why does Trump do this? Why does he make comments like this – which are ridiculous on their face and no doubt offensive to the countries they involve?
From Ronny Reyes’ article for the New York Post:
President Trump doubled down Tuesday on his claim to the Strait of Hormuz on behalf of America, posting a revised map of the area on social media that labeled the waterway “new US territory.”
Trump posted the image on his Truth Social site, before claiming in subsequent posts that the area had been cleared of Iranian mines and no further talks with the Islamic Republic were scheduled.
The president initially revealed the possibility of a permanent US presence in the strait during a Friday event on Long Island.
“After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated — pretty soon I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,” Trump said while stumping for Republican candidates in New York’s gubernatorial and congressional elections.
Yikes.
Reality time: the Strait Of Hormuz is not a U.S. territory. And it isn’t going to be one, any more than Greenland is.
I keep hoping that someone can find a way to zip Trump’s lip and stop him from making imbecilic comments like this. But I don’t there there is any way; it seems clearly to be firmly entrenched in his DNA.
We all know that expression “he’s his own worst enemy”. How I wish that the President of the United States were not the expression’s poster boy.
