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Donald Trump

What's on Donald Trump's mind?

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declaring hormuz us territory 24% the carrier crew he says is fine 19% the ballroom at the supreme court 13% no carrier left in asia 11% · neweverything else 33%
#1
Trump Says He'll Declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. Territory

Tehran's answer: a waterway "cannot be seized by tweet," and the strait "will remain Iranian."

Trump threatens to make the Strait of Hormuz a US territory: Can he?

aljazeera.com · 2026-08-16
our translation

annexing a shipping lane is much easier to announce than to hold. he needs the war to have produced something ownable, so he names the prize out loud before anyone has actually won it.

Iran rejects claim, tankers still hitvery sure · 3 sources
#2
Sailors' Families Say Trump Should Be 'Ashamed' of the Lincoln
Families escalate; PBS calls it the symbolvery sure · 3 sources
#3
Trump Asks the Supreme Court to Let the Ballroom Keep Rising
Emergency application landed at SCOTUSpretty sure · 3 sources
#4
The U.S. Pulls Its Last Aircraft Carrier Out of Asia
new — AP wire carried by seven outletspretty sure · 3 sources
sunday, august 16
Sign Indiana's emergency aid, then mention it twice(reported)
Post about Hormuz before the cable shows get to it(safe bet)
Wait on the Cairo readout from the Gaza envoy(reported)
Dispute the FT poll saying voters feel worse off(reported)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

5 people dead across Indiana after storms, flooding; Trump to approve emergency aid

news.google.com · 2026-08-16

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