US sending 2,500 Marines, at least 3 ships to the Middle East

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#Trump has listed #Australia among the #allies he appears to be bitterly disappointed with, for not wanting to get involved with his #war against Iran.

In a social media post overnight the US president said his country “has been informed by most of our #NATO ‘allies’ that they don’t want to get involved … despite the fact that almost every country strongly agreed with what we are doing”.

“I am not surprised by their action,” he said, because he always considered #NATO a “one way street – we will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need”.

The president wrote:

“Because of the fact that we have had such military success [against Iran], we no longer ‘need’ or desire the NATO countries’ assistance – we never did!

Likewise, #Japan, #Australia, or #SouthKorea.

In fact, speaking as president of the #UnitedStates of #America, by far the most powerful country anywhere in the world, we do not need the help of anyone!”

It is unclear whether he has asked for assistance from Australia. On Tuesday the deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, said Australia had not received any formal request for help in the #StraitOfHormuz.

#uspol #auspol #TrumpRegime #RogueNation #EpsteinWars #Iran #Oil #PutinsPet

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/mar/18/australia-news-live-trump-iran-nato-hormuz-interest-rates-rba-cost-of-living-jim-chalmers-economy-fuel-price-crisis-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69b9a67f8f082eba12ba1fb2#block-69b9a67f8f082eba12ba1fb2

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I found this as the banner on someone's Blue Sky account and it's so funny I had to steal and share it.

#PresidentMusk and #PutinsPet

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Oh, seems Putin just mercilessly clowned Trump. (i.e. said No to Trumps ceasefire deal)
Trump, everyone can see you groveling like a little b!tch. Everyone sees you as a mangy lapdop of the real rabid top dog of your little gang: Putin.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cgj5w6veqw6t

#PutinsPet #Ukraine #TrumpTraitor #TrumpIsARussianAsset

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While I appreciate his brief visit to Earth One. No💩 #FAFO #putinspet

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