Donald Trump’s Iran Navy Boast Sinks With Embarrassing Gaffe
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Critics quickly seized on the president's phrasing.
Donald Trump raised eyebrows for the way in which he boasted about U.S. forces wiping out Iranian ships.
Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Sunday:
“I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively large and important. We are going after the rest — They will soon be floating at the bottom of the sea, also!”
Critics quickly seized on the phrasing, noting how sunken vessels generally don’t float.
The boast came as the U.S. military continued to escalate its major combat operations in the country, which began on Saturday.
Rahman, who was Rep. Ilhan Omar’s guest, suspects her unprecedented punishment was related to her testifying to Congress about her brutal ICE detention in Minneapolis.
President Donald Trump told Axios it will take Iranians "several years to recover from this attack."
The administration’s latest escalation is boosting the global view of the U.S. as a rogue actor, fueling instability, acting illogically and illegally and risking innocent lives.