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[–] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 33 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The full quote is even better.

What they have done is engage in this act of economic terrorism against the entire world. They basically threatened any ship that's moving through the Straits of Hormuz. Well, as the President showed, two can play at that game, and if the Iranians are going to engage in economic terrorism, we're gonna ... abide by a simple principle that no Iranian ships are getting out either.

That pregnant pause in the "..."

Narrator: In this moment, he knew he fucked up.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Getting Deja Vu from George W's "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice . . . . won't get fooled again"

Of course that was pretty benign compared to this, but always interesting to see the gears turn when they realize the natural flow of their words is very much not what they want to be saying.