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2026-04-20 Europe

Europe plots to exclude Trump from future Hormuz mission amid Iran war

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-04-20 07:48|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1831 views ] Top
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1 Isn't Europe taking care of themselves one of Trump's goals? Seems to be working.

Posted by Chantry 2026-04-20 08:51|| 2026-04-20 08:51|| Front Page Top

2 Europe been plotting against Israel for, at least, 50 years - and we're still around.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-04-20 09:10|| 2026-04-20 09:10|| Front Page Top

3 Sounds to me like they don't need the US in NATO.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-04-20 09:12|| 2026-04-20 09:12|| Front Page Top

4 So what was it precisely that you're prepared to do?

Posted by ed in texas 2026-04-20 09:22|| 2026-04-20 09:22|| Front Page Top

5 Grovel, ed.

Grovel.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2026-04-20 10:20|| 2026-04-20 10:20|| Front Page Top

6 ...I wonder - in all honesty - if they're not thinking about putting themselves between us and the Iranians.

I mean, I know exactly what that would lead to, but I simply cannot rule out the idea that they'd try.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2026-04-20 10:55|| 2026-04-20 10:55|| Front Page Top

7 Interesting concept, Mike.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2026-04-20 10:56|| 2026-04-20 10:56|| Front Page Top

8 Refueling/replenishing their ships (assuming it's more than one) should be interesting - if any port will take em. Make them pay cash in dollars.

Posted by Frank G 2026-04-20 11:09|| 2026-04-20 11:09|| Front Page Top

9 And thus ends the North American Treaty Organization (aka the only contributor to NATO)

Posted by Regular joe 2026-04-20 11:36|| 2026-04-20 11:36|| Front Page Top

10 They have at least a few years and multiple conferences before they would even consider doing anything.

Posted by chris 2026-04-20 12:19|| 2026-04-20 12:19|| Front Page Top

11 What's the name of this hypothetical group -- "The Coalition of the Non-Violent"? "REMF's Arise"? "Operation Wordcloud?"

Posted by Matt 2026-04-20 12:20|| 2026-04-20 12:20|| Front Page Top

Chevron has now fully divested from Alberta’s oilsands.

It believes investing in Venezuela is less risky than investing in Mark Carney’s Canada. https://t.co/yGHNMkAR10
— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) April 18, 2026

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-04-20 15:02|| 2026-04-20 15:02|| Front Page Top

13 ^^ How many jobs will be lost in Canada now? Oh wait the Chinese will swoop in and seize them.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-04-20 15:42|| 2026-04-20 15:42|| Front Page Top

14 Canada made it's own bed, let them lie in it.

Posted by chris 2026-04-20 17:22|| 2026-04-20 17:22|| Front Page Top

15 Chevron sold its entire stake in Alberta’s Athabasca Oil Sands Project in 2024 to Canadian Natural Resources for $6.5B

That was way before Venezuela (and Carney).

Posted by European Conservative 2026-04-20 17:43|| 2026-04-20 17:43|| Front Page Top

16 Oh good, a Euro who knows everything about everything had to chime in. You think they may have sold that off because the keystone pipeline got shut down by a fool. Whom I'm sure you will agree with. Maybe you should try shutting the fuck and solve your Euro problems since you seem to know everything about everything. Just another pretentious Euro asshole adding their 2 cents in where it don't belong. Go back your Euro and don't expect the rest of us Americans to support your asses anymore. In not so many words! SHUT THE FUCK UP! I can't stand your ass mutherfucker!

Posted by chris 2026-04-20 21:16|| 2026-04-20 21:16|| Front Page Top

17 Not to mention Treadeu was just as bad as Carney.

Posted by chris 2026-04-20 21:19|| 2026-04-20 21:19|| Front Page Top

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