The announcement is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. Eastern.
News and Analysis
- The Independent: Trump to make announcement alongside Pete Hegseth today after latest oil tanker seizure
Live Updates
Text-based live updates are being maintained by the following outlets: The New York Times, Huffington Post, and The Independent.
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Times below are the scheduled stream starting times – US Eastern.
- C-SPAN: President Trump, Secy. Hegseth, & Navy Secy. Make Announcement (4:30 p.m.)
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18 Comments
The peace president.
I am sure this will be a totally normal announcement. It’s only a matter of time before there is major US military action here
… and nothing about millions losing healthcare coverage.
Something something war with Venezuela.
Certainly how to get a Noble Peace Prize.
Oh wow, how interesting! Release the unredacted files, bitch.
Over/under on him declaring war unilaterally? Or do folks really think he’ll ask Congress for permission like the Constitution says?
I feel like he was supposed to announce the Venezuelan “3 day special operation” last Thursday, but his amphetamines didn’t cooperate and now he needs a do-over announcement with Pete.
If I had a nickel for every forever war over oil reserves a Republican president that has started to try and save a failing presidency, I’d have two nickels.
Which is objectively two too many fucking nickels.
Any time they actually schedule an announcement, it is always a complete non-issue, where Trump will just bitch about Joe Biden for a while, and possibly tell some bizarre stories about Peruvian Snakes killing like a half million people a year or something.
This is just basic stage magic, where the announcement is meant to get people to look one way, while the actual important thing happens somewhere else.
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I’m so tired. I’m so tired of how stupid society has to be. I’m tired of how well distractions matter, and how quickly and eagerly people take the carrot.
probably wants to change the name of the United States or something
[Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, happily explains the prospect of selling resources worth $1.7 trillion if the United States proceeds with regime change in Venezuela and promises, saying”We have a massive privatization program waiting for you.”](https://old.reddit.com/r/TankieTheDeprogram/comments/1pchxxq/venezuelan_opposition_leader_mar%C3%ADa_corina_machado/)
Another announcement that solves nothing and distracts from everything. Same cast, same theatrics, same empty calories.
Same theater all over again… New announcements and new names every day, while the people end up getting the short end of the stick again. I don’t see how these characters are going to solve the real problems like inflation and bills. We’re just going in circles
Well this should be terrible.
What …they are gonna start the trains to the camps soon?
Who fucking cares? It’s just going to be yet another Trump auto-fellatio rally. Not wasting my time on this.