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Trump Wants "The Honor" of Taking Cuba

from Bibi, Genghis Khan, & The Decency To Stay Home | The Tim Dillon Show #488 · #488

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Tim plays and reacts to a Trump clip about wanting the honor of "taking Cuba" for tourism potential, framing it as classic boomer thinking about invading countries to turn them into resorts, and ties it back to the ongoing Iran conflict over the Strait of Hormuz and Kharg Island.

In this bit10 moments
  • Trump says he'll have the honor of taking Cuba.
  • Tim on boomer foreign policy: asking the Joint Chiefs which countries would make the best resorts.
  • Trump claims he could do anything he wants with Cuba, whether freeing it or taking it.
  • Tim pivots to Iran being weakened, but now the Straits of Hormuz have become an unsolvable problem.
  • The U.S. is in an escalatory war with Iran that cannot end without admitting a tremendous mistake.
  • Dubai is panicking as luxury brands worry about fallout from the Middle East conflict.
  • Tim calls the Iran strategy a geopolitical mistake on a massive scale with ramifications for oil prices, the dollar, and regional allies.
  • Trump is weighing seizure of Iran's Kharg Island, which would require U.S. boots on the ground.
  • Iran's blockade of the Gulf means Trump can't end the war even if he wanted to.
  • Tim: all the people defending this geopolitical and economic disaster reduce it to 'Iran is bad.'
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Donald TrumpIranKharg IslandIsraelChinaDubai

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