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Iran So Far Away: 2026

Turns out the laundry fire story about the USS Gerald Ford WAS complete bullshit. Iran knocked the piss out of it.

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Susan Hull (@susanhull) on Threads

Trump: Iran hit the Ford from 17 angles. We ran to save our asses. “They came at the biggest carrier in the world from 17 directions. We ran. End of story.” So the Pentagon just made up stories about a “laundry fire.” This administration has lied to us the entire time. Iran hit the USS Gerald...
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aparch said:
Turns out the laundry fire story about the USS Gerald Ford WAS complete bullshit. Iran knocked the piss out of it.

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Susan Hull (@susanhull) on Threads

Trump: Iran hit the Ford from 17 angles. We ran to save our asses. “They came at the biggest carrier in the world from 17 directions. We ran. End of story.” So the Pentagon just made up stories about a “laundry fire.” This administration has lied to us the entire time. Iran hit the USS Gerald...
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I like how the Pentagon comes up with a cover story and this clown can't even follow the script. Imagine him at other points in history.
"We're sneaking into the beach in Normandy. Oh sure, they'll be expecting us in Calais, but we're brilliant and concocted this elaborate deception campaign. The tanks up there aren't even real! Can't wait to see the look on Rommel's face when he wakes up to find us off the coast of France!"
 
aparch said:
Turns out the laundry fire story about the USS Gerald Ford WAS complete bullshit. Iran knocked the piss out of it.

www.threads.com

Susan Hull (@susanhull) on Threads

Trump: Iran hit the Ford from 17 angles. We ran to save our asses. “They came at the biggest carrier in the world from 17 directions. We ran. End of story.” So the Pentagon just made up stories about a “laundry fire.” This administration has lied to us the entire time. Iran hit the USS Gerald...
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It's fake.

Did a video clip really show US President Donald Trump claiming Iran struck the world's biggest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford from "17 angles", with planes lifting off every 32 seconds at one in the morning? The answer is no.

The quote in question was taken from a lengthier video in which Trump was clearly voicing the imagined reaction of a Venezuelan general to American military strikes on Venezuela. He never said Iran attacked an aircraft carrier, nor did he put the words "ran for our lives" in the mouths of US personnel.

A full reading of the transcript leaves no room for ambiguity — the section about the US aircraft carrier was a reference to the Venezuela operation, and not with the Iranian war. Trump's speech suggests that the individuals described as being hit from 17 angles and fleeing were Venezuelans, not Americans.

Edited clips from the speech were circulated on X alongside the claim that Trump had spoken about an Iranian strike on the USS Gerald R. Ford, with one post paraphrasing him as saying: "Iran attacked from 17 directions. We fled to save our lives. It was all over." That framing is a misrepresentation of what he actually said.
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Kepler said:
Typically, when authoritarians have cover stories where 5,000 witnesses can contradict them, they kill the witnesses.
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One of the benefits of killing the concept of truth is that you don't have to kill witnesses. Who cares if they saw anything? Who cares if any of them talk? It's all just rumor and speculation. Even video evidence can be faked.

Besides, what are the consequences if every word of it was true?
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ticapnews said:
One of the benefits of killing the concept of truth is that you don't have to kill witnesses. Who cares if they saw anything? Who cares if any of them talk? It's all just rumor and speculation. Even video evidence can be faked.
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Absolutely right.
 
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