Saudi Arabia, a key Gulf ally, suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, sources say.

Saudi Arabia, a key Gulf ally, suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, sources say.

Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, according to two U.S. officials.

Trump surprised Gulf allies by announcing “Project Freedom” on social media Sunday afternoon, the officials said, angering leadership in Saudi Arabia. In response, the Kingdom informed the U.S. it would not allow the U.S. military to fly aircraft from Prince Sultan Airbase southeast of Riyadh or fly through Saudi airspace to support the effort, the officials said.

  • protist@retrofed.comEnglish
    122·
    15 hours ago

    You should recognize by now that among US users on the fediverse, there are basically zero (0) Trump supporters. You’re haranguing the people who are some of the strongest opposition to Trump. What are you trying to accomplish here

    • [object Object]@lemmy.ca
      71·
      14 hours ago

      No, I do understand that.

      I’m just at the end of my wits on some of this “nothing can be done” doomism or hand wringing we see from all angles all the time now.

      “well all the parties suck” goes around and around and around nobody pushes to change anything.

      Saying the parties suck doesn’t fix them. They know they suck but they suck in a way that a few abusive assholes benefit from, so they’ll never change. They suck on purpose becayse they think their bread is buttered by the rich.

      I’ve just had enough.

      I’ve stopped pretending I need to accept things and started doing things regardless of if they sound hard.

      I can’t run for office, I don’t have the skills or interests. But I have some money and donate to politicians who support things I like, I joined a party to try to influence their policies (I hate that I had to do that), I write my MP and make it clear where my donations stand in respect to policy. They only give a fuck about money.

      I don’t know, it’s shit, but it’s fucking something.

      Americans must have some equivalent they can do at the local level at least.

      • protist@retrofed.comEnglish
        3·
        4 hours ago

        But I have some money and donate to politicians who support things I like, I joined a party to try to influence their policies (I hate that I had to do that), I write my MP and make it clear where my donations stand in respect to policy. They only give a fuck about money.

        I don’t know, it’s shit, but it’s fucking something.

        Americans must have some equivalent they can do at the local level at least.

        We fucking do. We literally fucking do these things. I wrote to the DNC just last week that they’re never seeing another dime from me until they start throwing their full-throated support behind progressive candidates. I’m very active in local politics. None of this changes who is president or who is in charge of the US Legislature right now

      • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
        5·
        12 hours ago

        Americans must have some equivalent they can do at the local level at least.

        Only at certain times. There was just a primary election (some locales had a special election too) yesterday, and there’s another one in November, but neither of them included the president on the ballot.

        May and November. That’s it. That’s all we’ve got, most of us; aside from protest.