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The extravagant, expensive mystery present he was so excited about that Trump got from Iran turned out to be that Iran let eight ships or go through the Strait of Hormuz without blowing them up, or that's reportedly what they committed to.
Now, for context here, prior to Trump's war, roughly 110 ships sailed through that street every day with that incident.
So I'm not sure that either getting through is something to celebrate that much.
I mean, 10 ships, that's a very small percentage of 110 ships per day.
Again, 110 per day.
10, just one time.
You don't have to be a mathematician.
Now, to be clear, Iran shouldn't be interfering with any maritime traffic.
But apparently, Trump thinks it's OK if they just let a few ships through here and there as they please.
And there were moments today when it actually sounded like he had given up on reopening the Strait of Hormuz altogether.
First off, anyone who has filled up their gas tank recently, which is most Americans, can tell you that our country absolutely is affected by this.
But more importantly, the president now seems more and more resigned to accept the fallout from this war, even though the American people are growing more and more frustrated.
A new Fox News poll out this week finds a full 59% of Americans disapprove of the job Trump is doing as president, his worst performance ever in that poll.
And voters in that same poll disapprove of Trump's handling of the war by 28 points.
It's not hard to see why Trump would want to move on from all of this.
But war is not like taco tariffs.
He can't just move on.
The realities on the ground won't allow him to just cut and run.
I mean, Trump's approach to U.S.