Tuesday, May 5, 2026

the 40 days of trumpmas - a surreal serial poem

the 40 days of trumpmas - a surreal serial poem


Remember, remember! The fifth of trumpvember

 the 40 days of trumpmas - a serial poem

 

for 40 days the trumpeter reigns,

his lies and hate on whom he disdains,

but election day will come so soon,

we'll no longer hear the orange baboon;

 

in 39 days full of world wide problems.

we could elect him to get rid of the muslims,

but as he'll rant on trivialities of his presidential life,

what could be worse? - you could be his wife;

 

in 38 days just what will you do?

the donald has said he likes lgbtq,

but as he bullies his women and all his men too,

if youre questioning, what stops him from bullying you?

 

in just 37 days, some people are saying,

(or pleading or hoping or some even praying)

the duke of prunes will dye his forelock purple my friend,

and thus make america grape again,

 

our days are down to just 36,

before our problems the don will fix,

he will on day one do what hes said - true,

he'll wall out our enemies - and fat women too!

 

on the 35th day of trumpmas

yes just seven weeks remain!

will the polls and tallies deliver us

donald with his golden mane?

 

34 days and the vice-pipers have piped,

though pence didnt say why donalds suit shouldnt be striped,

he wouldnt defend his master's string pulling,

to make america great? - who do they think they're fooling?

 

just 33 days till the macho tornado,

unless its blown away by hurricane machado,

with women and voters he has so much to loose.

keep your mouth shut donald (unless youre changing your shoes)

 

32 days and we’ve been hit by the big blowhard,

donald spoke here in fla (oh, we had a hurricane too)

this administration gives us playing the race card, a weak economy, and unemployment

but if you want a job you could be donald’s campaign manager (unless youre a jew)

 

31 days, just a month, remains;

will the donald say hes sorry, and his baser impulses restrain?

or keep blaming bill clinton for our moral demise;

when trump speaks to us, our NO votes must be our replies!

 

election comes this time (in 30 days) each 4 years,

time for praise and tears and fears;

as polls will open in many states,

vote early, please dont vote late!

 

down to 29, just a leap february,

and theres still the donald quite

contrary;

donald donald, how does your garden grow?

quoth the master debater, "with pretty maids groped in a row"

 

just 28 days - later or soon,

and the zombies will rise, led by the big goon;

unless everyone gets a reality inoculation,

i might have to move to canada for a well deserved vacation; 

 

now just 27, less than 4 weeks,

no time for you to say 'yikes!' or 'eeeks!'

obama wants to go to mars and colonize it for man,

lets send trump tomorrow! and colonize it for orangutan!

 

26 days are all that remain,

will our democracy and economy go down the drain?

if we all keep listening to the blustering oaf,

will he give jobs and prosperity? - or just half a loaf

 

25 days - will more women speak?,

of the antics of donald who the presidency seeks,

dating 14 year old girls or groping their mothers,

how did the gop pick him over the others?,

 

24 days - were down to two dozen,

the next woman who speaks just might be your cousin,

or mother or sister, aunt, niece, even daughter,

describing the circumstance in which donald caught her,

 

23 days left and trump doesnt yet have as many accusers,

as cosby, but he assures us that they are all really losers,

sent by bankers or hillary with secret agendas,

to disrupt our election of him - our defender!,

 

22 days and we know charity begins at home,

but donalds attention is so prone to roam,

his gift that disappeared to 911 survivors from his foundation?,

oops! maybe donald spent it on a vacation,

 

21 days and trump says the election may be rig-ly,

if hes not the winner and his total's not big-ly,

tremendously higher than hillary gets,

he warns his supporters may all lose their wits,

 

20 days left and while george zimmerman still walks free,

the man who shot at HIM got 20 years - while trayvon got eternity,

trump wants us to support our cops and maintain law and order,

he'll put all the inner city dwellers in jail, and send the immigrant criminals far across the border,

 

19 days left till we all go to pretend,

to elect someone to lead us, as if on it our lives depend,

but wise man, donald trump, already really knows,

who we really voted for - a wolf in president's clothes?,

 

18 days and we bad hombres demand a rebate,

on the ill feelings left since the comments of one candidate,

the debaters have met in their final grudge match,

but only donald can say from whose hands victory will be snatched,

 

17 days and our government is corrupt with quid pro quo,

did you take latin at wharton? is that how you know?,

donald wants us to fire at them all - the bureaucrats lined up in rows,

and believe me, corruption is a subject. that donald really knows,

 

16 days - lets set term limits on all our office holders,

and put all our women in binders - or maybe in folders,

donalds endless complaints are becoming a sour whine,

have a little cheese with that, from wisconsin, where 

hillary's doing fine,

 

15 days and on stocking covered thighs did linger,

two miniature hands with two thumbs and eight tiny fingers,

they belonged to the donald who believed that he owned,

any thing that he wanted - or anyone he got alone,

 

14 days yes only two weeks,

till the duke of orange assends to the throne he seeks?,

to rule all americans, the strong and the weak?,

and dominate the globe with power that's peak?,

 

the 13th day to go - does that seem unlucky?,

not for donald whos lately been appearing quite plucky,

claiming media, polls, and parties are against him,

and rallying his multitudes with wit waxing dim,

 

on the 12th day of trumpmas donald awoke with a jerk,

promptly fired his latest campaign manager (who considered that a perk),

if youre "AAAfroAAAmurikan" and unemployed i can put you to work,

barked donald the businessman from behind his sly smirk,

 

it's the 11th and engineer casey trump is in the caboose,

i hear some of you saying oh no! what's the use,

our campaign will probably just go off the tracks,

but donald says its ok - cause he's got "the blacks",

 

just ten days left yes only one-zero,

til donald is hoping that he'll be your hero,

as new hillary emails come under investigation,

donald hopes to rename camp david to camp donald for

his vacations,

 

like a cat has nine lives we're left with only 9 days,

till we're subject to donald? and his old wicked ways,

on foreign affairs he says he'll save us from isis,

but his domestic affairs are misogyny and crisis,

 

our days are numbered - yes only eight,

till once again we make america great,

by getting rid of candidates who have nothing to add,

goodbye donald you wont make america sad,

 

just one week to go - its day minus seven,

till america's lifted above - to trumpty dump heaven?,

where for rich folks like donald opportunity abounds,

and we keep the working poor with a wall that surrounds,

 

how the time it does fly its already day 6,

till americans problems the donald will fix,

his solutions begin on trumpday number one,

dont you like them? they'll come at the barrel of a gun,

 

Five days to go, baby, One in five,

No one here gets out alive, now,

david dukes not opposed to all jews,

he backs trump - who are you going to choose?,

 

only 4 days left till the armaged-don,

he'll seize power by the horns once he has won,

and donnie will be what he longs for - a winner,

using the FBI to wreak havoc on hillary the sinner,

 

only three left, just a triad of days,

and the donald his supporters continues to amaze,

with hoopla and folderoll made up in his head,

his winning temperament will leave us all dead,

 

just a pair of days - 2 - till trump paradise,

since these words you're reading please heed my advice,

the creatures that surround us are beginning to bite,

'blacks for trump' fear the Illuminati so lets turn out their light,

 

just a single day left till our thanksgiving,

deliver us from donald and preserve the living,

forget sanity and disgard your misgivings,

but pray hard to your gods that they'll be forgiving,

since we've got the nukes why can't we use'em?,

on the road to 2016 why couldn't we lose HIM?,

 

and trumpmas now has finally come,

the tallies will count up to a winning sum,

unless the earth is struck soon by a cataclysmic comet,

to elect a candidate who just makes you want to vomit?,

we wish you a merry trumpmas at this time each 4 years,

if you have'nt voted you've lost the chance to mitigate your fears,

cause donald duck is ready to lead, forget your crocodile tears,

so you'd better get the vaseline and lubricate your rears!

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Donald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockade

Donald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockade

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/04/shipping-bosses-nervous-trump-plan-to-guide-vessels-strait-of-hormuz-iran

Children play in the water, with vessels sit offshore in the distance
Children play in the water along the shore as bulk carriers, cargo ships, and service vessels sit offshore in the strait of Hormuz, off Bandar Abbas, Iran. Photograph: Razieh Poudat/AP

Donald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockade

US operation announced as ‘Project Freedom’ dramatically raises stakes in conflict

The US has launched Donald Trump’s operation to open a route through the strait of Hormuz for hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, in a move that brought the region back to the brink of full-scale war as Iran sought to reassert its blockade.

The US operation, which got under way on Monday after being announced as “Project Freedom” by Trump on Sunday night on his social media site, dramatically raised the stakes in a conflict that had been in a month-long period of uneasy limbo.

Speaking hours after the operation began, the head of US Central Command, (Centcom), Adm Brad Cooper, said that US forces had destroyed six Iranian small boats and intercepted both Iranian cruise missiles and drones. He “strongly advised” Iranian forces to remain clear of US military assets in the region, which include guided-missile destroyers, more than 100 land- and sea-based aircraft, drones and 15,000 troops.

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Iran swiftly denied the claim. On a day of successive claims and counter-claims, it also denied Centcom’s assertion that two US-flagged merchant vessels had “successfully transited” the strait, while US navy guided-missile destroyers had crossed in the opposite direction, travelling westwards, and had begun patrolling the Gulf. Late on Monday, the container shipping company Maersk said the Alliance Fairfax – a US-flagged vehicle carrier – exited the Gulf via the strait accompanied by US military assets.

Speaking at a press conference as the standoff became more volatile and dangerous, Trump downplayed tensions, saying Iran had “taken some shots” but had caused no harm apart from damage to a South Korean cargo vessel, which reported an unexplained explosion and fire.

“Other than the South Korean Ship, there has been, at this moment, no damage going through the Strait,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform as oil prices jumped over the renewed hostilities.

Two ships on the water
The Gambia-flagged tanker vessel Bili is anchored in the strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. Photograph: Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP/Getty Images

In an interview on Monday, however, the US president heightened fears of a fresh escalation. Trump told Fox News that Iran would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if it attacks US vessels carrying out Project Freedom, while also claiming that the regime had become “much more malleable” in peace negotiations.

Iran, where military central command had warned that any US naval vessel approaching the strait would be fired on, earlier claimed to have hit a US frigate in the area with two missiles.

Late on Sunday, after Trump’s announcement, a tanker reported having been hit by “unknown projectiles”. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) later said an oil tanker operated by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, the MV Barakah had come under Iranian drone attack off the coast of Oman. No one was injured, it said.

A silhouetted person points at a back-lit map
A person observes vessel movements in the strait of Hormuz on a ship-tracking website. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

The UAE defence ministry said it had intercepted three missiles fired from Iran over its territorial waters, with a fourth one crashing into the sea.

More than 850 ships are estimated to have been trapped in the Gulf since the US and Israel launched their attack on Iran on 28 February. Iran imposed a blockade on foreign shipping using the strait of Hormuz soon afterwards and Trump imposed a counter-blockade of ships using Iranian ports on 13 April. A Pakistani-brokered ceasefire, announced by Trump in early April, stopped hostilities but failed to open the strait.

An estimated 20,000 sailors are stuck on the tankers, bulk carriers, container ships and other vessels, and there are growing concerns for their welfare. The operation launched by the US does not involve military escorts but aims to provide coordination and guidance for commercial shipping along a southern route through the strait, mostly through Omani territorial waters.

People walk past a caricature depicting Donald Trump, in Tehran, Iran.
People walk past a caricature depicting Donald Trump, in Tehran, Iran. Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/Reuters

Shipping executives responded cautiously to the move, amid uncertainty over how or if it would work. Richard Hext, the chair of Vanmar Shipping and the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, pointed out that Iran had previously declared that unapproved transit of the strait would be considered a “violation of the ceasefire” agreed last month.

“Under these circumstances we should be cautious,” Hext told CNN.

International response was also circumspect. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said the only way to reopen the strait of Hormuz was “a coordinated reopening by the United States and Iran”. Macron, speaking at a meeting of European leaders in Armenia, added: “We are not going to take part in any military operation in a framework that to me seems unclear.”

Announcing the project on Truth Social, Trump said the US had been approached by countries for help in getting their ships out of the strait, and that it would use its “best efforts” to do so. Giving no details on how this would be achieved, the president presented it as a humanitarian gesture “on behalf of the United States, Middle Eastern Countries but, in particular, the Country of Iran”.

“I have told my Representatives to inform them that we will use best efforts to get their Ships and Crews safely out of the Strait. In all cases, they said they will not be returning until the area becomes safe for navigation, and everything else,” Trump said.

He added: “If, in any way, this humanitarian process is interfered with, that interference will, unfortunately, have to be dealt with forcefully.”

On Monday morning, a US-led military organisation, the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC), said the US had established an “enhanced security area” south of the established prewar shipping lanes through the strait. The route would take ships through Omani territorial waters, the JMIC said, and owing to high anticipated traffic, ship operators were told to coordinate with Omani authorities by radio.

Ships were advised to avoid navigating in or close to the usual shipping lanes which “should be considered extremely hazardous due the presence of mines that have not been fully surveyed and mitigated”.

Iran’s military command insisted that ships passing must coordinate with them.

“We will manage the security of the strait of Hormuz with all might, and inform all commercial ships and tankers to refrain from any attempt to transit without the coordination of the Iranian armed forces stationed in the strait of Hormuz in order not to jeopardise their security,” Maj Gen Ali Abdollahi said, according to Mehr news agency.

Earlier, Abdollahi had said Iran would attack “any foreign armed force” that tried to approach or enter the strait, “especially, the aggressive US army”.

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US-Iran ceasefire holds despite Hormuz standoff: Pentagon chief Hegseth

US-Iran ceasefire holds despite Hormuz standoff: Pentagon chief Hegseth

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/5/us-iran-ceasefire-holds-despite-hormuz-standoff-pentagon-chief-hegseth 

 

US-Iran ceasefire holds despite Hormuz standoff: Pentagon chief Hegseth

Trump aide says the US has established a security ‘dome’ for ships over Hormuz, but traffic in strait remains stalled.


The ceasefire between the United States and Iran is still in place despite bursts of military action around the Strait of Hormuz, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth tells reporters.

Hegseth said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump will make the decision as to when the truce ends, signalling that Washington may be willing to tolerate some Iranian attacks during the push to reopen Hormuz before renewing the war.

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The defence secretary stressed that Washington’s campaign to pry open the strategic waterway – dubbed “Project Freedom” – is not part of the broader US-Israeli assault on Iran – codenamed Epic Fury.

“The ceasefire is not over. Ultimately, this is a separate and distinct project, and we expected there would be some churn at the beginning, which happened,” Hegseth told reporters.

“We said we would defend and defend aggressively, and we absolutely have. Iran knows that, and ultimately the president is going to make a decision whether anything were to escalate into a violation of the ceasefire.”

Monday saw the highest level of hostilities in the war since the truce came into effect on April 8.

Iran said it fired at US Navy ships; the US said it shot down seven small Iranian military boats; and Tehran renewed its drone and missile launches against the United Arab Emirates. A South Korean ship near Hormuz was also hit in a suspected Iranian attack.

And there were casualties. Three people were injured in the Iranian strike on the UAE’s Fujairah Petroleum Industries Zone, and Tehran said a US attack on a passenger boat in the Gulf killed five civilians.

More than 24 hours after the start of the US push to break the Iranian blockade in Hormuz, traffic in the strait remains largely at a standstill, ship tracking data shows.

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Iran stresses ‘new equation’

Hegseth said on Tuesday that the US has secured the waterway and is communicating with ships, companies and insurers to encourage vessels to pass through.

“We have established a powerful red, white and blue dome over the strait,” the Pentagon chief said.

“American destroyers are on station, supported by hundreds of fighter jets, helicopters, drones and surveillance aircraft, providing 24/7 overwatch for peaceful commercial vessels.”

Hegseth said that as the US safeguards the passage of ships through the strait, Iranian vessels will not be permitted to pass, emphasising that Washington’s naval siege on Iran’s ports continues.

US officials, however, have not shared details about how many vessels the US would be escorting or whether ships have agreed to go through while the threat of attacks remains high.

Top US General Dan Caine referred the question to the Middle East-based Central Command of the US military when asked for specifics.

“I’ll let CENTCOM talk to the number of ships they’re going to take through because they’re the nearest ones to talking to the commercial shippers, and I don’t want to get out in front of them,” Caine said.

Tehran has dismissed the US campaign, stressing that it is still in control of the waterway.

Before the war, about 20 percent of the world’s oil and natural gas flowed through the Strait of Hormuz.

Although parts of the waterway go through Iranian and Omani territorial waters, Hormuz shipping lanes were free and treated as international waters.

But now Iran is making claims to the strait, which it successfully closed shortly after the US-Israeli strikes on February 28. Most of the international community has stressed the need for maintaining free trade through Hormuz.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Tuesday that Tehran is solidifying the “new equation” in Hormuz.

“The security of shipping and energy transit has been jeopardised by the United States and its allies through the violation of the ceasefire and the imposition of a blockade. Of course, their evil will diminish,” Ghalibaf wrote on X.

“We know full well that the continuation of the status quo is intolerable for America, while we have not even begun yet.”

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Oil prices

The price of oil has been skyrocketing since the start of the war. In the US, rising petrol costs for US consumers are fuelling inflation, creating a political liability for Trump’s Republican Party in the run-up to

the midterm elections in November.

The average price of a gallon of petrol in the US rose to $4.48 ($1.18 per litre) on Tuesday, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA); it was below $3 ($0.79 per litre) before the war.

Trump and his aides have been arguing that prices will drop rapidly once the war is over. The US president said later on Tuesday that he expected the economic fallout from the war to be worse.

“It’s a very small price to pay for getting rid of a nuclear weapon from people that are really mentally deranged,” Trump told reporters. Iran denies seeking a nuclear weapon.

Global oil prices dipped slightly on Tuesday after a sharp spike the previous day.

The Iranian blockade in Hormuz has left 1,550 ships stranded in Hormuz, according to US officials, but Hegseth claimed on Tuesday that Iran is not in control of the strait.

He said the US managed to secure passage for two US-flagged commercial ships, along with navy destroyers, on Monday.

“We know Iran is embarrassed by the fact that our blockade is holding, and we can run ships through, and we’re going to help the world run ships through,” Hegseth said.

He added that the US operation in Hormuz is “temporary”, and that it would subsequently be taken over by other countries, without identifying them.

So far, US allies have declined calls to join military efforts to reopen the waterway.

“We’re stabilising the situation so commerce can flow again, but we expect the world to step up at the appropriate time, and soon we will hand responsibility back to you,” Hegseth told reporters.