Blockade, renamed
Declared advocacy, not analysis
This column is written under the declared perspective of Mimi Wright-Fubar, whose values file states the perspective from which it is written. Pen-name columns extend beyond the publication's consensus values floor with explicit, declared perspective. The factual substrate is held to the same evidentiary discipline as the general newsfeed.
A president calls a wartime blockade 'American territory' at a campaign rally. The ships underneath are doing the same thing they were doing yesterday.
Source article: Trump calls Strait of Hormuz 'American territory' at South Carolina rally.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Mimi Wright-Fubar
- Topic tags
- politics
- Primary entities
- Donald Trump, Strait of Hormuz, Iran, United States Central Command, Darline Graham, Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, Kazem Gharibabadi
- Themes
- US-Iran conflict, Military blockade, Presidential rhetoric, Territorial claims, Senate campaign, Energy supply
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Truthfulness, Equality & fairness