Trump plans to announce that the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf. Move sparks outrage in Iran as diplomats try to broker deal between Tehran and Washington over nuclear programme.

InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net · edit-2 1 day ago

Trump plans to announce that the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf. Move sparks outrage in Iran as diplomats try to broker deal between Tehran and Washington over nuclear programme.

radio_free_asgarthr [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net · 1 day ago

Not a single gulf will not be renamed by the end of Trump’s term. Gulf of Riga, that’s Ivanka Gulf now. Gulf of Alaska, Northern Gulf of America… Gulf of Boothia? Don’t know where that is, but Donald Trump Jr. Gulf now.

ClimateStalin [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.net · 1 day ago

Gulf of California? Gulf of Maine? Swap em. You’re welcome Mexico.

Rom [he/him]@hexbear.net · 1 day ago

“If Trump went ahead with the proposal he would manage to unite every Iranian, pro- or anti-regime, against him, and that is a near impossible achievement,” one diplomat said.

lol

Trump plans to announce that the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf. Move sparks outrage in Iran as diplomats try to broker deal between Tehran and Washington over nuclear programme.

Trump plans to announce that the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf. Move sparks outrage in Iran as diplomats try to broker deal between Tehran and Washington over nuclear programme.

Trump plans to announce US will refer to Arabian Gulf rather than Persian Gulf