Daily Archives: April 24, 2020

2020-04-24: News Headlines

Santa Cruz News (2020-04-24). Libertarian Activist Organizes "Re-Open" Santa Cruz March, Calls Pandemic a Hoax. indybay.org Libertarian activist Sean Cutler is organizing a march to Santa Cruz City Hall on April 24 in support of re-opening the "local economy". An event listing posted to social media by Cutler promises "speeches" at City Hall, however it is unclear if the event is real or a stunt, as only one person is listed as attending. The event post for the march demands "an end to the tyrannical quarantine" and encourages participants to "bring flags, banners, posters, and the loving spirit of freedom". On March 16, Cutler posted on social media that the COVID-19 pandemic was, "overblown, childish, and insane". The pandemic is "s…

RT (2020-04-24). Taliban rejects call for Ramadan ceasefire in Afghanistan — spokesman. rt.com The Taliban has rejected an Afghan government call for a ceasefire for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and to let authorities focus on tackling the coronavirus, Reuters reports. | Hopes for an end to Afghanistan's decades of war were raised in late February when the Taliban and the US struck a deal on the withdrawal of US-led foreign forces in exchange for Taliban security guarantees. The deal did not include a ceasefire, which has been left to the US-backed government to negotiate with the insurgents. | A Taliban spokesman, Suhail Shaheen, tweeted that a ceasefire would be possible if the peace process was b…

RT (2020-04-24). Cyprus flight ban extended to May 17. rt.com Cyprus extended a ban on commercial air traffic until May 17 on Friday to curb the spread of coronavirus. | The ban was first introduced on March 21 and authorities have extended it by decree since then. It will now be extended from April 30 to May 17, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos tweeted, citing a decision by the cabinet. | The island has recorded 795 cases of Covid-19 and 13 deaths as a direct result of the virus, according to data from the Health Ministry released on Thursday. | The country has imposed restrictions on movement, including a night curfew and allowing people to leave their homes only on…

RT (2020-04-24). WHO adds 9 candidates for Covid-19 vaccine developed in Russia to global trial list. rt.com Russian scientists have developed nine possible Covid-19 vaccines to be used in a global trial backed by the World Health Organization (WHO). All nine are currently at a preclinical evaluation stage. | Vector, a Novosibirsk-based infectious diseases lab, produced six of the nine Russian submissions included on the WHO trial list. Its proposals are derived from platforms for treating Ebola, influenza and other viral infections. | The three other possible vaccines came from St. Petersburg and were developed by two research institutes and a major Russian biopharmaceutical company. They worked solo to make two of…

Fight Back (2020-04-23). L4A bashes Trump – the visible enemy. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement by the Legalization for All Network (L4A) | Monday night [April 20] Trump tweeted, "In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!" The "Invisible Enemy" Trump is referring to is COVID-19. Deaths in the U.S. have risen to a staggering 45,318 at the time of writing this statement; the numbers are going up constantly. The blame however cannot be placed on immigrants, the blame is on Tru…

Mark Gruenberg (2020-04-23). Labor leader says Trump immigration ban "another distraction" from bad coronavirus performance. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—GOP President Donald Trump's executive order banning all immigration to the U.S., issued via a Trump tweet early in the morning on April 21 is "another distraction" from Trump's own bad performance in leading the national fight against the coronavirus pandemic. And it's part of a Trump pattern in reacting to bad news which could …

Fight Back (2020-04-23). Chicago: Celebration of International Workers Day planned. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL — Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) will be marking International Workers Day virtually with talks from leaders of workers struggles in Chicago. The Sunday, May 3 forum will be streamed from the FRSO Chicago page via Facebook Live at 4 p.m. | Kobi Guillory of FRSO and an activist in the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, states, "'We're all in this together' has been a common message from corporate politicians over the past several months. The disproportionate damage the novel coronavirus has done to working and oppressed people while billionaires continue to…

RT (2020-04-23). Facebook quietly stops letting advertisers target PSEUDOSCIENCE fans after years of boasting 'misinformation fighting' role. rt.com Having claimed to be a crusader against misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic, Facebook has only just removed the ability for advertisers to target users "interested in pseudoscience," journalists have discovered. | The social media behemoth finally removed the "pseudoscience" category from its advertising platform on Wednesday, several days after investigators at

Hatewatch Staff (2020-04-23). Oath Keepers Chaplain Quits Over Leader's COVID Response. splcenter.org Chuck Baldwin, who has served as the national chaplain of the antigovernment Oath Keepers since 2013, announced his resignation early Tuesday morning on Facebook.

Dalton Price (2020-04-23). The WHO Has Never Wanted Your Politics. commondreams.org There is an elephant in the room, a piece of history, that we overlook yet explains this ill-preparedness: that one of the WHO's earliest and most important rules was to avoid politics at all costs. It isn't set up to deal with, well, you. (Photo: WHO/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/tedros_who.jpg

John Ranson (2020-04-23). 'Fake nurse' Twitter account researcher responds to 'fake news' claims. thecanary.co On 21 April, The Canary's Tom Coburg The DHSC

teleSUR (2020-04-23). WHO to Receive $30 Million From China to Fight COVID-19. telesurenglish.net The World Health Organization (WHO) will receive a $30 million grant from the government of China to use these resources for the containment of COVID-19. | RELATED: | The announcement of the donation was made Thursday by the Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Hua Chunying. | On her Twitter account, Hua Chunying recalled that the government donated $20 million in cash to the WHO on 11 March. | China's donation comes one week…

Staff (2020-04-23). Elizabeth Warren Loses Brother to COVID-19 Amid Trump's Push to Reopen Country. truthout.org Former presidential candidate and current Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) announced on Thursday morning that her oldest brother, Donald Reed Herring, had died, apparently due to complications relating to COVID-19. | Prior to Warren's announcement on Twitter,

Bill Van Auken (2020-04-23). Merchants of Death: Multibillion-dollar Bailout for Arms Industry Amid Rising COVID-19 Toll. globalresearch.ca "I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea," US President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday in a startling threat that could trigger a catastrophic war …

teleSUR (2020-04-23). Italian Scientists Find COVID-19 in Eye Fluids. telesurenglish.net The Italian National Institute of Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" managed to isolate active SARS-CoV-2 in ocular secretions. | RELATED: | The information is published in an article titled "SARS-CoV-2 Isolation from Ocular Secretions of a Patient With COVID-19 in Italy With Prolonged Viral RNA Detection", in Annals of Internal Medicine. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease, but conjunctivitis is one of the less frequent sym…

Adam Hanieh (2020-04-23). When Oil Markets Go Viral. globalresearch.ca The ecological dimensions of COVID-19 have become increasingly prominent in much recent discussion, with several important

Dr. Pascal Sacré (2020-04-22). Covid-19: Check the Source of your Information! War against… Corruption? globalresearch.ca Introduction | I am not a conspiracy theorist. I am not a great fan of social media, blogs or controversy on the Internet; nor am I a journalist, at least not by profession. | I am a doctor: seven years at medical …

Cheston CC, Vinci RJ. (2020-04-21). Overuse of Continuous Pulse Oximetry for Bronchiolitis. jamanetwork.com Bronchiolitis, a viral infection of the lower respiratory tract, is the most common cause of hospitalization among children younger than 2 years, and generated estimated direct hospital costs of $734 million in 2016. Clinical practice recommendations from the Choosing Wisely campaign and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) specifically target medical overuse for children with bronchiolitis in an effort to improve value of medical care for the approximately 130‚ÄØ000 infants admitted each year with this disease. Amid recommendations related to prevention, diagnosis, and management of bronchi…

Hannah Gais (2020-04-16). Hate Groups and Racist Pundits Spew COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media Despite Companies' Pledges to Combat It. splcenter.org Hate groups and racist pundits have pushed misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic on mainstream social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube throughout the crisis, despite companies pledging to fight fake news about the virus.

Hatewatch Staff (2020-04-07). Facebook's Strategy for Taking Down Hate Groups is Spotty and Ineffective. splcenter.org Facebook continues to provide a safe haven for hate groups and extremists despite the company's attempts to "stop the most egregious and dangerous groups from using its tools." Hatewatch staff previously reported several extremist groups and pages currently active on the platform directly to Facebook in 2018.

yenisafak (2020-04-24). British MP to fast to better understand Muslims. yenisafak.com A British MP said Friday that he would fast for the first week of holy month of Ramadan.Paul Bristow, a Conservative MP for Peterborough in Eastern England, posted a video on Twitter to announce his decision to experience the fast to understand what Ramadan means to Muslims."Ramadan is a time for spiritual reflection, self-improvement and heightened worship," Bristow said."For the first week of Ramadan, I too, have decided to observe the fast.""I am not a Muslim but I feel it is important that I share this experience with the estimated 20,000 Muslims that live in Peterborough, my city," the MP said.He said he wou…

yenisafak (2020-04-24). New coronavirus death in Libya, cases rise in Oman, Sudan. yenisafak.com Health authorities in Oman, Libya, and Sudan recorded more coronavirus fatalities and cases on Friday.In Oman, 47 coronavirus cases were recorded, bringing the total to 1,790, including nine deaths and 325 recoveries, the Health Ministry tweeted.Sudan's Health Ministry said another 12 cases were recorded in the capital Khartoum, pushing the total to 174, including 16 deaths and 14 recoveries.Health authorities in war-battered Libya confirmed the country's second coronavirus death while no new cases were recorded, keeping the total at 60 including 15 recoveries.After emerging last December in the Chinese city of W…

sputniknews (2020-04-24). Pakistani Muslim Cleric Gets Roasted on Social Media for Linking Coronavirus with 'Immoral' Women. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): Muslim clerics in Pakistan have been grabbing headlines ever since the COVID-19 outbreak. Until Thursday, many clerics were abstaining from obeying the lockdown by calling people to prayer in mosques.

sputniknews (2020-04-24). Jumbo Mission: 'Angry' Elephant Knocks JCB Machine After Being Rescued – Video. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): Though a massive elephant can solve a mountain of problems with its brawny physique but the creature's mammoth body does land the jumbo in life-threatening situations as well. In one such incident, an elephant found itself stuck in a deep pit.

Duncan Roden (2020-04-22). Would you die for Wall Street? greenleft.org.au

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2020-04-23). Trump's threat to Iran has a hollow ring. It betrays angst. iranian.com A tweet by the US President Donald Trump on April 22 said, "I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea." The AP report on it added, "The White House had no immediate comment. The U.S. Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet referred questions …

2020-04-24: Social Media Postees

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Libertarian Activist Organizes "Re-Open" Santa Cruz March, Calls Pandemic a Hoax
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
Libertarian activist Sean Cutler is organizing a march to Santa Cruz City Hall on April 24 in support of re-opening the "local economy". An event listing posted to social media by Cutler promises "speeches" at City Hall, however it is unclear if the event is real or a stunt, as only one person is listed as attending. The event post for the march demands "an end to the tyrannical quarantine" and encourages participants to "bring flags, banners, posters, and the loving spirit of freedom". On March 16, Cutler posted on social media that the COVID-19 pandemic was, "overblown, childish, and insane". The pandemic is "s…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/22/18832568.php

May Day Virtual Rally
San José May Day Coalition | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
Watch: | Facebook Live: @sanjosemayday | Instagram Live: @mayday.sanjose‚Ä&atilde…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/23/18832605.php

Cyprus flight ban extended to May 17
rt.com | 2020-04-24
Cyprus extended a ban on commercial air traffic until May 17 on Friday to curb the spread of coronavirus. | The ban was first introduced on March 21 and authorities have extended it by decree since then. It will now be extended from April 30 to May 17, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos tweeted, citing a decision by the cabinet. | The island has recorded 795 cases of Covid-19 and 13 deaths as a direct result of the virus, according to data from the Health Ministry released on Thursday. | The country has imposed restrictions on movement, including a night curfew and allowing people to leave their homes only on…
rt.com/newsline/486745-cyprus-flight-ban-extend/

WHO adds 9 candidates for Covid-19 vaccine developed in Russia to global trial list
rt.com | 2020-04-24
Russian scientists have developed nine possible Covid-19 vaccines to be used in a global trial backed by the World Health Organization (WHO). All nine are currently at a preclinical evaluation stage. | Vector, a Novosibirsk-based infectious diseases lab, produced six of the nine Russian submissions included on the WHO trial list. Its proposals are derived from platforms for treating Ebola, influenza and other viral infections. | The three other possible vaccines came from St. Petersburg and were developed by two research institutes and a major Russian biopharmaceutical company. They worked solo to make two of…
rt.com/russia/486739-russian-covid-vaccine-candidates/

Labor leader says Trump immigration ban "another distraction" from bad coronavirus performance
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-23
WASHINGTON–GOP President Donald Trump's executive order banning all immigration to the U.S., issued via a Trump tweet early in the morning on April 21 is "another distraction" from Trump's own bad performance in leading the national fight against the coronavirus pandemic. And it's part of a Trump pattern in reacting to bad news which could …
peoplesworld.org/article/labor-leader-says-trump-immigration-ban-another-distraction-from-bad-coronavirus-performance/

L4A bashes Trump – the visible enemy
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-23
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement by the Legalization for All Network (L4A) | Monday night [April 20] Trump tweeted, "In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!" The "Invisible Enemy" Trump is referring to is COVID-19. Deaths in the U.S. have risen to a staggering 45,318 at the time of writing this statement; the numbers are going up constantly. The blame however cannot be placed on immigrants, the blame is on Tru…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/23/l4a-bashes-trump-visible-enemy

Facebook quietly stops letting advertisers target PSEUDOSCIENCE fans after years of boasting 'misinformation fighting' role
rt.com | 2020-04-23
Having claimed to be a crusader against misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic, Facebook has only just removed the ability for advertisers to target users "interested in pseudoscience," journalists have discovered. | The social media behemoth finally removed the "pseudoscience" category from its advertising platform on Wednesday, several days after investigators at The Markup first confronted it. They questioned the inconsistency between Facebook declaring war…
rt.com/usa/486720-facebook-pseudoscience-ad-misinformation/

Oath Keepers Chaplain Quits Over Leader's COVID Response
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-04-23
Chuck Baldwin, who has served as the national chaplain of the antigovernment Oath Keepers since 2013, announced his resignation early Tuesday morning on Facebook.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/23/oath-keepers-chaplain-quits-over-leaders-covid-response

Chicago: Celebration of International Workers Day planned
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-23
Chicago, IL

'Fake nurse' Twitter account researcher responds to 'fake news' claims
John Ranson | thecanary.co | 2020-04-23
On 21 April, The Canary's Tom Coburg reported on claims of a raft of fake Twitter accounts purporting to be NHS workers. These accounts, which are no longer active, allegedly supported the government's position on the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. It was claimed that 128 accounts had been controlled by a single person, with links to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). | The DHSC called…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/04/23/fake-nurse-twitter-account-researcher-responds-to-fake-news-claims/

Elizabeth Warren Loses Brother to COVID-19 Amid Trump's Push to Reopen Country
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-23
Former presidential candidate and current Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) announced on Thursday morning that her oldest brother, Donald Reed Herring, had died, apparently due to complications relating to COVID-19. | Prior to Warren's announcement on Twitter, it was not yet publicly announced that her brother had contracted the disease. His initial diagnosis reportedl…
truthout.org/articles/elizabeth-warren-loses-brother-to-covid-19-amid-trumps-push-to-reopen-country/

WHO to Receive $30 Million From China to Fight COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-23
The World Health Organization (WHO) will receive a $30 million grant from the government of China to use these resources for the containment of COVID-19. | RELATED: | China Denies the Coronavirus Came from One of Its Labs | The announcement of the donation was made Thursday by the Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Hua Chunying. | On her Twitter account, Hua Chunying recalled that the government donated $20 million in cash to the WHO on 11 March. | China's donation comes one week…
telesurenglish.net/news/who-to-receive-30-million-usd-from-china-to-fight-covid19-20200423-0001.html

The WHO Has Never Wanted Your Politics
Dalton Price | commondreams.org | 2020-04-23
There is an elephant in the room, a piece of history, that we overlook yet explains this ill-preparedness: that one of the WHO's earliest and most important rules was to avoid politics at all costs. It isn't set up to deal with, well, you. (Photo: WHO/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/tedros_who.jpg
commondreams.org/views/2020/04/23/who-has-never-wanted-your-politics?cd-origin=rss

Merchants of Death: Multibillion-dollar Bailout for Arms Industry Amid Rising COVID-19 Toll
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
"I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea," US President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday in a startling threat that could trigger a catastrophic war …
globalresearch.ca/multibillion-dollar-bailout-arms-industry/5710599

Italian Scientists Find COVID-19 in Eye Fluids
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-23
The Italian National Institute of Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" managed to isolate active SARS-CoV-2 in ocular secretions. | RELATED: | Few Americans Support Easing COVID-19 Measures: Survey | The information is published in an article titled "SARS-CoV-2 Isolation from Ocular Secretions of a Patient With COVID-19 in Italy With Prolonged Viral RNA Detection", in Annals of Internal Medicine. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease, but conjunctivitis is one of the less frequent sym…
telesurenglish.net/news/italian-scientists-find-covid-in-eye-fluids-20200423-0005.html

When Oil Markets Go Viral
Adam Hanieh | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
The ecological dimensions of COVID-19 have become increasingly prominent in much recent discussion, with several important contributions exploring the pandemic in relation to capitalist agribusiness, widespread loss of biodiversity, and the destruction of natural ecosystems. There is, however, a further …
globalresearch.ca/when-oil-markets-go-viral/5710473

Covid-19: Check the Source of your Information! War against… Corruption?
Dr. Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
Introduction | I am not a conspiracy theorist. I am not a great fan of social media, blogs or controversy on the Internet; nor am I a journalist, at least not by profession. | I am a doctor: seven years at medical …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-check-the-source-of-your-information-war-against-corruption/5710511

Overuse of Continuous Pulse Oximetry for Bronchiolitis
Cheston CC, Vinci RJ. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-21
Bronchiolitis, a viral infection of the lower respiratory tract, is the most common cause of hospitalization among children younger than 2 years, and generated estimated direct hospital costs of $734 million in 2016. Clinical practice recommendations from the Choosing Wisely campaign and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) specifically target medical overuse for children with bronchiolitis in an effort to improve value of medical care for the approximately 130‚ÄØ000 infants admitted each year with this disease. Amid recommendations related to prevention, diagnosis, and management of bronchi…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764684

Hate Groups and Racist Pundits Spew COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media Despite Companies' Pledges to Combat It
Hannah Gais | splcenter.org | 2020-04-16
Hate groups and racist pundits have pushed misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic on mainstream social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube throughout the crisis, despite companies pledging to fight fake news about the virus.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/17/hate-groups-and-racist-pundits-spew-covid-19-misinformation-social-media-despite-companies

Facebook's Strategy for Taking Down Hate Groups is Spotty and Ineffective
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-04-07
Facebook continues to provide a safe haven for hate groups and extremists despite the company's attempts to "stop the most egregious and dangerous groups from using its tools." Hatewatch staff previously reported several extremist groups and pages currently active on the platform directly to Facebook in 2018.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/07/facebooks-strategy-taking-down-hate-groups-spotty-and-ineffective

British MP to fast to better understand Muslims
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-24
A British MP said Friday that he would fast for the first week of holy month of Ramadan.Paul Bristow, a Conservative MP for Peterborough in Eastern England, posted a video on Twitter to announce his decision to experience the fast to understand what Ramadan means to Muslims."Ramadan is a time for spiritual reflection, self-improvement and heightened worship," Bristow said."For the first week of Ramadan, I too, have decided to observe the fast.""I am not a Muslim but I feel it is important that I share this experience with the estimated 20,000 Muslims that live in Peterborough, my city," the MP said.He said he wou…
yenisafak.com/en/world/british-mp-to-fast-to-better-understand-muslims-3517836

New coronavirus death in Libya, cases rise in Oman, Sudan
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-24
Health authorities in Oman, Libya, and Sudan recorded more coronavirus fatalities and cases on Friday.In Oman, 47 coronavirus cases were recorded, bringing the total to 1,790, including nine deaths and 325 recoveries, the Health Ministry tweeted.Sudan's Health Ministry said another 12 cases were recorded in the capital Khartoum, pushing the total to 174, including 16 deaths and 14 recoveries.Health authorities in war-battered Libya confirmed the country's second coronavirus death while no new cases were recorded, keeping the total at 60 including 15 recoveries.After emerging last December in the Chinese city of W…
yenisafak.com/en/world/new-coronavirus-death-in-libya-cases-rise-in-oman-sudan-3517830

Pakistani Muslim Cleric Gets Roasted on Social Media for Linking Coronavirus with 'Immoral' Women
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
New Delhi (Sputnik): Muslim clerics in Pakistan have been grabbing headlines ever since the COVID-19 outbreak. Until Thursday, many clerics were abstaining from obeying the lockdown by calling people to prayer in mosques.
sputniknews.com/asia/202004241079080275-pakistani-muslim-cleric-gets-roasted-on-social-media-for-linking-coronavirus-with-immoral-women/

Jumbo Mission: 'Angry' Elephant Knocks JCB Machine After Being Rescued – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
New Delhi (Sputnik): Though a massive elephant can solve a mountain of problems with its brawny physique but the creature's mammoth body does land the jumbo in life-threatening situations as well. In one such incident, an elephant found itself stuck in a deep pit.
sputniknews.com/viral/202004241079076210-jumbo-mission-angry-elephant-knocks-jcb-machine-after-being-rescued—video–/

Trump's threat to Iran has a hollow ring. It betrays angst
M. K. Bhadrakumar | iranian.com | 2020-04-23
A tweet by the US President Donald Trump on April 22 said, "I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea." The AP report on it added, "The White House had no immediate comment. The U.S. Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet referred questions …
iranian.com/2020/04/23/trumps-threat-to-iran-has-a-hollow-ring-it-betrays-angst/