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Miles Archer

(22,854 posts) Wed Mar 11, 2026, 07:44 PM Wednesday

"They gave me a list of names and said, 'Sir, you can pick the name you like, sir,'" Trump recalled... [View all]

Trump paused his remarks in Hebron, Ky., on Wednesday to comment on the military operation against Iran, dubbed "Operation Epic Fury."

“Is that a great name or what?” he asked a crowd of his supporters.

“They gave me a list of names and said, ‘Sir, you can pick the name you like, sir,’” Trump recalled, mimicking the stern voice of a military commander.

“And they gave me like 20 names,” he said. He picked the one he liked best.

As for the war's progress, he added: “You never like to say too early you won, but we won."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/latest-news-live-updates_n_69ae9a51e4b0fe5c2e757cb8/liveblog_69b1dad9e4b09ed5dafef835

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"They gave me a list of names and said, 'Sir, you can pick the name you like, sir,'" Trump recalled... [View all] Miles Archer Wednesday OP

Operation Epstein Fury. nt City Lights Wednesday #1

Actually it is a very accurate name Raven123 Wednesday #2

Operation Sir Sir. nt canetoad Wednesday #3

omg, snot Wednesday #4

He put more thought into picking a name for his war than he did devising a strategy. sop Wednesday #5

Oh that certainly explains a lot. QueerDuck Wednesday #6

This statement gives us no reason to believe he picked the name, in fact, odds are, he actually didn't AZJonnie Wednesday #7

Soon to be renamed Operation Over A $200 Barrel. tanyev Wednesday #8

Says the moron who has no idea why operations are given code nanes to begin with ms liberty Wednesday #9

this is the kind of thing they actually let this idiot do while miller actually runs the country. Takket Wednesday #10

Break something - declare victory lame54 Wednesday #11

he's so full of shit with his fucking SIR stories Skittles Wednesday #12

When he does the Kim Jong Un-atyle cabinet meeting, "let's go around the table and praise Dear Leader..." Miles Archer Thursday #15

thanks Miles, that's it Skittles Thursday #16

Yeah, just like you won in 2020 spanone Wednesday #13

He's allowed to pick out drapes and war names leftstreet Wednesday #14