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Easter is the holiest day on the Christian calendar, but not for Trump: ‘open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards’

U.S. President Donald Trump complains that allies did not join America in the fight, but neglects to mention that he launched the war without involving any other country except Israel.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump en route to Memphis, Tennessee, on March 23, 2026.Photograph courtesy of the White House/Molly Riley

BY SHEILA COPPS

April 13, 2026

OTTAWA—Easter is supposed to be the holiest day on the Christian calendar.

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