'Please do not rely on the US government at this time.'

[deminks]

Americans stranded in the Middle East say the State Department hotline Marco Rubio told them to call plays a recorded message warning: “Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time.”

— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2026-03-04T17:27:19.321Z

Americans stranded in the Middle East say the State Department hotline Marco Rubio told them to call plays a recorded message warning: “Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time.”

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A pre-recorded message.

[Doodley]

1. That could be the motto of the Trump regime: 'Please do not rely on the US government at this time.'

[0rganism]

3. "E pluribus unreliabilus"

I guess it's been that way all along, and in the past we just tended to hire staff who gave a shit about keeping the lights on.

[efhmc]

5. So true.

[Ocelot II]

2. We can take that as a general statement about the U.S. government with respect to everything.

It's become a complete goat rodeo that can't be relied on to do anything except make everything worse.

[efhmc]

4. The only thing you can rely on is being shot at and perhaps killed. Torture might happen also. End of message.