President Donald Trump, who has been pressing allies to help safeguard the critical waterway, fumed on Tuesday that the U.S. is not getting support “despite the fact that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot” be allowed to secure a nuclear weapon.
Can we stop it with journalists’ insane use of commas in place of “and”?
If space is so precious, use an ampersand (&) for Christ’s sake.
Reading this sentence normally, it could seem like allies ARE joining the mission.