Yeah, highly unlikely Trump himself has ever even heard of this incident. Or can even remember what he had for breakfast this morning.

And even his closest advisors have been replaced with a priority on loyalty over competence, so they’re probably not aware, either.

But some of the US military top brass probably has studied military history and they would be aware of it. Maybe Trump and his advisors are actually listening to their generals and admirals when they say clearing a strait of mines by naval force is a bad idea. Maybe.