Is it static or dynamic? Whatever rust is that python isn’t.

Rust is static. Python is optionally static.

Python type hints are static - at the moment, they are advisory only, but there is an obvious route forward to making Python an (optionally) fully statically typed language by using static type checking on programs before execution.

Didn't The Powers That Be™ say that was not going to happen?

I might be missing the point but isn’t this what we use mypy et al for today?

They clearly meant a statically typed language. Yes Python is Strongly Typed, but I think we all knew what they meant.