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[–] Linken@lemmy.world 94 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (5 children)
  • Mar 3: "We won the war."
  • Mar 7: "We defeated Iran."
  • Mar 9: "We must attack Iran."
  • Mar 9: "The war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully."
  • Mar 11: “You never like to say too early you won. We won. In the first hour it was over.”
  • Mar 12: "We did win, but we haven't won completely yet."
  • Mar 13: "We won the war."
  • Mar 14: "Please help us."
  • Mar 15: "If you don't help us, I will certainly remember it."
  • Mar 16: "Actually, we don't need any help at all."
  • Mar 16: "I was just testing to see who's listening to me."
  • Mar 16: "If NATO doesn't help, they will suffer something very bad."
  • Mar 17: "We neither need nor want NATO's help."
  • Mar 17: "I don't need Congressional approval to withdraw from NATO."
  • Mar 18: "Our allies must cooperate in reopening the Strait of Hormuz."
  • Mar 19: "US allies need to get a grip - step up and help open the Strait of Hormuz."
  • Mar 20: "NATO are cowards."
  • Mar 21: "The Strait of Hormuz must be protected by the countries that use it. We don't use it, we don't need to open it."
  • Mar 22: "This is the last time. I will give Iran 48 hours. Open the strait"
  • Mar 22: "Iran is Dead"
  • Mar 23: "We had very good and productive talks with Iran."
  • Mar 24: "We’re making progress."
  • Mar 25: “They gave us a present and the present arrived today. And it was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize.”
  • Mar 26: "Make a deal, or we’ll just keep blowing them away."
  • Mar 27: "We don’t have to be there for NATO."
  • Mar 28: No major quote
  • Mar 29: Claimed talks were progressing
  • Mar 30: "Open the Strait of Hormuz immediately, or face devastating consequences."
  • Mar 31: Claimed a deal was "very close" and that Iran would "do the right thing"
  • Apr 1: "We’ll see what happens very soon."
  • Apr 2: Repeated that a deal was likely, while warning of continued strikes if not
  • Apr 3: "Something big is going to happen."
  • Apr 4: Said Iran must comply "immediately" or face further consequences. "Tuesday 8 PM ET".
  • Apr 5: "Open the fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah."
  • Apr 6: "We can bomb the hell out of them"
  • Apr 7: "A whole civilization will die tonight"
[–] dellish@lemmy.world 24 points 1 hour ago (2 children)
[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 hour ago

That's the thing I was wondering about the TACO meme. Is it good to mock him on chickening out when it is best for everybody that he does chicken out?

I'm taking the bet that he's going to fold faster than Superman on laundry day.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

And now he says they agreed to a cease fire and reopen the Strait.

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 25 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Beautiful. Thanks for compiling this.

From that, he does seem to have been getting a lot more agitated over the past week. We'll see how that translates into actions.

[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I swear we live in the dumbest timeline. Can we switch back to pre-Covid timeline before Trump?

[–] razzazzika@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

That... was Trump too.youre looking for pre 2017.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Honestly Trump 2017-2019 doesn't even seem that bad anymore...

[–] weew@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 minutes ago

Oh dear God, the fact that such a statement can be made...