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[–] acchariya@lemmy.world 3 points 40 minutes ago

we've always been at ear with Iran. It is joe bidens fault for not ending the war which I will end soon

[–] Itwasntme223@discuss.online 2 points 36 minutes ago

Watch him claim letter on that he doesn't know why they're in Iran because he never gave the orders to do that. It must have been Hegseth.

[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

So, like, at what point does the rest of the world just declare war on us for the cabinet not using the 25th?

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

When one of their own shillionaires gets killed by Trump's stupidity.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Like many dementia afflictionados, he sometimes has a millisecond of clarity

[–] JoeTheSane@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago

Oh my god… he is so stupid and worthless.

[–] ecvanalog@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Nobody has ever been dumber.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 29 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Epstein distraction turned into another mid term issue and no one stopped paying attention to the Epstein issue. Can't keep winning

[–] nednobbins@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 hours ago

Bloomberg has regular interviews with analysts for giant investment firms. They had one who specializes in government debt. She said she talks to the people who work the front office for politicians. The Iran war and affordability come up regularly but the number one question they get is about the Epstein files.

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 24 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

We ~~SHOULD~~ ~~SHOULD NOT~~ ~~SHOULD~~ ~~SHOULD NOT~~ ~~SHOULD~~ SHOULD NOT be at War!

-Free Thinking Republicans who Voted for Trump for Peace!

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 2 hours ago

They're MAGAs, they are always pro-war, no matter they claim.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 25 points 5 hours ago

This reveals how piss poor the planning was the lack of concern for the dead and wounded. Life is cheap under the MAGA fucks.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 47 points 6 hours ago

“Sorry, your son died in this war. We shouldn’t even have been there.”

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

Press response should have been:

No shit sherlock.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 23 points 7 hours ago

Explain to me who can possibly be stunned at this point that Donald Trump's a braindead moron who has no idea what's going on.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

We were the number one producer anywhere in the world times two by double

TIL we produce 4x the amount of oil as any other country.

[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 hours ago

Is “stuns” really the right word to use anymore?

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 29 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Crazy reality when the bare minimum ideal to aim for is not electing senile pedophiles to the most influential position on the planet Earth.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 12 points 7 hours ago
[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 points 5 hours ago

For once, Israel was the one to pull USA into the war. He only realized the grave mistake later. Though, he is still an incomprehensible pile of shit.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Are we gonna post every brainfart this clown has?

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

In the scheme of things this is a pretty important brain fart, considering he has finally caught up to where everyone else was three weeks ago.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world -1 points 2 hours ago

It's not as annoying as when he just got in office when every other post on here was about Trump, including the non-political.
Look at how he's holding his fork!
I stick to following what he actually does and not what he says, because that is simply a useless and noise.

Any president openly doubting the war he started would/should be news, normal criteria don't apply to him with his record of changing his mind every 5 minutes, a constant avalanche of nonsense, lies,etc...

Of course the press will report on it, it's what they do.
But stunning or a bombshell it is not.
And that is my scheme of things.

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 15 points 8 hours ago

Every so often the truth comes out and it's shocking AF when it comes from there.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 156 points 14 hours ago (16 children)

He later said: “So, we need, I, I would really, I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory because it is their territory, it’s the place from which they get their energy and they should come and they should help us protect it.”

Then came the line that quickly sparked reaction online:

“You could make the case that maybe we shouldn’t even be there at all because we don’t need it.”

It's Iran's terrority, and Iran is defending it after being attacked...

But I really think he's getting pressure from Christian extremists to abandon Israel. Their endgame was always Israel getting wiped out by its neighbors to start Armageddon and rapture Christians.

If no one joins against Iran, trump will likely try to slink away and Bibi holding the bag.

It’s Iran’s terrority, and Iran is defending it after being attacked…

Reminds me of an old cartoon. Teacher is separating two boys who were fighting and says "Billy, who started the fight?" Billy answers "Tommy started it! He hit me back!"

[–] Grumpyleb@lemmus.org 64 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

And he threatened NATO, who by all his accounts "stood back from the front lines" When Article 5 was called during the bullshit second Gulf War. And now he DEMANDS they help. Sure buddy.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 76 points 14 hours ago (31 children)

I just love the quote:

So, we need, I, I would really, I’m demanding...

He starts with needing help, starts to say he just really wants it, then pivota to demanding it.

The fact that he went thru those steps shows how much pressure he's facing.

His two biggest wings of influence has been Israel and American christo-fascists, if they start pulling him in opposite ways, he can't hold onto both.

He's fucked, but so are the rest of us by extension. Hopefully just till midterms at least.

[–] Grumpyleb@lemmus.org 36 points 13 hours ago (16 children)

The thing is, as a foreigner, and speaking bluntly, this is on the entire American population, voting him in once was one thing, but not dealing with Jan 6 harshly under Bidens administration did nothing more than encourage them and their billionaire backers. IF there's no false flag operation to cancel the midterms and IF presidential elections are held and the democrats get into power, you lot are going to have to overhaul your entire system to ensure another Trump doesn't happen. And honestly speaking I can't realistically see that happening.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago

NATO: "Get Le Fucked".

The rest of the world is outraged about the pedophilia.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 44 points 13 hours ago (9 children)

Man I am so fucking ready for the Nationalist Christians to become huge fucking pariahs as a direct result of all of the idiocy that they’ve been pushing

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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 hours ago

The Christian leaders also see their parishioners spending all their money on gas, on the way to church, instead of on tithing.

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 33 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (7 children)

It's almost like he only joined in on the war because Israel was instructing him or something.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

because Israel was instructing him

because he wanted us to stop talking about his trips to Epstein Island to rape children.

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[–] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 63 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Trump is a moron and so are his supporters. It’s a moron horde.

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[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I dislike hom as much as the next guy but what he meant is very clearly not what the article implies. Baitclick

[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Reading the article, it sounds to me exactly as the headline implies. So tell me, what did he actually mean then?

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