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senseandsensibility

(24,708 posts)
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:05 PM 3 hrs ago

Okay, so trump just posted his real reason for starting a war with Iran. Watch the MSM ignore it.

According to Ron Filipkowski he just posted that Iran interfered in the 2020 and 2024 elections and now they are facing renewed war with the US.

He laying it all out there. It's about the elections. This should be the headline.

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Okay, so trump just posted his real reason for starting a war with Iran. Watch the MSM ignore it. (Original Post) senseandsensibility 3 hrs ago OP
K&R mvd 3 hrs ago #1
Let's hope that Dems seize on this remark senseandsensibility 3 hrs ago #2
And do what with it? flvegan 58 min ago #18
What would they do with it? Turn it into fundraising appeals? lees1975 37 min ago #21
Iran did not have a hacker footprint back then. Baitball Blogger 3 hrs ago #3
Whether he actually believes that Iran interfered I don't know senseandsensibility 3 hrs ago #4
What I'm hoping for is that his claim is so far fetched that the media and Congress will seize this as Baitball Blogger 3 hrs ago #5
"Iran did not have a hacker footprint back then." Codifer 1 hr ago #15
So he needs to kill people who had nothing to do with it. NameAlreadyTaken 3 hrs ago #6
Apparently senseandsensibility 2 hrs ago #7
Man????? bdamomma 1 hr ago #17
Oh he lives his life to revenge and avenge everything and everybody who ever crossed allegorical oracle 42 min ago #19
My point is that he is an adult with awesome powers and responsibilities senseandsensibility 34 min ago #22
Trump has accused several countries of interfering with the 2020 election. Lonestarblue 1 hr ago #8
I'd love to see someone with the funds KS Toronado 1 hr ago #10
Bingo popsdenver 1 hr ago #11
Yep -- still recall one of the hackers was identified using the name of "Fuzzy Bear." nt allegorical oracle 41 min ago #20
Hello Congress. Its time to do your fucking job. OLDMDDEM 1 hr ago #9
Um, Epstein??? Oh, and Kushners zionist dreams topped off w/ tons of $$$$$ tazcat 1 hr ago #12
RE: "the real reason" LudwigPastorius 1 hr ago #13
Yes, his real reason is to use this as a pretext senseandsensibility 1 hr ago #14
Well then we can say that Trump's drone strike was successful Mblaze 1 hr ago #16
Trump did re-post an article that said that. But it being his "real reason" is opinion, not fact. thesquanderer 11 min ago #23

senseandsensibility

(24,708 posts)
2. Let's hope that Dems seize on this remark
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:15 PM
3 hrs ago

So far I am not seeing them interviewed or their opinions represented on CNN or MSNOW.

lees1975

(6,974 posts)
21. What would they do with it? Turn it into fundraising appeals?
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 03:10 PM
37 min ago

So far, they've not done a damn thing with anything., Except send out fundraising emails using stuff like this.

Baitball Blogger

(52,049 posts)
3. Iran did not have a hacker footprint back then.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:20 PM
3 hrs ago

But, Russia and China has the kind of hackers that could do the trick.

So weird how he keeps blaming everything and everyone for that election. Everyone but himself.

He's turning into a twisted version of Lady MacBeth.

"Out, out damn spot!"

senseandsensibility

(24,708 posts)
4. Whether he actually believes that Iran interfered I don't know
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:24 PM
3 hrs ago

but he will use it as an excuse for clamping down on the midterm elections IMHO.

Baitball Blogger

(52,049 posts)
5. What I'm hoping for is that his claim is so far fetched that the media and Congress will seize this as
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:29 PM
3 hrs ago

a turning point and 25th him.

bdamomma

(69,463 posts)
17. Man?????
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:43 PM
1 hr ago

how about a man/child. When he doesn't get his way he bullies people then they die.

He's really into REVENGE.

allegorical oracle

(6,380 posts)
19. Oh he lives his life to revenge and avenge everything and everybody who ever crossed
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 03:04 PM
42 min ago

him. Let's hope he doesn't use nukes. Believe he's outright itching to use the most powerful weapons on the planet. He's a sick human being who should be tossed out of office asap.

senseandsensibility

(24,708 posts)
22. My point is that he is an adult with awesome powers and responsibilities
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 03:13 PM
34 min ago

and it's time the press and his cult members started demanding he act like it. This infantilization of the most powerful person in the world and excusing every stupid thing he does is why we are this position.

Lonestarblue

(13,395 posts)
8. Trump has accused several countries of interfering with the 2020 election.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:52 PM
1 hr ago

The only one he hasn't accused is Russia, which is the one that actually interfered in 2016 and perhaps in 2020 to help Trump. They had Musk to interfere in 2024.

KS Toronado

(23,589 posts)
10. I'd love to see someone with the funds
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:02 PM
1 hr ago

offer 10 million to anyone with knowledge how Elon Musk stole the 2024 election using his software
programs. Maybe all the computer hackers in this country would get busy finding what a lot of us
believe happened.

popsdenver

(2,080 posts)
11. Bingo
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:12 PM
1 hr ago

Russia and China were the ones our intelligence community was reporting were doing the election hacking.......

But, the MAGAots are convinced they can lie, once again, and say it was IRAN.........and the Republican owned/operated mass media will deliver that flagrant lie, over and over again, with Fox News leading the way.......

LudwigPastorius

(14,496 posts)
13. RE: "the real reason"
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:30 PM
1 hr ago

No, that's not his real reason.

He's just teeing up his move to interfere with the mid-terms and every election from here on out.

Trump, seeking executive power over elections is urged to declare emergency

senseandsensibility

(24,708 posts)
14. Yes, his real reason is to use this as a pretext
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:32 PM
1 hr ago

to interfere with elections. NOTHING he does is above board or genuine.

Mblaze

(964 posts)
16. Well then we can say that Trump's drone strike was successful
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:43 PM
1 hr ago

So this year's election will be free from Iranian interference. No need for federal control any more.

thesquanderer

(12,946 posts)
23. Trump did re-post an article that said that. But it being his "real reason" is opinion, not fact.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 03:36 PM
11 min ago

I'm not going to link to the article (I don't want to give them any clicks or google search support), but here's a screen shot of the source Trump was posting from ("re-tweeted," essentially). Trump passes along anything he likes. Claiming that his re-posting of this necessarily means it was his real reason for the war would be an unsubstantiated assertion, not a legit MSM news headline.

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