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Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:31 PM 3 hrs ago

Trump, NAFTA, the Iran Nuclear Agreement, and combat operations.

In 2020, during his first term, Trump pressured Canada and Mexico to renegotiate NAFTA, calling it a terrible deal; however, in the first few months of his second term he rebuked that renegotiated agreement saying, “Who would ever sign a deal like this?” Answer: He did! He then began imposing unilateral tariffs.

Also during his first term he withdrew the US from 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal between Iran, the United States, United Kingdom, Russia, France, China, and Germany which prevented Iran from producing weapons grade uranium and provided an inspection regime to ensure compliance.

As a result, we’ve since been unable to monitor Iran’s nuclear development activities. Suspecting non-compliance, he launched air strikes against Iran’s nuclear weapons sites.

Now, only months after “obliterating “ their nuclear program, he’s launched combat operations against Iran because…well he actually hasn’t told us why. Is it their failure to enter into an another nuclear agreement with a country that unilaterally tore up its first agreement? Or is it in support of Iranian protesters while ICE kills protesters in America? Or is it regime change? He hasn’t yet told us.

The demented idiot who thinks he’s a genius continues to cause chaos and most of his own problems. Now, he’s launched a dangerous war. We’ve reached a Code Blue moment. The 25th Amendment, Stat!

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