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It's going to be a while (Original Post) dalton99a Yesterday OP
"MIGA". From the America first, no nation-building president. unblock Yesterday #1
This con artist... cheating, dishonest, failure of a businessman Quiet Em Yesterday #2
"Trump Persia" International Golf Resort. johnnyfins Yesterday #3
Hotel, and Casino. ananda Yesterday #22
He wants to rule the world....He's crazy as a fucking loon. spanone Yesterday #4
I keep thinking of the cartoon "Pinky and the Brain" !!! pandr32 23 hrs ago #31
👍🏼 spanone 19 hrs ago #36
He seems determined to radicalize as many new terrorists as possible. 3_Limes Yesterday #5
+1. The Iranians and the Shia Muslims won't forgive and forget dalton99a Yesterday #7
What a freaking lunatic UpInArms Yesterday #6
Didn't Hitler also demand unconditional surrender? sop Yesterday #8
The Allied Powers did at Casablanca. n/t rzemanfl Yesterday #9
He'll soon be blowing bubbles with his own spit.. surfered Yesterday #10
. LuckyCharms Yesterday #12
well, the orange pedo is going to be waiting a while Javaman Yesterday #11
Even if the U.S. and Israel flatten Tehran like Gaza. dalton99a Yesterday #20
Now he's frantically looking for reasons PatSeg Yesterday #13
Here is one: dalton99a Yesterday #14
Sounds about right PatSeg Yesterday #17
From "nuclear program" to "unconditional surrender" leftstreet Yesterday #16
I wonder what it will be come Monday PatSeg Yesterday #18
He expected universal praise MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #24
Yes PatSeg 23 hrs ago #30
P.S. I just found this video PatSeg 23 hrs ago #32
I'll watch this later MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #33
You're welcome PatSeg 21 hrs ago #35
That was something else MustLoveBeagles 15 hrs ago #38
Yeah, it certainly told me that PatSeg 2 hrs ago #41
And all his people are spinning it differently thought crime 13 hrs ago #39
A huge show of strength PatSeg 2 hrs ago #42
DURec leftstreet Yesterday #15
Which allies in particular? EarthFirst Yesterday #19
Translation: No deal until they acknowledge me as their ruler... ananda Yesterday #21
+1. Idiot thinks Iran is like Venezuela dalton99a Yesterday #23
Our closer Latin American neighbors are easier to ruin and dominate. ananda 22 hrs ago #34
Wow--it was said that the neocons had utopian plans... keep_left Yesterday #25
Put the CIA in charge. I'm sure that will work. thought crime 13 hrs ago #40
New leaders must hand him all the oil, cash, land they have. Irish_Dem Yesterday #26
And gold. And regular tributes thereafter for their 'protection' dalton99a Yesterday #27
The Great Orange Unhingedness has spoken...... EndlessMaze Yesterday #28
MTGA 2naSalit 23 hrs ago #29
He's so drunk. Inebriated. Blazed. Pickled. Wasted. Gorked. Maru Kitteh 17 hrs ago #37

Quiet Em

(2,813 posts)
2. This con artist... cheating, dishonest, failure of a businessman
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:18 AM
Yesterday

Has no idea what he is doing and there is no one is this administration with the guts to tell him that.

pandr32

(14,165 posts)
31. I keep thinking of the cartoon "Pinky and the Brain" !!!
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:58 PM
23 hrs ago

If you've seen it, you know.

3_Limes

(460 posts)
5. He seems determined to radicalize as many new terrorists as possible.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:30 AM
Yesterday

If that is the goal then he's winning bigly.

Javaman

(65,595 posts)
11. well, the orange pedo is going to be waiting a while
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:32 AM
Yesterday

the revolutionary guard is power now and the very last thing they will do is surrender, unconditional or otherwise.

the orange pedo kicked a hornets nest.

PatSeg

(53,076 posts)
13. Now he's frantically looking for reasons
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:34 AM
Yesterday

why he attacked Iran. Those reasons seem to change daily.

leftstreet

(40,098 posts)
16. From "nuclear program" to "unconditional surrender"
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:07 AM
Yesterday

in 7 days

Oh, and "regime change" was in there somewhere

PatSeg

(53,076 posts)
18. I wonder what it will be come Monday
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:26 AM
Yesterday

I'm beginning to think that Trump had very little to do with this whole operation, that he was possibly just following orders. It is hard to know what comes from Trump and what comes from his puppet masters.

MustLoveBeagles

(15,814 posts)
24. He expected universal praise
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:48 AM
Yesterday

Iran's instant surrender and skyhigh approval ratings. It's too bad we don't have a straight jacket emoji.

PatSeg

(53,076 posts)
30. Yes
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:44 PM
23 hrs ago

Except he was so low-key and subdued when it happened, which is unlike Trump. Instead of a major, dramatic presidential announcement on all the networks, he posted a short video on Truth Social in the middle of the night. Then he didn't have a prepared narrative, it was rather random and obscure.

Meanwhile, he is changing the narrative daily. He doesn't seem to be as invested in this "war" as I would have expected. For everything we see daily, I cringe at the thought of who and what is going on behind the scenes.

PatSeg

(53,076 posts)
32. P.S. I just found this video
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 01:10 PM
23 hrs ago

that makes the point that no one is saying WHO ordered the attack on Iran. It certainly doesn't seem to be the president. So who is running the show while he talks about gold drapes and good looking sports figures? The clips from the congressional hearing are stunning.



PatSeg

(53,076 posts)
35. You're welcome
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 02:36 PM
21 hrs ago

I don't normally watch these videos. I prefer reading articles, but that congressional hearing was worth watching. Who the hell ordered those strikes on Iran?

thought crime

(1,479 posts)
39. And all his people are spinning it differently
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:49 PM
13 hrs ago

The real reason probably has something to do with oil - along with the usual need to put on a show.

EarthFirst

(4,076 posts)
19. Which allies in particular?
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:28 AM
Yesterday

It seems as though he’s back at it again; speaking for others of whom do not exist.

ananda

(34,878 posts)
21. Translation: No deal until they acknowledge me as their ruler...
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:37 AM
Yesterday

and accept the leader I put in place as my viceroy.

dalton99a

(93,605 posts)
23. +1. Idiot thinks Iran is like Venezuela
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:41 AM
Yesterday

where the VP basically said "Right away, Sir"




ananda

(34,878 posts)
34. Our closer Latin American neighbors are easier to ruin and dominate.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 02:11 PM
22 hrs ago

I really thought Cuba would be next.

keep_left

(3,204 posts)
25. Wow--it was said that the neocons had utopian plans...
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:00 PM
Yesterday

...for Iraq two decades ago (can you believe it's been that long?!), but here the Trump regime really takes the cake. It's not enough to pave over the entire history and culture of the Middle East with miles of concrete and McDonalds--that was the neocon program--no, the Trump "leadership" apparently wants to personally select an "acceptable" leader and then somehow "make Iran great again", Soviet-style. It's not the first time Trump has expressed these kinds of delusions about what would in fact be a completely dysfunctional command economy (run by idiots).

Irish_Dem

(80,818 posts)
26. New leaders must hand him all the oil, cash, land they have.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:03 PM
Yesterday

Or they are not acceptable leaders.

EndlessMaze

(82 posts)
28. The Great Orange Unhingedness has spoken......
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:12 PM
Yesterday

Now he's unhinged, the unhingable into the ultimate unhingedness, until tomorrow's even more ultimate unhingedness, and, on and on, and on.............. World without end Amen.

Maru Kitteh

(31,572 posts)
37. He's so drunk. Inebriated. Blazed. Pickled. Wasted. Gorked.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:43 PM
17 hrs ago

I kidnapped a president and nobody stopped me. I killed a supreme leader and nobody stopped me. Nobody can stop me. Fuck ‘em all.

That’s what he’s drinking.

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