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Miles Archer

(23,855 posts) Thu Apr 23, 2026, 11:18 PM Thursday

SO UNFAIR. Orange Julius Caesar is very upset with the WSJ, & BIG MEANIE Peggy Noonan just kicked him while he's down

In a column published Thursday, the Reagan speechwriter and longtime conservative voice (Peggy Noonan) delivered a pointed rebuke of Trump's failure to make a serious public case for the war in Iran — and didn't spare his vice president either.

"We don’t even know, a month into Iran, why now. Iran has been the world’s fanatic irritant for almost 50 years. What is the plan?" Noonan wrote.

"You can’t take a nation to war without this rhetorical predicate," she wrote. "Mr. Trump has failed to provide it. Now and then he announces things behind a podium, and there are regular responses to questions in press gaggles, where he reacts off the cuff. But nothing thought-through, no serious document making the case. And the public is never reassured."

"If Donald Trump can’t do this, and his vice president can’t do it sincerely, maybe the secretary of state should step in?"

Noonan concluded that Trump's failure to communicate is "part of why the president's popularity is falling."

https://www.rawstory.com/peggy-noonan/

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SO UNFAIR. Orange Julius Caesar is very upset with the WSJ, & BIG MEANIE Peggy Noonan just kicked him while he's down (Original Post) Miles Archer Thursday OP

As much as I despise Peggy Noonan UpInArms Thursday #1

Right? I like those who vote for this Cha Friday #6

Everyone knows the reason for the war. usonian Thursday #2

+1 dalton99a Friday #4

Making war in the Middle East is the Ilsa Thursday #3

Trump's failure to communicate is "part of why the president's popularity is falling." Aussie105 Friday #5

Wouldn't entirely agree with the analogy anamnua Friday #7

I came I saw I ran Nasruddin Friday #9

Yeah, but it's not meant to be a "straight comparison"... Miles Archer Friday #10

When you're a Republican, and you've lost freaking PEGGY NOONAN... Wednesdays Friday #8

UpInArms

(55,153 posts)

1. As much as I despise Peggy Noonan

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 11:30 PM

Thursday

I am glad she stuck her thumb in his eye

The lying grifting incompetent pedophile felon needs to be anywhere but in th highest office of the country

Cha

(319,831 posts)

6. Right? I like those who vote for this

Reply to UpInArms (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 01:16 AM

Friday

fascist PEDO to speak out on his failures.

usonian

(26,072 posts)

2. Everyone knows the reason for the war.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 11:33 PM

Thursday

Weapons of Mass Distraction.

He predicted it himself.

Precious tweets from you know who suggesting that President Obama or Harris would attack Iran for ratings.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221058132

dalton99a

(94,835 posts)

4. +1

Reply to usonian (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 12:08 AM

Friday

Ilsa

(64,473 posts)

3. Making war in the Middle East is the

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 11:52 PM

Thursday

stupiest thing a president can do unless he can figure out how to enrich himself by doing it.

Aussie105

(8,076 posts)

5. Trump's failure to communicate is "part of why the president's popularity is falling."

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 01:09 AM

Friday

Probably more a failure to communicate anything intelligent and of benefit for most citizens.

There's the huge bag of 'promises made, promises broken' as well of course.

"What is the plan?"

Needs to be asked on this topic and many others, like supporting Israel, being nasty to Venezuela, etc.