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Miles Archer

(24,432 posts) Thu Apr 23, 2026, 11:18 PM Apr 23

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 Apr 23 OP

As much as I despise Peggy Noonan UpInArms Apr 23 #1

Right? I like those who vote for this Cha Apr 24 #6

Everyone knows the reason for the war. usonian Apr 23 #2

+1 dalton99a Apr 24 #4

Making war in the Middle East is the Ilsa Apr 23 #3

Trump's failure to communicate is "part of why the president's popularity is falling." Aussie105 Apr 24 #5

Wouldn't entirely agree with the analogy anamnua Apr 24 #7

I came I saw I ran Nasruddin Apr 24 #9

Yeah, but it's not meant to be a "straight comparison"... Miles Archer Apr 24 #10

When you're a Republican, and you've lost freaking PEGGY NOONAN... Wednesdays Apr 24 #8

UpInArms

(55,419 posts)

1. As much as I despise Peggy Noonan

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 11:30 PM

Apr 23

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

(320,793 posts)

6. Right? I like those who vote for this

Reply to UpInArms (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 01:16 AM

Apr 24

fascist PEDO to speak out on his failures.

usonian

(26,649 posts)

2. Everyone knows the reason for the war.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 11:33 PM

Apr 23

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

(95,466 posts)

4. +1

Reply to usonian (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 12:08 AM

Apr 24

Ilsa

(64,590 posts)

3. Making war in the Middle East is the

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 11:52 PM

Apr 23

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

Aussie105

(8,201 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

Apr 24

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.