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Jack Valentino

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7. Trump hoped for a "rah rah rally round the flag!" reaction from the American people,

Reply to Septua (Original post)

Sun Jun 22, 2025, 11:38 PM

Jun 2025

who tend to rally around the President in times of war....

But he has miscalculated the reaction of his own base,
who are mostly very much opposed to any more foreign war actions at this time....

His poll ratings are sure to tank even further, than they have already...

("when you've lost Marjorie Taylor Green and Tucker Carlson...." )

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Trump and Iran [View all] Septua Jun 2025 OP

Also he flat out admitted to ignoring the professional intelligence assessments. RockRaven Jun 2025 #1

I think it was mostly the feeling of "I'm the President! I want to blow stuff up!!!" tanyev Jun 2025 #2

"...it wasn't to 'make America great' or for that matter, make the world a safer place." J_William_Ryan Jun 2025 #3

This was theater Johnny2X2X Jun 2025 #4

After the weakness and humiliation he showed at both the parade and G7, he wants to look tough. Norrrm Jun 2025 #5

Non-Abrahamic cultures need to tell all these Abrahamic (aryan) kooks RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jun 2025 #6

Trump hoped for a "rah rah rally round the flag!" reaction from the American people, Jack Valentino Jun 2025 #7

I've seen a lot of chatter today... Hugin Jun 2025 #8

I guarantee there will be Russian S400 systems in Iran soon. roamer65 Jun 2025 #9

..and Little Marco said the intelligence is irrelevant... Septua Jun 2025 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Septua Jun 2025 #11

Bibi has become the new Elon. walkingman Jun 2025 #12