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Quiet Em

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7. The con has absolutely no idea of what he is doing and there is no adult in the room to tell him

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 07:10 PM

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The spineless, cowardly Republicans have got to find a way to rein him in and end this nonsense. They already failed by voting down the War Powers Resolution.

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trump says he's ruled out having Kurds join Iran war, [View all] SamuelTheThird Yesterday OP

Both the Kurds and the Iraqi government told him it wasn't going to happen Prairie Gates Yesterday #1

The Kurds couldn't do much anyhow JBTaurus83 Yesterday #2

Of course not...the whole suggestion was ridiculous from the get go Prairie Gates Yesterday #6

The most recent one by Trmp personally. There was no way they were going to trust him. nt eppur_se_muova Yesterday #14

I suspect that the Kurds refused the terms the US set in order for them to receive US alwaysinasnit Yesterday #3

Yeah we need more details SamuelTheThird Yesterday #4

Agreed. alwaysinasnit Yesterday #5

The con has absolutely no idea of what he is doing and there is no adult in the room to tell him Quiet Em Yesterday #7

No worries, Condoleeza paid a visit SamuelTheThird Yesterday #9

ugh Quiet Em Yesterday #10

I'm sure JBTaurus83 Yesterday #11

Before or after the Kurds told him "No".? sinkingfeeling Yesterday #8

This isn't a war. It's a highly illegal and extremely hostile occupation. Initech Yesterday #12

The Kurds have been shafted numerous times over the years Emrys Yesterday #13

Kurds are too smart to deal with a lunatic Mysterian Yesterday #15

In other words, they told trump to shove it. republianmushroom Yesterday #16

He probably got bored of the war and wants out of it as soon as possible Renew Deal Yesterday #17