'This Depraved Idiot Is Out of Control': With Middle East in Flames, Trump Eyes 'Next Conquest' [View all]

"US President Donald Trump said late Wednesday that the American military is already looking ahead to its 'next conquest' as the Middle East remains embroiled in a deadly military conflict that Trump and his ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, unleashed six weeks ago."

"In a late-night post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said US forces will remain 'in place” and 'around' Iran until a 'real agreement' is reached to end the war, as the two-week ceasefire the president and Iranian leaders announced late Tuesday hangs by a thread due to Israel’s massive bombardment of Lebanon."

"After threatening a 'bigger, and better, and stronger' assault on Iran if peace talks collapse, Trump said the US military is 'Loading Up and Resting, looking forward, actually, to its next Conquest' - even as senior administration officials expressed concerns that the president’s declarations of victory in Iran were premature."

Branislav Slantchev, an international relations expert who teaches political science at the University of California San Diego, wrote in response to Trump’s post that “this depraved idiot is out of control.”

“ 'We cannot live this way,' added journalist Marisa Kabas."

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