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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,823 posts)
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 07:22 PM Wednesday

White House Says We Had to Bomb Iran Because Trump Had a "Feeling"

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday it was necessary to bomb Iran because President Donald Trump had a “feeling” the foreign nation would attack.

“The president had a feeling, again, based on fact, that Iran was going to strike the United States, was going to strike our assets in the region, and he made a determination to launch Operation Epic Fury based on all of those reasons,” Leavitt said.




Earlier in the press briefing, Leavitt struggled to explain the “imminent threat” posed by Iran that would justify the U.S. and Israel launching this war.

“You listed a long list of grievances against the Iranian government going back to … 1979,” one reporter noted, referring to the beginning of the Islamic Republic’s rule in the country. “Why is it that you can’t say what the imminent threat against the U.S. was that required us to launch this?”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-says-bombed-iran-204150145.html
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White House Says We Had to Bomb Iran Because Trump Had a "Feeling" (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday OP
Donald had a feeling that the Epstein files depicted him raping young girls. Norrrm Wednesday #1
I hate her Cirsium Wednesday #2
I don't hate that you hate her Resistance1 Wednesday #3
Trump 'had a feeling' that Israel was going to make him look weak Jack Valentino Wednesday #4
This would be laughable if it weren't so scary. Still unable to get their story straight, they come up with THIS?! Eugene 17 hrs ago #5
In the illegal war tradition how W-Shrub did Iraq because it threatened his daddy. UTUSN 17 hrs ago #6
Holy effin' shit D_Master81 12 hrs ago #7

Norrrm

(4,722 posts)
1. Donald had a feeling that the Epstein files depicted him raping young girls.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 08:13 PM
Wednesday

Reasons/rationale/excuses for this war:::
1. Whatever is politically convenient for the moment.
2. Distraction from Epstein files.
3. Donald appears tough/macho.
..........Surely there are more He will find a personal profit in there as an extra benefit.
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Jack Valentino

(4,859 posts)
4. Trump 'had a feeling' that Israel was going to make him look weak
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 11:52 PM
Wednesday

by bombing Iran without us---- Nettybooboo played him like a fiddle!

Eugene

(67,042 posts)
5. This would be laughable if it weren't so scary. Still unable to get their story straight, they come up with THIS?!
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 08:25 AM
17 hrs ago

America is at war with Iran guided by the famous Trump Gut. Karoline, this is the dumbest thing you've said yet.

D_Master81

(2,486 posts)
7. Holy effin' shit
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 01:53 PM
12 hrs ago

So you just admitted the entire federal government apparatus is at the whim of 1 man’s feelings? Not intelligence from the CIA or DoD? But a feeling the the orange 1 had deep down in his gut. Wow, I can’t believe she thought that thought and then spoke it into existence.

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