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It's going to be a while (Original Post) dalton99a 17 hrs ago OP
"MIGA". From the America first, no nation-building president. unblock 17 hrs ago #1
This con artist... cheating, dishonest, failure of a businessman Quiet Em 17 hrs ago #2
"Trump Persia" International Golf Resort. johnnyfins 16 hrs ago #3
Hotel, and Casino. ananda 14 hrs ago #22
He wants to rule the world....He's crazy as a fucking loon. spanone 16 hrs ago #4
I keep thinking of the cartoon "Pinky and the Brain" !!! pandr32 13 hrs ago #31
👍🏼 spanone 9 hrs ago #36
He seems determined to radicalize as many new terrorists as possible. 3_Limes 16 hrs ago #5
+1. The Iranians and the Shia Muslims won't forgive and forget dalton99a 16 hrs ago #7
What a freaking lunatic UpInArms 16 hrs ago #6
Didn't Hitler also demand unconditional surrender? sop 16 hrs ago #8
The Allied Powers did at Casablanca. n/t rzemanfl 16 hrs ago #9
He'll soon be blowing bubbles with his own spit.. surfered 16 hrs ago #10
. LuckyCharms 15 hrs ago #12
well, the orange pedo is going to be waiting a while Javaman 15 hrs ago #11
Even if the U.S. and Israel flatten Tehran like Gaza. dalton99a 14 hrs ago #20
Now he's frantically looking for reasons PatSeg 15 hrs ago #13
Here is one: dalton99a 15 hrs ago #14
Sounds about right PatSeg 14 hrs ago #17
From "nuclear program" to "unconditional surrender" leftstreet 15 hrs ago #16
I wonder what it will be come Monday PatSeg 14 hrs ago #18
He expected universal praise MustLoveBeagles 14 hrs ago #24
Yes PatSeg 13 hrs ago #30
P.S. I just found this video PatSeg 13 hrs ago #32
I'll watch this later MustLoveBeagles 12 hrs ago #33
You're welcome PatSeg 11 hrs ago #35
That was something else MustLoveBeagles 5 hrs ago #38
And all his people are spinning it differently thought crime 3 hrs ago #39
DURec leftstreet 15 hrs ago #15
Which allies in particular? EarthFirst 14 hrs ago #19
Translation: No deal until they acknowledge me as their ruler... ananda 14 hrs ago #21
+1. Idiot thinks Iran is like Venezuela dalton99a 14 hrs ago #23
Our closer Latin American neighbors are easier to ruin and dominate. ananda 12 hrs ago #34
Wow--it was said that the neocons had utopian plans... keep_left 14 hrs ago #25
Put the CIA in charge. I'm sure that will work. thought crime 3 hrs ago #40
New leaders must hand him all the oil, cash, land they have. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #26
And gold. And regular tributes thereafter for their 'protection' dalton99a 14 hrs ago #27
The Great Orange Unhingedness has spoken...... EndlessMaze 14 hrs ago #28
MTGA 2naSalit 13 hrs ago #29
He's so drunk. Inebriated. Blazed. Pickled. Wasted. Gorked. Maru Kitteh 7 hrs ago #37

Quiet Em

(2,812 posts)
2. This con artist... cheating, dishonest, failure of a businessman
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:18 AM
17 hrs ago

Has no idea what he is doing and there is no one is this administration with the guts to tell him that.

pandr32

(14,163 posts)
31. I keep thinking of the cartoon "Pinky and the Brain" !!!
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:58 PM
13 hrs ago

If you've seen it, you know.

3_Limes

(459 posts)
5. He seems determined to radicalize as many new terrorists as possible.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:30 AM
16 hrs ago

If that is the goal then he's winning bigly.

Javaman

(65,595 posts)
11. well, the orange pedo is going to be waiting a while
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:32 AM
15 hrs ago

the revolutionary guard is power now and the very last thing they will do is surrender, unconditional or otherwise.

the orange pedo kicked a hornets nest.

PatSeg

(53,064 posts)
13. Now he's frantically looking for reasons
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:34 AM
15 hrs ago

why he attacked Iran. Those reasons seem to change daily.

leftstreet

(40,092 posts)
16. From "nuclear program" to "unconditional surrender"
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:07 AM
15 hrs ago

in 7 days

Oh, and "regime change" was in there somewhere

PatSeg

(53,064 posts)
18. I wonder what it will be come Monday
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:26 AM
14 hrs ago

I'm beginning to think that Trump had very little to do with this whole operation, that he was possibly just following orders. It is hard to know what comes from Trump and what comes from his puppet masters.

MustLoveBeagles

(15,814 posts)
24. He expected universal praise
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:48 AM
14 hrs ago

Iran's instant surrender and skyhigh approval ratings. It's too bad we don't have a straight jacket emoji.

PatSeg

(53,064 posts)
30. Yes
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:44 PM
13 hrs ago

Except he was so low-key and subdued when it happened, which is unlike Trump. Instead of a major, dramatic presidential announcement on all the networks, he posted a short video on Truth Social in the middle of the night. Then he didn't have a prepared narrative, it was rather random and obscure.

Meanwhile, he is changing the narrative daily. He doesn't seem to be as invested in this "war" as I would have expected. For everything we see daily, I cringe at the thought of who and what is going on behind the scenes.

PatSeg

(53,064 posts)
32. P.S. I just found this video
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 01:10 PM
13 hrs ago

that makes the point that no one is saying WHO ordered the attack on Iran. It certainly doesn't seem to be the president. So who is running the show while he talks about gold drapes and good looking sports figures? The clips from the congressional hearing are stunning.



PatSeg

(53,064 posts)
35. You're welcome
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 02:36 PM
11 hrs ago

I don't normally watch these videos. I prefer reading articles, but that congressional hearing was worth watching. Who the hell ordered those strikes on Iran?

thought crime

(1,479 posts)
39. And all his people are spinning it differently
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:49 PM
3 hrs ago

The real reason probably has something to do with oil - along with the usual need to put on a show.

EarthFirst

(4,073 posts)
19. Which allies in particular?
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:28 AM
14 hrs ago

It seems as though he’s back at it again; speaking for others of whom do not exist.

ananda

(34,874 posts)
21. Translation: No deal until they acknowledge me as their ruler...
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:37 AM
14 hrs ago

and accept the leader I put in place as my viceroy.

dalton99a

(93,599 posts)
23. +1. Idiot thinks Iran is like Venezuela
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:41 AM
14 hrs ago

where the VP basically said "Right away, Sir"




ananda

(34,874 posts)
34. Our closer Latin American neighbors are easier to ruin and dominate.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 02:11 PM
12 hrs ago

I really thought Cuba would be next.

keep_left

(3,204 posts)
25. Wow--it was said that the neocons had utopian plans...
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:00 PM
14 hrs ago

...for Iraq two decades ago (can you believe it's been that long?!), but here the Trump regime really takes the cake. It's not enough to pave over the entire history and culture of the Middle East with miles of concrete and McDonalds--that was the neocon program--no, the Trump "leadership" apparently wants to personally select an "acceptable" leader and then somehow "make Iran great again", Soviet-style. It's not the first time Trump has expressed these kinds of delusions about what would in fact be a completely dysfunctional command economy (run by idiots).

Irish_Dem

(80,815 posts)
26. New leaders must hand him all the oil, cash, land they have.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:03 PM
14 hrs ago

Or they are not acceptable leaders.

EndlessMaze

(82 posts)
28. The Great Orange Unhingedness has spoken......
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:12 PM
14 hrs ago

Now he's unhinged, the unhingable into the ultimate unhingedness, until tomorrow's even more ultimate unhingedness, and, on and on, and on.............. World without end Amen.

Maru Kitteh

(31,571 posts)
37. He's so drunk. Inebriated. Blazed. Pickled. Wasted. Gorked.
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:43 PM
7 hrs ago

I kidnapped a president and nobody stopped me. I killed a supreme leader and nobody stopped me. Nobody can stop me. Fuck ‘em all.

That’s what he’s drinking.

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