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GiqueCee

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11. I find it more than a little alarming...

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 09:35 AM

Apr 4

... to hear the supposed President of the United States openly brag about usurping another country's natural resources for his own profit. But then, that's the exact same bullshit the US pulled back in 1953, when they agreed to help Britain do the same thing by deposing the democratically elected president of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, putting him under house arrest, and installing "Shah" Reza Pahlavi and his version of Trump's personal Gestapo, ICE, the notoriously savage SAVAK.
Trump's America is rapidly turning into Putin's Russia, and Republicans are just fine with it. Fuckin' traitors.
The Manchurian Candidate 2.0 needs to be dealt with harshly.

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Trump says with more time, US can 'take the oil' in Iran [View all] groundloop Apr 4 OP

So that's the mission. C_U_L8R Apr 4 #1

Said the ignorant drunk at the end of the bar... Chasstev365 Apr 4 #2

He needs to shut his pie hole. Nt BootinUp Apr 4 #3

90,000,000 Iranians say "Fuck that!" Swede Apr 4 #4

There it is in plain view.............. Lovie777 Apr 4 #5

Grand Larceny is the billionaire's way /nt bucolic_frolic Apr 4 #6

Seize Iran's oil fields . . . AverageOldGuy Apr 4 #7

Iraq's oil was supposedly going to pay for Dubya's war. Norrrm Apr 4 #13

Imbecile AWOL Bush's crooked regime paved the way for republicans to install Mysterian Apr 4 #27

Two more weeks? Javaman Apr 4 #8

Trump isn't a president, he's a mob boss. sop Apr 4 #9

Always has been travelingthrulife Apr 4 #15

But if you steal one quart of oil at Walmart you get arrested. twodogsbarking Apr 4 #10

I find it more than a little alarming... GiqueCee Apr 4 #11

All it will take is more Iranian children dying and the lives of American "losers". Wonder Why Apr 4 #12

All about stealing their oil, as usual. travelingthrulife Apr 4 #14

I hope nobody here is surprised by this JoseBalow Apr 4 #16

MAGAts will be a-okay with that Bayard Apr 4 #17

You have to hand it to him: he's not even bothering with the idiotic, Aristus Apr 4 #18

What this War is about. republianmushroom Apr 4 #19

Fortune for who, exactly? tonekat Apr 4 #20

Just as most of us with more than two brain cells to rub together figured. mwmisses4289 Apr 4 #21

But I thought we weren't going to open up the Straights of Homuz Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 4 #22

Just like Iraq and Venezuela? IronLionZion Apr 4 #23

Everything Trump says is a lie. Martin68 Apr 4 #24

Sometimes Trump hits the truth by accident. Norrrm Apr 4 #34

I never thought I would be ruled by pirates!! Hope22 Apr 4 #25

the very idea an American president is ranting war plans on social fucking media Skittles Apr 4 #26

Sounds like something a convicted felon would say. Emile Apr 4 #28

Take the oil lapfog_1 Apr 4 #29

Wow just stealing crap. How did no one ever think of that? underpants Apr 4 #30

So we know, one, that's a lie. sakabatou Apr 4 #31

Openly bragging about stealing another country's assets. Irish_Dem Apr 4 #32

So his goal LilElf70 Apr 4 #33