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how can he bomb something legally?
By declaring war.
No no, by declaring war legally.
By limiting themselves to legitimate military targets. Examples of non-acceptable targets include schools, hospitals, and entire countries that have done nothing to you.
The only accurate part of this is that Trump is an incredibly massively, stupid piece of shit. But, because that is such an enormous part of this story, such an enormous part that it eclipses the rest of it, I’m willing to let it slide.
It is oversimplified, but what is not accurate there?
The US did just lift trade sanctions on Iranian and Russian oil
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-treasury-chief-defends-russian-232400558.html
Thanks for source did not realize it was also Iranian oil as every headline (including this one) only mentions Russia.
Trump did illegally bomb Iran. Iran closed the straight Trump lifted the Restrictions
The only untrue part is that Trump authored art of the deal. It was ghost written and according to the author Trump literally didn’t give any input
Fox didn’t tell OP that detail.
I’m tired of winning, boss.
Every barely literate wag is now a master diplomat.
Ever thought about drinking bleach? Might be worth considering in your case.
Seeing the idiocy in this doesn’t require you to be a master at anything.
He didn’t actually author the book, that would be work
The real author has said trump is illiterate
You got a source? I believe you but I need proof for some people
It’s clearly evident anytime he reads something outloud. Most of his pronunciation issues around his first term were caused by him struggling to read a prompter and not comprehending what the words he just strung together mean.
That and the start of dementia.
He’s also a world class moron.
Also he is very vain. His eyesight is terrible, has been for years. But he refuses to wear glasses. They set the autoprompter to a very large font, which means he easily loses his place. He often mistakes words and then tries to cover with all sorts of nonsense.
There are some pictures out there of him wearing glasses, but he tries to hide it as much as possible.
Imagine looking like that and still being vain, that’s impressive actually. Same with that ridiculous “hair” he has and that famous picture when it was windy. Just buy a fucking wig man, the pig is rich enough and this just fuck my shit up hairdue is not fooling anyone.
And fucked all AI and chip related businesses because Ukraine and the middle east are the main sources of helium.
They also made China angry… Lithium for batteries, rare earth for magnets and optics.
Any other way to kick your own balls?
There’s the new Donut Labs solidstate battery.
They claim that it doesn’t use Lithium or Cobalt.
They’re releasing specific third part tests that show they have something different, but we still don’t have verification of the energy density or cycle life claims. Which are the two most important claims.
The third party is one that publishes the test you pay them to publish and nothing else. There’s no details on the chemistry, density, or even verification that the different battery packs for the different tests are the same chemistry.
They also shifted their next test video drop from Monday to Wednesday. They’re doing it on April 1st.
Maybe the battery is actually powered by their sense of humour.
Going to be hard to take anything seriously until they show all the tests being done on one single battery cell or pack.
Even IF it works, it doesn’t mean shit if they can’t manufacture at scale.
Before be dropped the first bomb: What did US intelligence service tell him the odds of reigniting the protests from January was?
The decision to start the war must be judged from what was known before it started.
Lmao you think they care?
Yes I very much do think they care. The CIA would say something like “we belive that it’s 52% likely that protests would resume” and pentagon would say that “it would use up this many bombs, casualties would be in the range of x per week.” This is their job, they are not politically appointed, they are well funded and as Maduro kidnapping shows they are reasonably good at what they do.
I’m certain every president would take the same action based on some number given by CIA and Pentagon and their personal risk apetite. Maybe Biden would have required 70% and 1 casuality while Trump would accept 40% and 10, we don’t know. But every one of them would have tried at some risk/reward ratio.
If this war has any silver lining, it’s teaching a couple people how to spell “strait”
“Strait” meaning “narrow, confining”: it’s a narrow passage through a body of water. See also “straitjacket”, a narrow and confining jacket.
Are the Straits okay?
Also no
I hear the Strait of Hormuz is getting a long needed vacation. Trump is making the Arabian peninsula great again!
let me ask Knopfler
He wouldn’t know, he came out as gay in 1994. Dire Gays?
No, they’re pretty dire.
Not like they’re gonna get money for nothing and chicks for free.
I’d ask them myself but they’re so far away from me.
Well Harry doesn’t mind, if he doesn’t make the scene
Oh no…it gets better.
He also lifted sanctions on Russian oil, thus giving money to the country that is sending troops and arms that are fighting against US backed operations in Ukraine, and also supplying Iran with weapons.
Didn’t he swap sides on the Russia/Ukraine war, for a bit?
At this point I am not even sure whether Trump wants Ukraine to win.
Wdym at this point? He’s been in office for over a year now
Please point to a time when Trump did anything that didn’t benefit Russia
There’s your answer about whether or not he wants Ukraine to win
He wants profit and power. I dont think he cares what happens in order for him to get it. The world is just like one of his companies. You fire people, you treat them badly, anything to get what you want from the entire thing.
He just wants it to go away. No, I don’t think he wants Ukraine to win at all, he’d hand it all to Putin yesterday if he could. I think there are a few operating braincells in the administration that are preventing him from doing so, whatever the reasons are.
whatever the reasons are.
The US politicians use taxpayer money to fund the weapons that get sent to Ukraine. The US weapons manufacturers get that money. The US weapons manufacturers pay the US politicians. No great mystery. Not disagreeing with arming Ukraine, just wish it wasn’t a necessity.
My tax dollars at work.
Also somehow my tax dollars at work.
Not anymore. Trump stopped founding weapon to Ukraine. All support is from Europe now. Trump is a traitor.
US policy in regards to Ukraine is to bog Russia down. Same thing as when they were fighting in Afghanistan. The longer this conflict goes on, the better for US foreign policy objectives (and weapons manufacturers).
He wants distractions to keep himself and his loyal family out of prison.
Trump does not care who wins beyond how it affects him.
He never did want Ukraine to win. Either he gets the rare minerals from Ukraine, or he does things in a way to make his BFF Putin owe him one.
But then Ukraine went and blew up a bunch of Russian oil processing and storage facilities, effectively stopping russia from being able to sell
So…now there’s less oil overall and Iran can charge even more.
I don’t think people realize how fucked we are with the strait closed and refineries being targeted. This isn’t just a dollar or few more at the pump and higher average food costs. There is a real likelihood of energy rationing, temperature death, starvation (at least in poorer countries), and economic depression levels of fucked. This isn’t “buy an EV and you’re good” kind of situation. Goods are going to be unaffordable and solar panels will be nowhere to be found. Refineries take years to rebuild. Trump is raping, pillaging, and bankrupting us for his ego and his insider traders.
All true, but where are the headlines of Chinese companies setting up second and third shifts to crank out as many as possible solar panels and EVs to take advantage of this? Good for their profits == good for our environment
They won’t be cranking out extra solar panels for anyone but themselves.
Litterally 1984
It could only be more 1984 if there were no war but the government made up lies, took lives, and wrote articles about it anyway.
If only he could be as sympathetic and intelligent as The Gang.
Or as, you know, powerless
It makes more sense when you realize Trump isn’t working for Americans.
He is definitely working for Americans. Just not Americans like you and me. Ever notice how a lot of American billionaires seem super chill with everything he’s doing?
He likes pretending he’s one of them
No way, Donald Trump is a foreign asset?!
Donald “Russia, if you’re listening” Trump?
Donald “My Putin” Trump?
Donald “No puppet, no puppet, you’re the puppet!” Trump?
That Donald Trump?
He doesn’t even have to be a foreign asset to be not working for Americans. Personally, I believe he’s working entirely for his own personal benefit, and the benefit of his family and some friends.
The level of graft is unprecedented in the US.
Those two are not mutually exclusive, doing what Putin wants him to do in exchange for the proof of some shady thing he did not surfacing would still be for his personal benefit.
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Makes sense if you’re being paid off by the people who sell oil. High oil prices is good if you sell oil.
Straight…
Um, in the spirit of “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander,” lifting sanctions on Iranian oil does not make Iran any money at all. It just lowers prices in the country implementing the tariffs, the USA. The tariffs are the dumb idea, lifting them is good, even in this case.
(I know there are circumstances where tariffs are good. This does not seem to be one of them.)
Um. Lifting the sanctions lets tankers carrying Iranian oil sell it on the global market and then turn around and buy more from Iran. How does that not make Iran money?
Sorry to @jonathan and you. The original reports were about tariffs, but that makes little sense. You are both absolutely right.
You seem to be conflating sanctions and tariffs. Are you sure you know what you are talking about?
The guy is used to failing upward and has now reached the highest position. There is no failing upward from being POTUS.
Ah yes, the negotiator
