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President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. would extend its ceasefire with Iran that was due to expire tomorrow, at the request of Pakistani authorities, despite having threatened hours earlier that, 'I expect to bombing' when asked if he'd agree to such an extension.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 76 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I don't want to imply that this dude is a "chicken" for not having murdered people...

But this Taco Tuesday thing is still pretty funny.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Dude always escalates 2/3 steps at once, then takes 1/2 steps back...so TACO is always funny, but never fixes anything, it's just him getting bored.

PS: I'm tired of the 24h-monothematic tramp clown show, though, it is actually not funny anymore...at least since 2020.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

0.66 steps forward and then 0.5 steps backwards is still making progress. I think donny boy is more making 0.33 forward and 0.5 back

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

no, 2-3...ok...no..."two" ~~to~~ or "three" steps. {2,3}

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Oh, you meant two to three steps forward and then one to two back ?

I really thought that you meant fractions

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, it was meant to be a string not a rational :p but yeah...instructions unclear

[–] bomberesque@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I prefer old school taco Tuesdays... the ones that give me wild flaming ass Wednesdays... can we have those back please?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

dude you gotta get some ointments for that

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The funniest thing is that his reversals or compromises almost always seem to happen on Tuesdays. And the "Trump always chickens it" things must be bothering him (I think he expressed his frustration about that saying a few weeks ago?).

It's such a strong coincidence at this point. Makes me wonder if someone in his inner circle is steering him into these decisions in Tuesdays for the lolz.

ETA: Or as someone else pointed out, this is pure market manipulation, and it's more convenient for those involved to do this on a regular weekly schedule. That's the more logical explanation for sure. But I think my theory is more amusing.