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He starts a war, tanks the global economy, and it's willing to leave the global economy in taters like a little bitch.

MAGA in a nutshell.

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[–] fizzle@quokk.au 98 points 4 months ago (4 children)

This kinda seems like the mutterings of a crazy person.

He hasn't had a plan since day one and as each moment passes he has a different thought about how he might possibly extricate himself from the mess he's created.

Later today he will threaten to bomb their schools, then the military will keep preparing for boots on the ground, then he will tweet about how they've already destroyed Iran's leadership, then he will say he's going to tariff allies who aren't helping, then he will say the strait is open, then he will say high fuel prices are really great for American fuel suppliers.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 44 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Are you suggesting Donald Trump is of unsound mind?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

pikachu face

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago

as each moment passes he has a different thought

I'm unconvinced he has any thoughts.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure his next act is actually to invade Cuba by building a bridge to it.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

The bridge will be made out of nukes.

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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Later today he will ~~threaten to~~ bomb their schools,

FTFY

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 50 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I'm still as nervous as a piglet at a German buffet. He legitimately has the keys to the nukes.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You should be nervous. He has the keys and he's itching to use them to show the world how powerful he is.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This guy (geopolitics lecturer) has a video from a year ago outlining how Trump will likely go about invading Iran, and it is pretty scary how well he nails it looking at the answer sheet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEEpOxqdU5E

That's just his channel, I highly recommend it. Anyway, he mentioned, and he is not alone, that before all is said and done about Iran, nukes might fly.

[–] blanket@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I got pulled into that dudes rabbit hole and discovered that he's kind of bonkers crazy. like masonic temple conspiracy level crazy.

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[–] karashta@piefed.social 6 points 4 months ago

That dude is a crank and possible spy. His analysis is pretty surface level until he starts getting into the conspiracy bullshit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Xueqin

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JN9bUUPPRZ8

Shows pretty well what kind of nutter he is iirc

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

It doesn't matter if he's bitching out. They now KNOW he's full of shit and they have the upper hand. It's too late. They've already demanded as much.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 38 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Leave the economy in taters? What's taters, precious?

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Poppa_Mo@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

Boil em, mash em, bomb a school through and through.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

It'd be tatters in English.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 36 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

So, as widely predicted, the "strategy" is to give up, declare victory and walk away, leaving things worse in every way than they were before the war.

And Trump will continue to whine about other countries not paying for the war that they had no role in starting.

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[–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 35 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 7 points 4 months ago

inb4 b/c aides

[–] socphoenix@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yes this is epic levels of stupid, but is there a better outcome we could hope for given he’s dumb as shit? I can’t think of anything productive he’d be able to do unless the goal is to further destabilize the Middle East/start an actual war.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Probably not.

I had "continues to escalate until nukes" on my bingo card, I hadn't thought much of "gets bored and leaves broken toy on the floor".

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not gonna happen. He bloodied their noses and they're not going to back down. They said as much, and his bitch ass can't really do much about it except global thermonuclear war

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

While that may be true there's always the possibility that Trump just abandoned the middle east in its entirety rather than deal with this. Basically doing to everyone there what he did to the Kurds.

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I think his goal is the same as it has been since 2016.

Destroy and divide America.

[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 29 points 4 months ago (2 children)

So he shits all over the fucking region and fucks up the global economy screwing over the whole middle class and even the rich fucking investors, then he fucking announces this?

Welp, time to invest in the green energy sector.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago

He gave the green energy sector to China because it's "woke".

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Speedrunning "American intervention in the middle east" scenario.

Europe thanks the USA for messing up our neighborhood ONCE AGAIN. With friends like these...

[–] cheeseburger@piefed.ca 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Americans should pay restitution to everyone on Earth.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 19 points 4 months ago

they can do it by using the french method on benny, trump, miller and thier collaborators.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 4 months ago

Lol iran is already charging passage fees in Chinese Yuan you absolute scumfuck! The implications of this alone are massive for your rotten empire. Lol. Do eeeeet!

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 15 points 4 months ago

He’s say the opposite tomorrow.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

his aids? being miller, probably kushner, Putin and aipac members. trump has done his part, lifting sanctions on russia and helping them recover thier loss petro dollars.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What's taters, precious?

Tatters*

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[–] fierysparrow89@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Art of the deal, people 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[–] MrNesser@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Gotta admit if i was the Iranian military i would be celebrating, not only has he screwed the pooch across the region by giving them an excuse to bomb multiple targets they have always wanted to. He has also given a firm timeline for when the US will fuck off - thats great for morale

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

That’s not what the toddler in chief’s actions say when he’s moved a bunch of B-52s to UK airbases.

(It’d be great if we all got ‘taters, better than the screwing we’re actually going to deal with)

[–] tal@lemmy.today 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

U.S. President Donald Trump ​told aides ‌he is willing to end ​the military ​campaign against Iran even ⁠if the ​Strait of ​Hormuz remains largely closed and leave ​a complex ​operation to reopen it ‌for ⁠a later date, the Wall Street Journal ​reported ​on ⁠Monday, citing administration officials.

In 2029, it became apparent that the Strait of Hormuz being closed was actually President Newsom's fault.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Iran should keep it close to any country who has sanctions on them

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And I wish I was joking but he is going to blame the previous administration for this, maybe even Obama.

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[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 5 points 4 months ago

When you run out of libs to own you gotta start owning yourself.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've been reading the WSJ for many a long year (know thine enemy) the comments section has seen some shift from proud support for Trump into somewhat despairing but there's still a vast holdout of it's worth it if Iran is destroyed and Trump is the bravest President because of it.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

I'm willing to take a fat shit without flushing the toilet if that's what it takes

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