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"Do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again? Do I drive them into hell"

The post ‘Do I Annihilate the Islamic Republic?’ Trump Issues Shocking Threat to Iran in UN Speech first appeared on Mediaite.

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[–] tangeli@piefed.social 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What would the reaction be if the leader of some other country with nuclear weapons asked in a speech to the UN: “Do I annihilate the United States, and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?"

I expect there would be outrage, and rightly so.

Might people who see Trump's threat finally understand how evil he is and vote against him?

Some might but, sadly, I think too many will not.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No, but you see, the US is doubleplus good and Iran is doubleplus bad.

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I couldn't remember if that was the term or not. The online Newspeak dictionary might not be complete.

https://www.orwell.org/dictionary/

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Didn't sun tzu say something about not putting people on deaths ground and leaving a bridge for people to take

[–] BallyM@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Trump expressed in words what all states with nuclear weapons express quietly every day that those weapons are deployed. Monstrous? Absolutely.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

he also threatened to choke Cuba.

All this proves how useless the UN actually is.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

saying all talking points his master is giving.