His latest foray into Twitter diplomacy, President Trump on Friday night issued a statement in all capital letters declaring “To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!”
The comments were made after Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani made a statement earlier Sunday warning the US against pursuing a war with Iran, saying “America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars.”
Rouhani’s comments came amid media reports quoting US officials confirming that the US is trying to undermine Iran’s leadership with diplomatic statements. Rouhani added that he didn’t feel the US was in a position to “incite the Iranian nation against Iran’s security and interests.”
Though Rouhani’s comments are relatively common for Iranian officials, portraying their nation as ready to defend themselves while also open to peace, President Trump’s response seems to be taking the bellicosity his own comments on Iran are known for to new extremes.
It is not unusual for President Trump to give the impression that he is somewhat unhinged, and liable to do anything at any time, a negotiating strategy that is likely deliberate. This is an odd time for it, however, as it both allows Iran to fairly portray itself as a victim being bullied by the US for virtually no reason, and also undercuts recent US attempts to convince EU nations to go along with their anti-Iran policies.
I could be wrong but the Iranian people are likely to see what the results of US involvement in a country would be. Iraq, Syria, Libya and others come to mind.
Are likely ? They’ve lived it since at least 1953.
Instructively, the Iranian people were very friendly with the US before ’53 and looked at us as an anti-imperialism friend.
Thank you Mr Pahlavi
Hey Dave…. you keep on pointing things out as if people like me are not aware of such things. Kind of virtue signaling. And a bit insulting.
Did you forget you knew about the coup in 53 ? Because there really is no good reason to make that statement unless you didn’t know or you forgot.
You make the wrong assumption…again. No. Didn’t forget. Just have a different perspective. One that is more current. But keep on virtue signaling about how much you know.
Trump can only be blamed for the last 2 years in Syria Russia saved Syria .
Pretty typical response. ISISrael has a right to defend itself but no other nation does unless it decides to submit its citizens to being debt slaves to the bankster/terrorists of the central banking scam.
Either you make the rich even richer and more powerful or suffer flying robots of death, covert regime change attempts, and denial of human rights.
https://notmyempire.wordpress.com/2018/05/08/the-iran-deal-the-new-neocons-and-the-lie-of-an-alt-right/
Quote: “It is not unusual for President Trump to give the impression that he is somewhat unhinged.” Impression?
Yes, somewhat unhinged, as in “the ocean is somewhat deep” …
Yes. But most of the rest of the powerful are much better at hiding how unbalanced they are. Is Trump worse? Maybe. But would I feel better if HRC was behind the nuclear trigger? And the media? Are they completely sane?
We, as a people, need to stop investing power into this bizarre system.
I dunno … HRC would have to focus group her wars for a few years before ordering an attack, so there’d be time to respond 🙂
The media are utterly corrupt and insane. They have become so used to war and at the same time so ignorant of the effects of same.
Secretary Clinton actually threatened Iran with dire consequence but her threat was given a clear cause: if you get a nuclear weapon.
That threat was published by the media and some commentaries were sharply critical of her policy.
AW has not yet responded to the capital-letters, totally unhinged Trump statement on Iran hence must soon be considered “utterly corrupt and insane” too?
At least Trump has got them all on the run . It is fun to watch him bamboozle the whole crowd all at once . He started with the fake misinformation service . So nobody believes them any more . Almost every body is happy Trump is our president and he is getting more converts every day .
He is literally the unhidden face of American military policy.
Glad he gave the military more money because he might have to call on them to take out the intelligence agencies including the FBI and his own DOJ . Marshal law and military trails for these criminals is the only way I can see these guys getting the justice they deserve . They are just to well entrenched for common civilian law .
LOL, did you hear that YouTube ? You understand some of these intelligence agencies fall under the authority of the DOD right ?
Nothing like changing your country into a military dictatorship. Especially after it mysteriously “misplaces” trillions of dollars and commits as well as covers up war crimes.
Once again we see the Trump crowd completely take the bait and blame explicitly the government while ignoring the very people that corrupted it.
Calling out the military to take out the intelligence agencies? I was under the impression that the NRA claims that this will be prevented by “people legally owning and carrying arms.” In other words an armed popular uprising against Czar Donald.
The Secretary of Justice is a Trump appointee.
I do not yet see Sessions walking down a “military trail” but if he deserves a trial why is the president not acting? Mr. President arrest this criminal and throw him in jail!
People like Eric always eventually shoot themselves in their own feet. His ignorance is his gun.
Simple, when he threatens war, it’s a masterful trump gambit, when he says he was against the Iraq war, and interventionism, you can take it to the bank, (tho, use a Russian bank). When he signs massive military spending, it’s because he just wants to get along, kinda like how he gets along with fried chicken.
Totally off his rocker.
WHAT A FU**ING MORON.
C’mon, wars. Haven’t you figured this out yet? You can’t have forgotten the NK gambit already.
“Jaw jaw is better than war war.” And Trump does the “jaw jaw” — war of words — at a level that is breathtaking to behold. The man is an instinctive political genius. His withdrawal from the Iran deal, his sanctions, his Jerusalem move, and his over-the-top trash talk has the Neocon war-mongers completely neutralized/mollified/hypnotized. Meanwhile, take note, no war.
Interesting times, these. The transition from the old imperial order was always going to be challenging and disorienting. Fearless, balls of steel, unpredictable… as he chips away at the old order, Trump is ***EXACTLY*** qualified, ***EXACTLY*** the kind of personality needed to tear down the old broken system and build a new one.
He’s doing in politics what he did in real estate: refurbishing the old, broken, and dilapidated.
One of us is going to be right. When things play out and we figure out who that is, then we’ll both be back on the same team, as we should be. I’ll see you there, wherever there turns out to be.
C’mon Jeffrey. Bibi wants Iran destroyed and we’re obliging. No war yet, but the destruction of Iran’s economy is well on the way.
No war ? WTF planet do you live on ? He shot 59 missiles into Syria a year ago. Talk about Trump derangement syndrome !!
Really? You thought that was war. That was Kabuki. And contract renewal for Ratheon.
“Sarin gas attack!” scream the White Helmets. A false flag, of course, the standard script. “Oh, the poor children” blares the media. “Daddy, you have to do something!” pleads Ivanka. “Get me General So-and-so on the phones”, orders President The Donald. “General, get Vladimir’s boys on the horn and tell them I have to, you know,… ‘Look tough.’ So we’re gonna put on a show, make a big noise, blow up a few military junkyards, nothin’ serious. You know…. politics. So let ’em know, General, so they can get their boys outta the way. We wouldn’t want anyone to get hurt.”
“He’s doing in politics what he did in real estate”
Well, that much is probably true.
Of course, what he did in real estate was stumble from sweetheart government handout to sweetheart government handout, taking a profit when it worked and leaving those stupid enough to trust him holding the bankruptcy bag when it didn’t.
So you want to keep this FBI and DOJ our establishment has created for us . shame on you Thomas if you believe we have the government we deserve . Where all three branches of our government and the courts all could not stop putting Tampon machines in boys restrooms , Where medical doctors can be fired for refusing to write Miss on a mans medical chart if he says he is a woman . For forcing us all to accept lies as the truth over and over . No Trump can’t take down this established leadership fast enough .
I have no idea where you get the idea I want to keep the FBI and DOJ. I’m an anarchist. And even from a more moderate/limited government perspective, I’ve called for the FBI specifically to be abolished.
“So you want to keep this FBI and DOJ”
I can’t definitively speak for Thomas, but most libertarian anarchists and constitutionalists would completely abolish the FBI, CIA, and NSA. Anarchists would do this because they oppose any State institutions, constitutionalists because there is no constitutional authority for these agencies. So, no, I do not believe that Thomas wishes to keep the current system.
And, incidentally, Trump does not in any way oppose the principle of abusing the powers of these agencies, he only opposes these powers being used against him and his administration.
Your point?
REUTERS: “the Trump administration had launched an offensive of speeches and online communications meant to foment unrest… Current and former U.S. officials said the campaign painted Iranian leaders in a harsh light, at times using information that is exaggerated…”
Lies to destabilize foreign governments are the kinds of dirty tricks Iran expects, and will be used to justify repression of those protesters who have legitimate grievances, and execution of any Israeli / US intel agents directly organizing the unrest.
Yes, lies to destabilize foreign governments are standard tricks to try to destabilize them. Nothing new here.
Now look at the difference a nuclear arsenal can make. Kim “I have a finger on my trigger”. Trump: “my finger is bigger”. Implication: you can destroy San Francisco. I can destroy all of you. The San Franciscans were not pleased.
The Iranian’s have no trigger hence no finger on one.
LOL Donald. Happy monday morning from here in the US. Any results toward affordable health care and a living wage yet. Thought so. Wake me up when you have something important to say Donald.
Remember Nixon and the “madman theory”?? Trump seems to have a natural inclination to this, little experience and no interest in truth.
Hey Raimondo, get on the Trump peace train!
I liked him better when he was a traitor.
it’s not the twitter it’s the policy
pay attention to what’s important
poor Iran, tortured by the USA, sometimes literally, since the coup in 1953
Does Jason pick the trump picture for the article ? perfect, cracks me up….