In contrast to President Trump’s time spent saying he didn’t want a war
with Iran, and calling off such an attack less than a week ago, Trump spent the bulk of Tuesday threatening to attack Iran on even the slightest pretext, saying he’d attack if Iran struck “on anything American.”
President Trump promised “overwhelming force” against Iran, calling
President Rouhani “ignorant and insulting” and saying his attacks on Iran would mean total obliteration in some parts of the country.
Rouhani’s comments only faulted the US policy as “desperate and
confused,” and said it led officials to “take unusual measures and talk
nonsense.” He also ridiculed US sanctions against Iran’s Supreme Leader,
noting he never visits the US and has no assets there to begin with.
There was no indication from anyone in Iran that Iran was liable to
attack anything America-related, and Trump started his tirade about war
early in the morning, and continuing to talk up that conflict, and his lack of thought to an exit strategy, over the course of the day.
Whether this reflects a sudden shift toward hawkishness by Trump or
simply an unrelated tirade is not clear. It is, however, hardly the
first time he’s threatened Iran in such terms, and so far he has not
carried out any attacks, despite many in his administration urging him
to do so.
They totally ruined the Ayatollah’s Disneyland vacation.
Looks like someone got him back on his meds. Or is it off?
I thought the same thing. A mentally unstable individual. I can’t believe in the theory that this is all part of Trump’s negotiating tactics.
Here on the planet Mongo, defy Ming the Merciless and you will be obliterated.
unstable genius threatens world war ll is insanity
I made a comment last week about how Trump had threatened to “obliterate” or “annihilate” Iran not once but twice. I stand corrected. It is now four.
This rant does not exclude the case in which Iran downs a US spy-plane or spy-drone which has intruded the Iranian airspace. Hence this rant encourages Bolton and Pompeo to bait Iran again thereby possibly triggering a war with Iran.
It is now more than obvious to me that President Trump is our first madman-president. Hence, forget about the impeachment of Trump. Implore the Vice President to begin a 25th amendment procedure for the purpose of not getting into a criminally provoked war with Iran.
No chance. The Deep State may have wanted Trump out in favor of the terminally corrupt Clinton originally, but now they’ve figured out how to manipulate this loon into doing what they want. They’ve learned not to try to actually “reason” him into anything, but just play on his emotions and rely on his inability to concentrate on anything for more than five minutes.
So the neocons and Israel absolutely love this guy. There’s no other President so likely to give them exactly what they want – even if it’s a hair harder to control him than, say, one of their own picks, like Clinton.
If I were voting and Trump and Pence were my choices, I wouldn’t vote for Pence.
Dieter heymann, I wouldn’t call Trump a “madman” nor would I call him stupid or a fraud or an unfairly elected President – what he, Pompass, and Bolton are – are as-holes. And, please – don’t give Pence any bright ideas as to taking over – he is an holy-joe as-hole.
Under no circumstances will this present Trump supporter vote for Trump again in 2020 if he starts another war.
I won’t vote Democrat either.
But I will stay home on election day.
He has defined the red lines clearly at least, just in a way so extreme as to ensure war starts soon. Or maybe spouting off his mouth endlessly is his alternative to real-world aggression. It won’t work, nor will the US argument be much better worldwide when the next incident happens and he has boxed himself into a corner… thus specific rejection of exit strategies.
“his alternative to real world aggression”…more like, his alternative to actual governance.
Trump has proven our system of government needs drastic improvement, we may very we’ll have elected a dangerous nut job.
“Whether this reflects a sudden shift toward hawkishness by Trump or
simply an unrelated tirade is not clear.”
That’s the whole point of Trump – nothing is “clear” – neither in his mind nor his policy.
Which is precisely why he can be maneuvered – like the US electorate – into accepting another huge Middle East war. Because the only people with “clarity” are the people who want that war (and the tiny handful of us who don’t want war but have zero power to stop it.)