…it is as if this moron president keeps wanting to pull us in the WWIII direction when his hawkish advisers keep saying: wait no we wanted the Vietnam door
I don’t think this whole affair gets us World War III — if anything we are sprinting toward the VIETNAM WAR shaped door, which was an insane regional bloodbath with millions dead and horrifically wounded that pulled in multiple great powers one way or another so I’m not downplaying the danger — but…
Donald Trump is now just openly bragging about interfering in the media. He's the president. He's running a truck over the first amendment here.
Lol
Is it normal for the president of the United States to pathetically plead for the nations of the world to come bail him out of the disaster he created entirely on his own?
Trump two weeks ago: woooooo!!! America!!! yeah!!!
Trump today: hopefully China, France, Japan, others will be sending ships..
If Trump wants more than strategic advice from Europe on the Strait of Hormuz, the price should be a gigantic US military aid package for Ukraine to compensate for the additional oil revenue Russia is receiving due to the Iran War.
Military aid. Not defence contracts paid by Europe.
If ever there was a time to let this guy stew in his own juices...
Two weeks in and he’s begging for France and China to save him like a dog.
they're gonna spend $50B re-opening the Strait of Hormuz over the next 6 months and then act like it's this huge victory when they only thing they accomplished was restoring the pre-war status quo
Brendan Carr so loves being America's top censor.
Ugh, when are the youngins gonna learn that knowledge is hard earned & machines don’t have knowledge, just reams of information? Knowing how to use info & make decisions takes an experienced human brain
The thing about this is (1) Hegseth manages to look bad regardless, and (2) even if he didn't, turning these things into clown shows means fewer people are going to bother with it, so it's less effective as propaganda.
The "neutral" press *help* competent administrations get their message out.
#BeanSoupTheory
British tax year ends April 5th but these f***ers can’t pay for a few weeks holiday somewhere else & but simple must come back to UK & want special permission to come back before tax year ends?
"We look terrible and the public completely disagrees with us. We should stick to this"
As the NVA and Viet Cong proved with Tet, you don't need to win any battles (you can rather get mostly wrecked) if you can inflict real psychological damage on the enemy and degrade the narrative of their political leadership.
That’s crazy like…
how ironic to see the state protect two people who sought to strip the state while working under the direction of elon musk, who has made it impossible to seek recourse when people get death threats and harassment on twitter
what i want to see out of future democratic party leaders is a recognition that federal spending is legitimately good, that we should do more of it, and that doing so will require collective contribution that many, many people are going to scream absolute bloody murder about
Wut?
“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”
ah, the reputational damage of other people hearing the things you said and did
We are a nation of 349M, yet one man decided to launch our nation into a reckless, illegal war without congressional authorization or counsel or the support of the American people. He didn’t think he had any duty to sell it or serve the people’s interests. This is why despotic rule is so dangerous.
There’s nothing more obnoxious than when people celebrate being an asshole or “just saying what everyone’s thinking”
Yeah, dude, most people have edgy thoughts, and learn to keep them inside. It’s called control. What you’re doing is like being really proud of constantly shitting yourself.
the term “military excursion” is a pejorative term to describe military adventurism gone awry, needlessly draining blood and treasure so in that sense yes, Donald trump accidentally is describing his policies and actions accurately
Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.
