Greg Jaffe reports on how the choice of “'Epic Fury,' a name that connotes retribution and rage," to name Trump's war captures its deliberate intent to maximize brutality and lethality.
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As Aaron Parnas notes, Trump just posted the following on his Truth Social outfit:
"I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so."
War, wielding weapons, killing others with big booms, makes tiny men imagine they're big ones.
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #cruelty #lethality #death #destruction #violence #PerformativeMasculinity
/7https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump-underestimated-irans-willingness
@wdlindsy It would be kind of cool to see Trump go to the Gulf and ride at the bow of some tankers Leonardo DiCaprio style, taunting the Iranians to shoot at him.
I'd really like to see him do this.
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As Aaron Rupar says, Peter Thiel's pal Alex Karp, Palantir CEO, loves the macho bluster of Trump's war, as he proclaims:
"What makes America special right now is our lethal capacities. Our ability to fight war."
The techbros, the broligarchy, are all in on the brutality, lethality, cruelty, and want credit for its technological base.
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #cruelty #lethality #death #destruction #violence #PerformativeMasculinity
/8https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mguiup62lt2j
@wdlindsy Dress this SOB in camos, give him a K-Bar, and parachute him into the middle of Tehran just before dawn tomorrow. Oh, and give him an iPhone too, so he can make Tik-Tok videos of his lethal capacity for the manosphere's Trumplickers back home (with a special chef's kiss for Secretary of Military Cosplay Pete Hegseth, of course). Oorah!
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Then:
"In a second incident, a terror suspect entered a Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) class at Old Dominion University and opened fire, killing Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, an ROTC instructor.
And:
"Finally, a hacker group linked to Iran infiltrated the computer systems of a US-based medical company."
"A stupid war started by a stupid man for stupid reasons not even he can figure out.
This war will go down in history. So will the man who started it, as the biggest loser of this century."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/irans-war-of-pinpricks-that-bleed
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"A stupid war started by a stupid man for stupid reasons not even he can figure out.
This war will go down in history. So will the man who started it, as the biggest loser of this century."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/irans-war-of-pinpricks-that-bleed
"We should face the honest, painful truth. It took America 20 tortured years, an unspeakable death toll, and finally the image of desperate people climbing toward helicopters on an embassy roof to acknowledge the bitter reality that our nation had lost a war."
~ Will Bunch
#Trump #Iran #war #Vietnam
/14https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran-war-us-losing-trump-20260312.html
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"We should face the honest, painful truth. It took America 20 tortured years, an unspeakable death toll, and finally the image of desperate people climbing toward helicopters on an embassy roof to acknowledge the bitter reality that our nation had lost a war."
~ Will Bunch
#Trump #Iran #war #Vietnam
/14https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran-war-us-losing-trump-20260312.html
"Today, it’s clear after less than two weeks there won’t even be a premature 'Mission Accomplished' banner for Trump’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s irrational gambit in Iran. Victory is unattainable, and arguably we have lost a war."
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"Today, it’s clear after less than two weeks there won’t even be a premature 'Mission Accomplished' banner for Trump’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s irrational gambit in Iran. Victory is unattainable, and arguably we have lost a war."
"Trump, in his latest spiral, just tried to rebrand soaring gas prices as a good thing.
'The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money,' he wrote on Truth Social.
Who is 'we?' I’ll tell you who it’s not: the voters who put this guy in office."
~ Brian Tyler Cohen
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #prices #affordability #economy #MAGA
/16https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/trumps-soaring-gas-prices-are-a-good
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"Trump, in his latest spiral, just tried to rebrand soaring gas prices as a good thing.
'The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money,' he wrote on Truth Social.
Who is 'we?' I’ll tell you who it’s not: the voters who put this guy in office."
~ Brian Tyler Cohen
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #prices #affordability #economy #MAGA
/16https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/trumps-soaring-gas-prices-are-a-good
"Trump isn’t even trying to hide it anymore. When he says 'we' make a lot of money, he means oil executives, and he means himself. Because that’s all Trump cares about. How he can put more money in his own pocket and deliver a payout for his billionaire cronies."
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #prices #affordability #economy #MAGA #billionaires #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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"Trump isn’t even trying to hide it anymore. When he says 'we' make a lot of money, he means oil executives, and he means himself. Because that’s all Trump cares about. How he can put more money in his own pocket and deliver a payout for his billionaire cronies."
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #prices #affordability #economy #MAGA #billionaires #oligarchy #EconomicElites
/17"According to petroleum analyst, Patrick DeHaan, Americans today will spend roughly $250 million more on gasoline than they did 30 days ago. That’s over $1.5 billion per week."
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #prices #affordability #economy #MAGA #billionaires #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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"Trump, in his latest spiral, just tried to rebrand soaring gas prices as a good thing.
'The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money,' he wrote on Truth Social.
Who is 'we?' I’ll tell you who it’s not: the voters who put this guy in office."
~ Brian Tyler Cohen
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #prices #affordability #economy #MAGA
/16https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/trumps-soaring-gas-prices-are-a-good
@wdlindsy Such blatant lack of caring about “we the people”.
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"According to petroleum analyst, Patrick DeHaan, Americans today will spend roughly $250 million more on gasoline than they did 30 days ago. That’s over $1.5 billion per week."
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #prices #affordability #economy #MAGA #billionaires #oligarchy #EconomicElites
/18The Bulwark today headlines its morning report: "Trump to America: Thank Me for Your Gas Bill." Andrew Egger writes:
"[Trump's statement about how *we* benefit from higher gas prices is] an illustration of the exact mindset that led Trump to do so much damage to the U.S. economy even before the war:"
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #prices #affordability #economy #MAGA #billionaires #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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The Bulwark today headlines its morning report: "Trump to America: Thank Me for Your Gas Bill." Andrew Egger writes:
"[Trump's statement about how *we* benefit from higher gas prices is] an illustration of the exact mindset that led Trump to do so much damage to the U.S. economy even before the war:"
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #prices #affordability #economy #MAGA #billionaires #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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"his insistence that tuning the economy to the benefit of a few favored producers is a victory, even if it harms the vast majority of consumers."
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #prices #affordability #economy #MAGA #billionaires #oligarchy #EconomicElites
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"War is BOOM BOOM, death raining from the sky, hell wrought on others from thousands of miles away by American soldiers with joysticks. The mangled bodies are not seen. They must be presumed."
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #cruelty #lethality #death #destruction #violence #PerformativeMasculinity
/5In videogames, the corpses just quietly disappear.
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"A stupid war started by a stupid man for stupid reasons not even he can figure out.
This war will go down in history. So will the man who started it, as the biggest loser of this century."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/irans-war-of-pinpricks-that-bleed
@wdlindsy Operation Epic Fail.
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(continued from /19)
"his insistence that tuning the economy to the benefit of a few favored producers is a victory, even if it harms the vast majority of consumers."
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #prices #affordability #economy #MAGA #billionaires #oligarchy #EconomicElites
/20"Oil prices have surged, and one of the biggest beneficiaries so far has been Russia. According to reporting from the Financial Times, Moscow could be earning up to $150 million per day in additional revenue due to the global energy shock triggered by the conflict. Analysts estimate Russia has already gained between $1.3 billion and $1.9 billion in additional oil revenue as demand for its crude rises."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #Putin #Iran #war #oil #gas #Russia
/21https://www.meidasplus.com/p/friday-afternoon-updates-reality
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"Oil prices have surged, and one of the biggest beneficiaries so far has been Russia. According to reporting from the Financial Times, Moscow could be earning up to $150 million per day in additional revenue due to the global energy shock triggered by the conflict. Analysts estimate Russia has already gained between $1.3 billion and $1.9 billion in additional oil revenue as demand for its crude rises."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #Putin #Iran #war #oil #gas #Russia
/21https://www.meidasplus.com/p/friday-afternoon-updates-reality
"This is Trump’s Derp State in action, an administration full of people who are not only ignorant and stupid, but believe that anyone who knows what they’re doing or tries to anticipate problems that might arise is a traitor to the cause. This is not something unique in history; authoritarian regimes are often characterized by the way they elevate idiots to positions of power."
~ Paul Waldman
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #authoritarianism #idiocy
/22https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-derp-state
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"This is Trump’s Derp State in action, an administration full of people who are not only ignorant and stupid, but believe that anyone who knows what they’re doing or tries to anticipate problems that might arise is a traitor to the cause. This is not something unique in history; authoritarian regimes are often characterized by the way they elevate idiots to positions of power."
~ Paul Waldman
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #authoritarianism #idiocy
/22https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-derp-state
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"This is Trump’s Derp State in action, an administration full of people who are not only ignorant and stupid, but believe that anyone who knows what they’re doing or tries to anticipate problems that might arise is a traitor to the cause. This is not something unique in history; authoritarian regimes are often characterized by the way they elevate idiots to positions of power."
~ Paul Waldman
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #authoritarianism #idiocy
/22https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-derp-state
"The White House’s videos mixing football hits with bombing footage tell us: We have some twisted people running this country."
~ Michael Tomasky
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #cruelty #lethality #death #destruction #violence #PerformativeMasculinity
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"The White House’s videos mixing football hits with bombing footage tell us: We have some twisted people running this country."
~ Michael Tomasky
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #cruelty #lethality #death #destruction #violence #PerformativeMasculinity
/23"Fox News and Newsmax are doing their best Baghdad Bob impersonation to downplay the incredible surge in gas prices Americans have faced since President Donald Trump launched his war on Iran. Fox and Newsmax personalities are urging their viewers to accept spiking gas prices as a patriotic 'sacrifice' to take on Iran, and are claiming that prices will come back down quickly."
~ Zachary Pleat
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"The White House’s videos mixing football hits with bombing footage tell us: We have some twisted people running this country."
~ Michael Tomasky
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #cruelty #lethality #death #destruction #violence #PerformativeMasculinity
/23@wdlindsy The Whitehouse posted that video under the title "Touchdown." There isn't a single football touchdown in the sports clips and as far as I know there are no US boots on the ground either. Just aerial murder. I mean, these guys are SO stupid, that they can't even be bothered to be accurate when they are being cruel and insensitive.
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"Fox News and Newsmax are doing their best Baghdad Bob impersonation to downplay the incredible surge in gas prices Americans have faced since President Donald Trump launched his war on Iran. Fox and Newsmax personalities are urging their viewers to accept spiking gas prices as a patriotic 'sacrifice' to take on Iran, and are claiming that prices will come back down quickly."
~ Zachary Pleat
"Trump’s gift to Vladimir Putin to get his own ass out of the sling is both a huge concession to Russia and an unmistakeable admission that the economic reverberations from the elective war in Iran are having acute downstream political effects on Trump and Republicans in an election year."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Putin #Iran #war #oil #gas #Russia
/25https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trump-bails-out-russia-to-save-his
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