"His reality distortion field has run into a brick wall."
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"His reality distortion field has run into a brick wall."
~ David Smith
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/1https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/30/trump-iran-war-reality
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"His reality distortion field has run into a brick wall."
~ David Smith
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/1https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/30/trump-iran-war-reality
"This is what happens when impulsive, ignorant men — intoxicated with blowing things up — utterly bungle a war. ...
In sum, Trump did not get regime change or an unconditional surrender. His lack of strategy gave Iran advantages (e.g., control of the Strait of Hormuz, asymmetric missile/drone capacity) that neither he nor his yes men anticipated."
~ Jennifer Rubin
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"This is what happens when impulsive, ignorant men — intoxicated with blowing things up — utterly bungle a war. ...
In sum, Trump did not get regime change or an unconditional surrender. His lack of strategy gave Iran advantages (e.g., control of the Strait of Hormuz, asymmetric missile/drone capacity) that neither he nor his yes men anticipated."
~ Jennifer Rubin
"He therefore flails about, desperately trying to end this debacle without total humiliation. Thanks to the considerable leverage Trump’s blunders have given them, the Iranians surely expect to avoid Trump’s most draconian demands. They want the war to end, but not at any price."
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"He therefore flails about, desperately trying to end this debacle without total humiliation. Thanks to the considerable leverage Trump’s blunders have given them, the Iranians surely expect to avoid Trump’s most draconian demands. They want the war to end, but not at any price."
"If only the U.S. had competent negotiators and a sane president, a deal might be reached soon. We don’t. Tragically, more lives will be lost, billions more spent before the war’s end."
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"If only the U.S. had competent negotiators and a sane president, a deal might be reached soon. We don’t. Tragically, more lives will be lost, billions more spent before the war’s end."
"Despite all the positive words and all the tough words from President Trump, behind closed doors, he understands that he is in really deep trouble, that he made a huge mistake.
When leaders are desperate, they do foolish things."
~ Tymofiy Mylovanov
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"Despite all the positive words and all the tough words from President Trump, behind closed doors, he understands that he is in really deep trouble, that he made a huge mistake.
When leaders are desperate, they do foolish things."
~ Tymofiy Mylovanov
"Donald Trump has lost his Iran war. He is the Iranian hostage. ... If there is any consistency to Trump’s policy, it is a series of frantic attempts to justify his original blunder and extricate himself from its dire consequences."
~ Sidney Blumenthal
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/6https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/30/trump-iran-war
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"Donald Trump has lost his Iran war. He is the Iranian hostage. ... If there is any consistency to Trump’s policy, it is a series of frantic attempts to justify his original blunder and extricate himself from its dire consequences."
~ Sidney Blumenthal
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/6https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/30/trump-iran-war
"So, a ground invasion then, huh? We’re no Dionne Warwick or Mulan, but assorted half-assed boot-ground raiding into a country of 90 million people sounds like a strategy to do not much more than get a lot of (American) servicepeople killed."
~ Marcie Jones
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania #troops #military #invasion
/7https://www.wonkette.com/p/just-67000-us-troops-in-iran-hanging
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"So, a ground invasion then, huh? We’re no Dionne Warwick or Mulan, but assorted half-assed boot-ground raiding into a country of 90 million people sounds like a strategy to do not much more than get a lot of (American) servicepeople killed."
~ Marcie Jones
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania #troops #military #invasion
/7https://www.wonkette.com/p/just-67000-us-troops-in-iran-hanging
"Other presidents have been accused of negotiating with themselves. Trump is negotiating with his imaginary friends. There’s no reason at all to believe that these talks are actually happening."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/8https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/pete-hegseth-believes-in-the-lethality
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"Other presidents have been accused of negotiating with themselves. Trump is negotiating with his imaginary friends. There’s no reason at all to believe that these talks are actually happening."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/8https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/pete-hegseth-believes-in-the-lethality
"His utterances each day about the war and the global crisis he has created make as much as sense as 'light inside the body' during COVID."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/9https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trumps-global-crisis-worsens-where
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"His utterances each day about the war and the global crisis he has created make as much as sense as 'light inside the body' during COVID."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/9https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trumps-global-crisis-worsens-where
"That war-peration not going great."
~ Marcie Jones
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/10https://www.wonkette.com/p/call-your-girlfriend-tabs-mon-march
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"That war-peration not going great."
~ Marcie Jones
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/10https://www.wonkette.com/p/call-your-girlfriend-tabs-mon-march
"Trump can't read so he gets his briefings on video. Hegseth won't read because it's not manly. Rubio denies being able to read, to fit in. Pam Bondi fears reading because it's usually a subpoena."
~ Paul Rudnick
#Trump #Hegseth #Rubio #PamBondi #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/11https://xcancel.com/PaulRudnickNY/status/2037990417694638577#m
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"If only the U.S. had competent negotiators and a sane president, a deal might be reached soon. We don’t. Tragically, more lives will be lost, billions more spent before the war’s end."
"Competent negotiators and a sane president"
You don't need negotiators if you have intelligence analysts and military planners. One obviates the need for the other.
#Iran has presented a small but quantifiable nuclear threat since #Trump quit the JCPOA. Iran has supported terrorists in #Gaza and #Yemen. Neither was an existential threat to the U.S. #DPRK has nuclear. We didn't feel the need to bomb them.
Now we risk a global conflagration.
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"Trump can't read so he gets his briefings on video. Hegseth won't read because it's not manly. Rubio denies being able to read, to fit in. Pam Bondi fears reading because it's usually a subpoena."
~ Paul Rudnick
#Trump #Hegseth #Rubio #PamBondi #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/11https://xcancel.com/PaulRudnickNY/status/2037990417694638577#m
@wdlindsy
Reading's probably not Christian, anyways, least not until it's been interpreted as the Spirit moves you. -
"His utterances each day about the war and the global crisis he has created make as much as sense as 'light inside the body' during COVID."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/9https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trumps-global-crisis-worsens-where
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@wdlindsy
Reading's probably not Christian, anyways, least not until it's been interpreted as the Spirit moves you.@hypostase Yet, ironically, it was monks in the early medieval period who preserved many of the precious manuscripts transmitting the long legacy of Greek and Roman thought from the pre-Christian era.
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"If only the U.S. had competent negotiators and a sane president, a deal might be reached soon. We don’t. Tragically, more lives will be lost, billions more spent before the war’s end."
Iran had a treaty. They were in compliance. Trump ripped it up. More recently, Iran was at the table in good faith negotiations, Trump bombed them.
Trump has shown that the US can not be trusted.
The way to end this war is to remove Trump and his henchmen from any kind of power.
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"If only the U.S. had competent negotiators and a sane president, a deal might be reached soon. We don’t. Tragically, more lives will be lost, billions more spent before the war’s end."
@wdlindsy would not need a deal if Drumpf had not screwed it up in the first place.
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"Trump can't read so he gets his briefings on video. Hegseth won't read because it's not manly. Rubio denies being able to read, to fit in. Pam Bondi fears reading because it's usually a subpoena."
~ Paul Rudnick
#Trump #Hegseth #Rubio #PamBondi #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/11https://xcancel.com/PaulRudnickNY/status/2037990417694638577#m
@wdlindsy if Drumpf can't read, how does he read the prompter? Are they in pictures?
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"Trump can't read so he gets his briefings on video. Hegseth won't read because it's not manly. Rubio denies being able to read, to fit in. Pam Bondi fears reading because it's usually a subpoena."
~ Paul Rudnick
#Trump #Hegseth #Rubio #PamBondi #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/11https://xcancel.com/PaulRudnickNY/status/2037990417694638577#m
"The only thing more dangerous than an unbound strongman launching elective wars is when those wars begin to go badly.
There’s no telling what President Trump will resort to doing to save face, create the mirage of victory, and extricate himself from the box canyon into which he so triumphantly galloped.
This is old-style mission creep on steroids."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/12https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trumps-iran-war-objectives-have-collapsed
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"The only thing more dangerous than an unbound strongman launching elective wars is when those wars begin to go badly.
There’s no telling what President Trump will resort to doing to save face, create the mirage of victory, and extricate himself from the box canyon into which he so triumphantly galloped.
This is old-style mission creep on steroids."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
/12https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trumps-iran-war-objectives-have-collapsed
"What’s always a danger for a bogged-down empire is a heightened risk for a superpower led by a man with a short attention span who is enthralled by military spectacle. ...
Whatever Trump lurches towards next, his stupidity, racism, hubris, and provincialism will — as it has for past U.S. administrations far less burdened by those weaknesses than he is — prevent him from seeing his avowed enemy clearly or on its own terms."
