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    Trump wants the expanded powers of POTUS that comes with being a wartime president, as well as a wartime budget, but he needs Congress to declare war…so what does he do?

    He pulls out of an agreement that restricted Iran from enriching uranium, then threatens to attack them for enriching uranium. Unexpectedly, Iran takes the high road and goes to the UN over the threats. Since Iran won’t attack, Trump gets Israel to attack Iran. Now, Trump is allowed to attack Iran under the false pretense of protecting an ally, which circumvents congressional approval. He posts a message claiming peace, knowing full well that Iran will retaliate, and Congress will subsequently declare war.

    Trump gets everything he wants- expanded powers, and a big budget to hide his reckless overspending, while calling it the defense of an allied nation.

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    Fuck. This. Man. Impeach him. Jail him. Deport him. I don’t care just fucking get him out of politics.

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      On this matter, trump Kamala Biden Hillary they will all do the same thing.

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      Edit: downvote as you like. My point was he might get jailed for many reasons, supporting Israel’s genocide and war is likely not one of them. Most recent US politician has been doing pretty much the same thing. 🤷‍♀️

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        The only person in your list that started a war without congressional approval was tronald dump. So do us all a favor and shut the fuck up.

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        Screeching “bOtH SiDeS” while we literally watch only one side, only 1 president do this. Wow, you’re definitely not indoctrinated…

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          It’s kind of funny to watch the downvotes and the comments though. It’s like a “our hivemind is better than your hivemind” situation.

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              You’re saying there is no unifying, collective sentiment on this community against anything to do with Trump or MAGA people? You’re saying that people who favor Trump are welcome here? That there is even room for discussion?

              I’m saying there’s a definite hivemind on this community. It’s objectively better than the MAGA hivemind, of course, it’s barely comparable. But it’s funny to see it unfold in a thread like this. In a sad kind of way though, a way where it shows that the country is entirely black and white and polarized to the brink of civil war.

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                People in general will be happy if their friend gets promoted at work, but sad if they get hit by a bus. Is this a hivemind mentality? Or just the result of people having thoughts and emotions and values and ya know being people.

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                  Your example doesn’t relate to my comment at all. You’re comparing apples and oranges

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          It’s the name of latest LLM trained from all US politician.

          When spelling the word Israel, almost all US politicians look the same lol.

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    Iran says that they will not stop with their efforts. Trump just said that if it doesn’t stop, he will continue with his campaign. Unless one side relents, this will lead to war. Or, as the media will put it “precision strikes against a foreign adversary” Fuck the USA, may it reap what it sows.

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    The analysis before the attack was that the bunker-busters probably wouldn’t make it all the way through the mountainside, so Iran could dig their way out and get everything back on line in a few months.

    Did this change, or is this just another case of Trump giving the illusion of having done something, when it’s all glitzy window-dressing and bullshit?

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      I thought talk of nukes was to make invasion seem like a good and sane alternative. That, or it was news corporations gleefully picking up some nonsense and shouting it from the rooftops hoping for some clicks.

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    Looking at the photos, there’s barely any difference. If the bombs can go deep enough to damage the facility, shouldn’t we see exposed sections?