"The $64,000 question is whether the Iran war is merely a case of reality finally catching up with a bullshit artist, or if the American president has become either a madman or a dementia patient."

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #Iran #war #death #violence #destruction #NuclearWeapons #WarCrimes
/37

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-presidents-bullshit-on-iran

"Trump’s purchase on reality, tenuous at the best of times, is slipping fast. Think about what it takes for the 'leader of the free world' (a phrase we are now obliged to tuck inside irony quotes) to wake up on Easter morning—the day of the resurrection of the same Jesus Christ in whose name 'War Secretary' Pete Hegseth says we are killing Iranians—and post this unhinged and inflammatory comment on social media."

~ Michael Tomasky

#Trump #Iran #war #NuclearWeapons
/36

https://newrepublic.com/article/208633/trump-presidency-collapse-truth-social-iran

"Advisers, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, are reportedly telling Trump that civilian targets like power plants and bridges are fair game in Iran, despite legal and ethical restrictions that considerably narrow the circumstances in which such infrastructure can be legitimately targeted, the WSJ reports."

~ David Kurtz

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/35

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/new-video-of-ice-shooting-undermines

(continued from /33)

"and how far off the rails the war with Iran has gone as Trump flails about with no plan, no strategy, no exit, and a global economy that day-by-day is reeling from the biggest geopolitical oil shock in history. It sets the next 36 or so hours up as one of the weirdest and scariest moments in geopolitics of our lifetimes."

#Trump #Iran #war #death #violence #destruction #NuclearWeapons #WarCrimes
/34

"Is Donald Trump set to nuke Iran tomorrow night, Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET?

The chances at this moment are, at least, non-zero.

The simple fact that we can’t say 'definitely no, absolutely not, for sure' is an astounding commentary on how unhinged and dangerous his presidency has become" (continued in /34)

~ Garrett Graff

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/33

https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/is-trump-about-to-nuke-iran

"If the president means what he says, the world could be about 24 hours from a devastating escalation in the war. But like the producer of a television cliffhanger, Mr. Trump seems determined to keep everyone off balance."

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/32

"The world is on edge.

One minute, President Trump says the war in Iran is nearly over. The next he says it will continue for weeks. He brags that Iran has been “eviscerated,” but then vows that the fighting will go on. A huge bombardment, he says, might begin in five days, or 10 days, or on Tuesday at precisely 8 p.m. Eastern."

~ Michael D. Shear

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/31

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/world/europe/iran-trump-threats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Y1A.t_rN._aioyD_sJlrz&smid=url-share