Trump messaging about next steps in Iran creates confusion

In 24 hours, the Trump administration’s stance on the Iran war has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding and military operations were over to new threats of bombing the Islamic Republic. The administration's shifting and often contradictory messaging throughout the Iran war has produced ever more confusion this week. That's because President Donald Trump and his aides have presented a dizzying narrative about the U.S. strategy to unblock the Strait of Hormuz and wrap up the war, which has drastically changed over the course of mere hours. The closure of the vital oil shipping corridor has driven up fuel prices and put political pressure on the administration.

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Iran war live: Tehran says US violated ceasefire, targeted ships

Iran accuses US ⁠of violating a ceasefire by targeting two ships at ⁠the Strait of Hormuz and attacking civilian areas.

Al Jazeera

Russia Warns European States Against Hosting French Nuclear Bomber Planes

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Allegedly countries hosting French nukes would become targets in the case of conflict... Because they weren't already targets. Oh my no.

Glad to see the Kremlin riding the Russian paper tiger realising the european giant on their doorstep isn't putting up with their bullshit any more.

#Russia #Europe #war #nuclear #bluster

Russia Warns European States Against Hosting French Nuclear Bomber Planes

Russia warned on Thursday that any European countries that accepted deployments of French nuclear-capable strategic bombers would make themselves targets for attack by Moscow's forces in ​the event of a conflict.

Ground News
Iranian Diplomatic Perspective: Trump Playes Psychological Warfare with Iran Using Bluster, Red Lines, and the Nuclear Endgame

Donald Trump's recent statements about his red lines toward Iran must be assessed in the context of his well-established personality traits ...

Trump officials' defiance over Abrego Garcia's deportation is 'shocking,' appeals court says

The Trump administration’s claim that it can't do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. “should be...

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The gusty spring weather has been especially noticed while #cycling. #bluster #windysofmastodon
What if this is all #Trump #bluster and the #UnitedStates cannot actually implement the #tariffs because it no longer has a functioning bureaucracy thanks to ##EvilElons tactics.

#Quotes #JimmyCarter #Weakness #Bluster

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity. -Jimmy Carter, 39th US President, Nobel laureate (b. 1 Oct 1924)

“We would hop around his…clubs, bldgs, holding rooms, limos, planes, golf carts, & mob scenes, #Trump disgorging his usual #bluster, #slander, #flattery, & obvious #lies. The #diatribes were #exhausting & disjointed.

“…I was struck by one theme that Trump kept pounding on over & over: he was used to dealing w/'brutal, vicious killers'—by which he meant his fellow ruthless operators in showbiz, real estate, casinos, & other…industries. In contrast, he told me, politicians are saps & weaklings.