Because I assume #Trump knew this war on #Iran would make his odds of Republicans losing the midterms badly much more likely, I've got two guesses at why he did it.

He thinks being at war can be turned into justification for cancelling the elections.

Israel has some really bad shit they were blackmailing him with related to the #EpsteinFiles.

Maybe both but otherwise I do not understand it. He can't think it will go well, could he?

Something closer to the second.

Canceled elections is a fantasy in "our Sacred Democracy"

Who knows what they have on him. Maybe just financial support or loyalty.

@threalist

whoever it actually involves isn't talking. maybe that's the issue.

(I've never understood how we never hear about somebody who is willing to take government actions that lead to people dying, not having asked somebody to be permanently silenced.)

@wjmaggos "He can't think..." I'm gonna stop you right there. I don't think there is a coherent plan for anything with this group.

@wjmaggos wasn’t Ghislane’s family part of Israeli intelligence? If she and Jeffrey gathered blackmail on all the pedo’s, then they would also have power over trump.

Would explain why trump does whatever Netanyahu wants, all the time.

And here I thought trump was only owned by Putin. Silly me.

#compromised