NonilexMar 2

#Trump is expected to address the #war against #Iran during remarks at 11AM ET, the White House said Monday.

It will be the first time since the strikes started Saturday that Trump will directly address reporters [hand selected friendly reporters], as his previous messages have been pre-recorded videos disseminated on Truth Social.

#US #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

Show threadNonilex

#Trump finally entered the East Room of the White House 45 minutes late to give his first public remarks about the war he’s launched on #Iran. His chief of staff, #SusieWiles & #JointChiefs Chair Gen #DanCaine are there.

Trump said the #US #military “continues to carry out large-scale combat operations in Iran.”

#war #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

Mar 2 at 5:22pmWeb
Show threadNonilexMar 2

#Trump said one reason for the attack was that #Iran “would have missiles capable of reaching our beautiful America.” #US intelligence agencies believe Iran was probably years away from having missiles that can hit the #UnitedStates.

#war #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

Show threadNonilexMar 2

Earlier in this speech, #Trump enumerated 4 objectives of the #war: destroying Iran’s missile capabilities, “annihilating” its navy, preventing #Iran from obtaining #nuclear weapons & ensuring that “the Iranian regime” cannot continue to fund regional proxies.

There was no mention of #RegimeChange in that list, though he has emphasized the Iranian regime as “sick” & “sinister.”

#US #warmonger #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

Show threadNonilexMar 2

#Trump has given conflicting justifications for his #war in #Iran, & has sought to downplay the country’s #military strength, he said that the regime’s ballistic missile program was growing “rapidly & dramatically, & this posed a clear, colossal threat to America & our forces stationed overseas.”

#US #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

Show threadNonilexMar 2

Trump’s own #Defense #Intelligence Agency estimated #Iran would not be capable of building missles capable of reaching the #US for a decade or so, & had not made a decision to begin.

#Trump said the attack could last “4 to 5 weeks,” but “we have capability to go far longer than that.” He added: “I don’t get bored. There’s nothing boring about this.”

#war #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

Show threadNonilexMar 2

#Trump only briefly mentioned the 4 #US service members who died. The event at which he is speaking is a medal ceremony honoring #veterans who fought & died in #US #wars.

Trump discussed, for the first time since the war began, his decision in 2018 to withdraw from the #Iran #nuclear accord negotiated by President Barack #Obama.

“That was a horrible, horrible dangerous document,″ he said, that would have given Iran “nuclear weapons 3 years ago.” [wrong]

#war #RegimeChange #law #Congress

Show threadNonilexMar 2

#Iran was largely abiding by the agreement #Obama negotiated until #Trump pulled out of it, & though it was under no restrictions after that, it did not manage to produce a weapon.

Trump, in the middle of a Medal of Honor ceremony where he is explaining his rationale on deposing Iran’s supreme leader, starts talking about his White House ballroom project.

#US #war #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

Show threadNonilexMar 2

After a few minutes, #Trump moved on from his #war in #Iran to the curtains he’s picked out for the White House & his new ballroom. “I picked those drapes in my first term,” he says. “I always liked gold.” There’s light chuckling in the room. 🙄

#unfit #dementia #US #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

Show threadNonilexMar 2

Americans alarmed by the #deaths of 4 #US service members might have been expecting a formal presidential address from the White House. Instead, they are observing a president treating this like every other day: talking about his #ballroom, attacking #Democrats, bashing the news #media.

#Trump #unfit #dementia #Iran #war #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

Show threadFrank HeijkampMar 2
@Nonilex Felon number one already made clear that he thinks all people in the military are, and I quote: "losers"
Show threadArthur van der HargMar 2
@alterelefant @Nonilex Not all of them, does he? Only the ones who died serving their country, IIRC.
Show threadFrank HeijkampMar 2
@ArtHarg
That doesn't make it better.
@Nonilex
Show threadArthur van der HargMar 2
@alterelefant @Nonilex Definitely not.
Show threadPG1958WILLNOTCOMPLY 🇺🇸🇷🇴🇺🇦🇵🇸Mar 2
@Nonilex as if trump actually knows ANYTHING about the processes involved in the creation of a nuclear device. America is so fucked with this fool in charge.
Show threadKathmanduMar 2

@Nonilex

People who start wars always think it'll be over quickly. Two weeks, six weeks, 3 days for Putin.

And it never is that fast, or that easy. Every war takes years.

They all keep making this same mistake.

Show threadAllan ChowMar 2
@Nonilex weapons of mass destruction, huh.