JonathanJan 19

RE: https://flipboard.com/@abc/news-54f0unfaz/-/a-XwXr67AqTLmfZ0gn1FIMOQ%3Aa%3A3195386-%2F0

Trump and Iran thread đŸ§”

aka The Trump War of Choice in Iran to Distract from the Epstein Files thread đŸ§”

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The Iranian Ayotollah should tell Trump "we will start shooting if you do".

Show threadJonathanJan 19
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_Trump warns Ayatollah ‘we will start shooting if you do’ as Iran rocked by another night of protests_
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-protests-trump-ayatollah-shooting-tehran-b2897961.html
Trump warns Ayatollah ‘we will start shooting if you do’ as Iran rocked by another night of protests

US president says he has ‘put Iran on notice’ not to target protesters after demonstrations were held across the country

The Independent
Show threadJonathanJan 19

The Iranian Ayotollah should call for new United States leadership too.

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_Trump calls for new leadership in Iran following nationwide protests_
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-new-leadership-iran-protests-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-rcna254561

Trump calls for new leadership in Iran following nationwide protests

President Donald Trump on Saturday called for regime change in Iran following protests that have roiled the country in recent weeks.“It’s time to look for new leadership in Iran,” Trump told Politico in an interview

NBC News
Show threadJonathanJan 19

Close buddy, close. But not quite.

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-01-17/irans-leader-calls-trump-criminal-for-backing-protests

Iran's leader calls Trump a 'criminal' for backing protests

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticized President Trump for supporting the protesters, and Trump responded by calling for an end to Khamenei’s rule.

Los Angeles Times
Show threadJonathanMar 5
So if the United States just declared war on Iran as a defensive matter, I suppose the U.S. needed to sink that Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka because it was just about to ... strike the continental United States? Is that it?
Show threadJonathanMar 5
A Shahid drone costs about 40,000 dollars. I think a Patriot missile costs between 4 and 7 million dollars. (That's just the missile. I think the launcher is about 400 million.)
Show threadJonathanMar 5

The Iranian ship sunk by Trump and Hegseth in their illegal terrorist war of choice had been invited to India to participate in an exhibition, and was unarmed.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/iranian-warship-was-sailing-home-from-india-exhibition-when-u-s-sank-it

Iranian warship was sailing home from India exhibition when U.S. sank it

The sinking underscored the scope of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and its spread in the Middle East and beyond. It also ignited a debate in India about maritime security in the Indian Ocean.

PBS News
Show threadJonathanMar 7

Earlier thread about Iran, from 2025, is here:

https://mastodon.social/@jmcrookston/114727962307106386

Show threadJonathanMar 7

"One user named “Magamyman” made $553,000 from Iran bets placed on the eve of war. In one of their many bets, they wagered $32,000 early morning on Feb. 28, hours before the strikes began, and correctly predicted there would be strikes that day, when the Polymarket odds said there was only a 17% chance."

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/07/politics/iran-war-prediction-markets-polymarket-kalshi

Iran-related bets on prediction sites scrutinized over ‘death markets’ and possible insider trades

As the US and Israel prepared for war and later launched strikes against Iran, traders on online prediction markets wagered over $1 billion on every aspect of the conflict.

CNN
Show threadJonathanMar 7

"Some Democrats also pointed out that the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined Polymarket’s advisory board last year and his conservative venture capital fund, 1789 Capital, invested an undisclosed amount in the company. Trump Jr. also serves as an adviser to Kalshi.*

Kalshi is another betting site

Show threadJonathanMar 11

So it looks like the girls school was hit by a United States tomahawk missile. Trump lied and it wasn't Iran (which of course we all knew),

They think the girls school was incorrectly identified as a military building on outdated information.

Pete Hegseth, after he assumed office, scaled back to a skeleton crew the office that ensures that civilian buildings aren't hit.

This probably makes for quite an easy claim against him

Show threadJonathanMar 15
_Trump says Iranian oil facility is ‘totally demolished’ but US may continue to bomb it ‘just for fun’_
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-oil-depot-bombing-fun-b2938728.html
Trump says Iranian oil facility is ‘totally demolished’ but US may continue to bomb it ‘just for fun’

U.S. president has called on allies to send ships to the Strait of Hormuz to help keep the critical shipping channel open

The Independent
Show threadJonathanMar 15
"In terms of how the war would develop, Trump said “the only power they have, and it’s a power that can be closed off relatively quickly, is the power of dropping a mine or shooting a relatively short-range missile. But when we get finished with the shoreline, they’re not going to have that power either.” ... "
Show threadJonathanMar 15

" ... He added: “We’ve knocked out most of their missiles. We’ve knocked out most of their drones. We knocked out their manufacturing of missiles and drones, largely. Within two days, it’ll be totally decimated.” "

A Shahed drone has a range of 2,500 km + can reach the Strait of Hormuz from anywhere in Irsn.

What even is this man Trump talking about. He's talking nonsense. That's what.

Show threadJonathanMar 16
2500 marines are being sent in "just for fun", I guess.
Show threadJonathanMar 16
A lot of the tail end of the United States-Vietnam War was "just for fun", as I recall.
Show threadBecca
@jmcrookston the entire thing was... it was French colonialism we were defending, but they'd quit a long time back
Mar 16 at 3:15pmWeb