Nonilex7h ago

#Trump, taking questions from reporters during the annual #Easter Egg Rollevent at the White House, reiterated his threats against #Iran, saying the #US was “obliterating the country” because its leadership would not capitulate.

But he also asserted that Americans were dealing with a third wave of leadership that “is not as radicalized.”

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #TrumpsWar #IranWar #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #law #Congress #WarPowers #MiddleEast #economy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/06/world/iran-war-trump-israel/9af67b73-f91e-531e-bdaf-e94b4550d3d2?smid=url-share

Iran War Live Updates: Trump's Hormuz Threat Looms as Tehran Vows to Step Up Attacks

The New York Times
Show threadNonilex7h ago

#Trump went on to say that if it was up to him, he would “keep the #oil” in #Iran [#thief]. “Unfortunately the American people would like to see us come home,” he said. [unfortunately?]

“I also want to make the people of our country happy. I think most people wouldn’t understand that.”

He said he would speak more at a news conference scheduled for 1PM.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #economy #EnergyCrisis

Show threadNonilex7h ago

#Trump also cited “pretty good” information to say that 45,000 protesters had been killed in #Iran. [crazy wrong. Outside number is 7k]

He returned to the idea of the Iranian people overthrowing the country’s leadership, one he mentioned even before the #US & #Israel started the #war.

The people of Iran would “fight back as soon as they know they’re not going to be shot & as soon as they can get weapons,” Trump said.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #TrumpsWar #IranWar #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #law

Show threadNonilex6h ago

#Trump repeated that he had already “obliterated” #Iran, but then a reporter asked if that was indeed true, why was the #US still at #war.

Trump deflected by saying: “It’s a big country. They can’t fight back. They have no capability. I mean, they have some missiles left, they have some drones left, but essentially they have no capability.”

He called the shooting down of American aircraft last week “a lucky shot.”

#CognitiveDissonance #unfit #FactCheck #TrumpLies #IranWar #law #WarPowers

Show threadNonilex

#Trump also set the expectation that Americans may need to weather higher #GasPrices “for a couple of months.”

“We’re never going to let them have a nuclear weapon, & if we have to pay a little extra for fuel for a couple of months, & we’ll do that, but we’re never going to allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon, because this beautiful White House wouldn’t look so good,” Trump told reporters.

#unfit #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #war #WarCrimes #law #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #economy #oil

4:17pmWeb
Show threadNonilex6h ago

#Energy companies & analysts broadly expect it to take many months after the conflict ends & the #StraitOfHormuz reopens for most wells & energy #infrastructure throughout the Persian Gulf to even start operating again.

#Trump #CognitiveDissonance #unfit #FactCheck #TrumpLies #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #EnergyCrisis

Show threadRoy -- the dull one6h ago

@Nonilex

We can all look forward to the reopening of the Strait and the rebuilding of all that infernal infrastructure, but the thing we really should keep in mind is the Mantra Of The Money Men:

"Wow! The suckers will pay that much! Let's try for a little more..."