Mastodawn

Welcome to war crime day.

Trump has told the press yesterday that Iran will be returned to the stone age at 8 PM US Eastern Time — that is two hours after midnight in Berlin.

So far the European reaction is complete silence, and I believe this is a case of “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake”.

There are only two outcomes:

1. If Trump chickens out, he is weakened at home.

2. If he commits the war crime, he is severely weakened internationally.

Either way, Trump loses.

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mausmalone

@randahl The problem with your thinking is that Trump can't be weakened at home. His base is made up of people religiously devoted to him who live entirely in an echo chamber. The most likely scenario is that he either chickens out and declares victory or does a much more limited strike and declares victory.

Either way his supporters will unanimously praise him for his victory.