“The Art of the Deal” 🙄 The red flags were obvious: a fraud, a serial bankrupt, a bully, a pedophile, and an abuser. People like this do not build anything; they claw their way up through lies, intimidation, and violence. #Trump was always a loser. Handing him the Oval Office and the nuclear codes was national suicide, and now we’re watching the collapse unfold in real time. Whatever his plans for #Iran, the #USA is gone, whether he follows up on his threats or not. The West’s silence is a green light. Diplomacy or not, rejecting Trumpism should be forceful and public. We know #Europe is next if this comes to pass.

#trump #Iran #usa #europe #uspol

"Sounds good to me."

#Netanyahu and his advisers presented a scenario they portrayed as a "near-certain victory," involving the destruction of #Iran's missile program within weeks, keeping the Strait of Hormuz open, and minimizing retaliation against American interests. They also suggested that #Mossad could help incite an uprising inside Iran

#Trump ignored assessments from U.S. intelligence officials and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, who described Netanyahu's regime-change scenarios as "farcical"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/politics/trump-iran-war-takeaways.html or https://archive.ph/ni530

#uspol #israel

6 Takeaways From the Story of Trump’s Decision to Go to War With Iran

New details from the weeks leading up to the campaign show how President Trump’s alignment with Benjamin Netanyahu and a lack of sustained opposition from his inner circle put the United States on a course to war.

The New York Times

Reader comment (#Ynet):

The Strait of Hormuz, which had been open before the war, reopened. One ayatollah left, another arrived; it’s still unclear whether he’s worse than the previous one. The uranium remains. The missiles remain. Lebanon has been officially recognized as an Iranian protectorate. Russia and China are backing Iran with veto support. Hezbollah has bounced back as if nothing had happened during two years of war. And in the south? We’re still supposedly a step away from victory while the army is bogged down in the mud there, putting soldiers and civilians at risk.

#israel #iranl #uspol