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Donald Trump appeared to offer confirmation that the United States is now participating in Israel’s attack on Iran in a Tuesday social media post.

Amid escalating tensions and the exchange of bombings after Israel attacked Iranian nuclear facilities last week, Trump has faced questions about the extent of U.S. involvement in the conflict.

In a new post on Truth Social using the term “We,” Trump wrote: “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured “stuff.” Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA.”

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Sure pal, yeaaa, like he did with the Ukraine-Russia war right ? The way he lied to everyone and still does, the way he does not say that other people behind him are in charge and not him. Once again the US along with it's friends does it again!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Okay, relatively minor point here, but doesn’t this seem like an odd closing sentence? This is how you end a letter to a cereal maker when you find a Fruit Loop in your Cheerios. It’s not how you end a tweet when you’re talking about assassinating a major political/cultural figure and possibly triggering WWIII.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

He said the same thing at the end of another twit 2-3 weeks ago. Sounded just as out of place then. My initial assumption is that the dementia is getting worse, but who knows.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Behind the scenes, it's a complete Cluster Fuck. Good luck to those in the military or planning on joining who did not vote for the orange turd. For the MAGA in uniform, you deserve the shit that is going to fly all over the place with this war.

I wonder how long this has been in planning. Technically, the US military is prepared for desert operations.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Even if we aren’t. He will claim the W and act like it is all him. His ego needs it right now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I know your point is serious, but reading about the pathetic turnout for his ridiculous parade made me chuckle.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

The narrative was that Israel had gone behind his back and it made him look weak. Now it looks like Israel is winning and Trump needs to claim he was part of it. No, not "part of it", the reason why.

Particularly in foreign politics, he badly needs a win: turns out international trade is not as easy as imposing tariffs and waiting for countries to call him with big offers and Diplomacy (who knew) takes more than a "Vladimir stop" post on social. He needs something quick to show in-between golf games to get his popularity above "get my teeth drilled by the dentist" level again.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

This is probably how that bill will be passed in the senate. US goes to war… we need to spend spend spend!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Meanwhile Iran sent a few more missiles to Israel last night. That's how much credibility this clown has.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So is Trump claiming that in under 12 hours the US cleared the entirety of Iran of air defense systems?

Pressing X to doubt here

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

With how powerful our military and air force is honestly it's more believable than not.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

As powerful as it is, it's still bound by laws of physics and all. They need to go there, setup camp, plan, execute, etc.

The US Army is strong, sure, but it ain't a god

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

in under 12 hours the US cleared the entirety of Iran of air defense systems

Given how insanely powerful the US Armed Forces can be, objectively speaking, that's honestly not entirely unbelievable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

live near a US Air Force Base. It hasn't mobilized.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I know, just saying out of all the unrealistic bullshit that comes out of Trump's mouth hole, this isn't that unrealistic.

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