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"Today, as the country enters its third week of war against Iran, President Donald J. Trump was on the golf course, illustrating the observation of journalist E.J. Dionne in the New York Times that 'from the very beginning of this war, we got a sense that there wasn’t a great deal of serious thought put into it'" (continued in /16)
~ Heather Cox Richardson
(continued from /15)
"'by the president of the United States about how it might end, what our objectives were, what needed to be done to protect Americans who are in the Middle East, what might happen to oil in the Strait of Hormuz.'”
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"'by the president of the United States about how it might end, what our objectives were, what needed to be done to protect Americans who are in the Middle East, what might happen to oil in the Strait of Hormuz.'”
"According to the Daily Beast and NBC4, family members of Tech Sgt. Tyler Simmons, one of six U.S. airmen killed when a refueling aircraft crashed during operations tied to the Iran war, criticized the conflict as unnecessary and said his death could have been prevented. ...
Their comments came as President Donald Trump spent the weekend golfing…."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity
/17https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-update-family-of-fallen-service
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"According to the Daily Beast and NBC4, family members of Tech Sgt. Tyler Simmons, one of six U.S. airmen killed when a refueling aircraft crashed during operations tied to the Iran war, criticized the conflict as unnecessary and said his death could have been prevented. ...
Their comments came as President Donald Trump spent the weekend golfing…."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity
/17https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-update-family-of-fallen-service
"A SUNDAY NIGHT CRASHOUT: Trump put up more than 1,600 words across multiple posts on Truth Social last night, all of them furious."
~ Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity
/18https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2026/03/16/trumps-sunday-night-crashout-00829461
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"A SUNDAY NIGHT CRASHOUT: Trump put up more than 1,600 words across multiple posts on Truth Social last night, all of them furious."
~ Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity
/18https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2026/03/16/trumps-sunday-night-crashout-00829461
"The President appears to be having some kind of a mental breakdown tonight, which is what you want from a Commander-in-Chief during war."
~ Jon Favreau
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"It turns out that Trump’s 'feeling' he could pull it off was baseless, perhaps a function of untreated malignant narcissism."
~ Jennifer Rubin
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #MalignantNarcissism
/4https://www.contrariannews.org/p/trumps-war-is-the-worst-conceived
@wdlindsy Netanyahu has looking for the right useful idiot for 50 years. He was successful in deceiving baby Bush/Cheny inciting a campaign based on allegations Iraq’s possession of arms of mass destruction which prooved to be nonsense.
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"The President appears to be having some kind of a mental breakdown tonight, which is what you want from a Commander-in-Chief during war."
~ Jon Favreau
@wdlindsy "Tonight"??
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"This is a very stupid man who imagines he can—not just bully enemies as military strategy—but abuse allies and they’ll keep coming back for more.
Consider: Poor Donald Trump got a no from the UK’s Kier Starmer about joining the initial strikes on Iran and hesitated sending aircraft carriers to the region."
Steven Beschloss
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #MalignantNarcissism
/2Trump doesn't need a punch in the face. He needs organised removal, restraint. The notion of restraint on abuse of power in USA is AWOL.
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"The response to the Trump’s trial balloon of a global coation to provide escorts was decidedly negative. ...
Trump is just beginning to understand the ramifications of trash-talking our allies for the last year. Having been dismissed and demeaned, they are in no hurry to help the US fix the crisis that Trump created."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #Europe #NATO #Canada #allies
/10yep : helping an ally who is attacked is normal (that's what NATO was about)
but nope : you'll need to clean your own shit ! we are not your servants...
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"The President appears to be having some kind of a mental breakdown tonight, which is what you want from a Commander-in-Chief during war."
~ Jon Favreau
@wdlindsy Why can't the WH docs will just put him down like a lame racehorse? One can dream.
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"There are many ways a country can decline. It can become poorer and weaker or lose its alliances or its technological edge.
But there is another, more insidious form of decline: a country can become stupider.
That is what has happened to American policymaking under Donald Trump."
~ Julie Roginsky
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #MalignantNarcissism
/1https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/the-stupidification-of-american-policy
I keep thinking about Argentina. Once, among the wealthiest nations on earth, it spiraled downward after it ignored its Constitution and power was concentrated into the executive office.
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"The President appears to be having some kind of a mental breakdown tonight, which is what you want from a Commander-in-Chief during war."
~ Jon Favreau
"The foolery reached new heights over the weekend as President Trump veritably begged other nations, including rival China, to rescue him from his self-own in the Strait of Hormuz. …
The headlines are almost comical:
WaPo: Trump urges world to help open Strait of Hormuz
Politico: Trump demands ‘about 7′ countries join coalition to police Iran’s Strait of Hormuz"
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #Europe #Canada #NATO #allies
/20https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/desperate-trump-begs-for-help-to
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"The foolery reached new heights over the weekend as President Trump veritably begged other nations, including rival China, to rescue him from his self-own in the Strait of Hormuz. …
The headlines are almost comical:
WaPo: Trump urges world to help open Strait of Hormuz
Politico: Trump demands ‘about 7′ countries join coalition to police Iran’s Strait of Hormuz"
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #Europe #Canada #NATO #allies
/20https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/desperate-trump-begs-for-help-to
"WSJ: White House Tries to Build Coalition on Iran to Address Energy Crisis
Bloomberg: Trump Floats Xi Summit Delay If China Doesn’t Help in Hormuz
NYT: Nations Respond With Caution to Trump’s Call to Send Warships to Strait of Hormuz
While accurate, the headlines don’t quite do justice the mix of magical thinking, narcissistic indignation, and pseudo-economics Trump spent the weekend trafficking in."
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #Europe #Canada #NATO #allies
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"Today, as the country enters its third week of war against Iran, President Donald J. Trump was on the golf course, illustrating the observation of journalist E.J. Dionne in the New York Times that 'from the very beginning of this war, we got a sense that there wasn’t a great deal of serious thought put into it'" (continued in /16)
~ Heather Cox Richardson
@wdlindsy Very clear that this war was ordered and initiated without a lot of preparation and thought as how to counter what was the most obvious Iranian countermove. The Trump regime went to war on near impulse. Thousands have already died and the world economy will be crippled all because the world refused to say NO with a firm enough voice. The US is a global pariah and must be maximally opposed, not simply countries refusing to add their own forces to the fray.
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"This is a very stupid man who imagines he can—not just bully enemies as military strategy—but abuse allies and they’ll keep coming back for more.
Consider: Poor Donald Trump got a no from the UK’s Kier Starmer about joining the initial strikes on Iran and hesitated sending aircraft carriers to the region."
Steven Beschloss
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #MalignantNarcissism
/2@wdlindsy But this "stupid man" has been elected although poeple knew it before the elections.
And even now there are still too many people that support him. -
@wdlindsy But this "stupid man" has been elected although poeple knew it before the elections.
And even now there are still too many people that support him.@Blumine Yes. I can't imagine that any of the commentators I excerpt above is suggesting otherwise.
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"WSJ: White House Tries to Build Coalition on Iran to Address Energy Crisis
Bloomberg: Trump Floats Xi Summit Delay If China Doesn’t Help in Hormuz
NYT: Nations Respond With Caution to Trump’s Call to Send Warships to Strait of Hormuz
While accurate, the headlines don’t quite do justice the mix of magical thinking, narcissistic indignation, and pseudo-economics Trump spent the weekend trafficking in."
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #Europe #Canada #NATO #allies
/21"Two brutal lessons from the Strait of Hormuz crisis:
1. No matter how powerful your navy or how big your superpower status, if geography isn’t in your favour, you’re stuck.
2. Treat your allies with respect."
~ Brown Reporter
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #Europe #Canada #NATO #allies
/22https://www.threads.com/@brownreporterofficial/post/DV7fBrGDHzv
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"Two brutal lessons from the Strait of Hormuz crisis:
1. No matter how powerful your navy or how big your superpower status, if geography isn’t in your favour, you’re stuck.
2. Treat your allies with respect."
~ Brown Reporter
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #Europe #Canada #NATO #allies
/22https://www.threads.com/@brownreporterofficial/post/DV7fBrGDHzv
"Because when you’ve spent years bullying and humiliating them, pulling out of alliances, slapping tariffs, threatening to abandon NATO and then one day you desperately need them to help you open a 33km strait, don’t be surprised when nobody is in a rush to answer your call."
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #Europe #Canada #NATO #allies
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"WSJ: White House Tries to Build Coalition on Iran to Address Energy Crisis
Bloomberg: Trump Floats Xi Summit Delay If China Doesn’t Help in Hormuz
NYT: Nations Respond With Caution to Trump’s Call to Send Warships to Strait of Hormuz
While accurate, the headlines don’t quite do justice the mix of magical thinking, narcissistic indignation, and pseudo-economics Trump spent the weekend trafficking in."
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #Europe #Canada #NATO #allies
/21@wdlindsy
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#narcissistic indignation, and pseudo #economics #Trump spent the weekend trafficking indamn strait !
I heard on #MSNOW that #Iran will not interfere with oil tankers if the currency payment is #RMB (renminbi) commonly called #Yuan
Actually the leftwing news reports (past few days) oil IS PASSING #Hormuz if going to China and the rightwing news says total blockage
The History of Why Oil Is Sold in Dollars
https://www.faf.ae/home/2026/3/16/why-iran-wants-oil-paid-in-chinese-currency-at-the-worlds-most-critical-oil-passage-beginners-guide-to-petrodollars-and-the-hormuz-strategy -
"Two brutal lessons from the Strait of Hormuz crisis:
1. No matter how powerful your navy or how big your superpower status, if geography isn’t in your favour, you’re stuck.
2. Treat your allies with respect."
~ Brown Reporter
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #Europe #Canada #NATO #allies
/22https://www.threads.com/@brownreporterofficial/post/DV7fBrGDHzv
Alas, a lesson the self-deluded man child and his minions will never learn.
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"The response to the Trump’s trial balloon of a global coation to provide escorts was decidedly negative. ...
Trump is just beginning to understand the ramifications of trash-talking our allies for the last year. Having been dismissed and demeaned, they are in no hurry to help the US fix the crisis that Trump created."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #stupidity #Europe #NATO #Canada #allies
/10@wdlindsy I'd probably choose a different word than "understand".
I'd probably avoid "learn", too.
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@evan Seconded! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Banksy's identity is Not The Point!
We're gawping at the spirit of his art. Not a name.
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@evan
That sounds exactly like something Banksy might say… 🤔
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Francia: alle elezioni municipali importanti consensi per la france insoumise. l’estrema destra vince sulla costa nel sud
@anarchia
Le liste de La France Insoumise (LFI) o quelle unitarie di sinistra dove era presente hanno ottenuto un buon risultato nel primo turno delle elezioni amministrative nonostante la campagna
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@screwturn and see where that takes you!
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@evan
Start with the abundant leads related to Epstein, for example
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@evan he's a dick head
