Only the best people.
I think right now I’d settle for only people.
Oh just fire him and get Kid Rock in there.
Patel and Hegseth are probably going to be the next to go - Trump needs a scapegoat for the Iran boondoggle, and Patel is proving to be a total embarassment.
Apparently Kash now wants to sue the Atlantic over the story. I hope discovery doesn’t go his way…
Patel: “I will see you in court!”
Atlantic Magazine: “Ha ha ha, absolutely yes! Yeeehaaa!”
Secretary of the Army cannot handle Democrat heroes.
And what prompted that reaction?
But not to worry! The Army has some blarney to hand-wave this away.
Franklin “Crackers” Graham wants the Pope to kiss Rip van Simple’s ring.
Another crackers Graham sais the felon’s yelled on the phone so much he’s lost his voice.
He’d hate to be on the receiving end of that? I’m envious of the Iranians now. Is it wrong to hope the laryingitis is permanent?
What happened to speak softly and carry a big stick?
Actually believing that shouting will impress some mullahs over the phone is a clear sign of losing. The war, the negotiations and his marbles. And face.
I can picture the Iranian putting Trump on speaker and sharing a laugh with the other people in the room.
Plus, making whatever the Iranian gesture that indicates ‘micropenis’ might be.
“Am I on speakerphone? That’s rude! I don’t know who else is in the room…”
So like, what is actually going on with Iran war right now? Is it on or off? Negotiations or fighting time? Blockades or no blockades? Is Iran going to sink some ships in the Strait of Hormuz? Is the US Navy going to sit outside the Strait and continue to pretend to being doing something? When does Israel go back to pounding on Lebanon? When does Trump lose his last marble and decide to nuke Tehran?
In one of those Lego videos they gave him tiny hands and they even included the bruise from his Leqembi injections. They also referenced the Bubba thing from the Epstein files.
I think it’s more he’s a bully and con artist who just doesn’t know any way to deal with someone who won’t buy the con and refuses to be bullied but yell louder. It’s classic “do what wasn’t working, just harder” behavior from someone who doesn’t have many tools in his toolbox.
Shouting at an unimpressed mullah over the phone is a sign of losing yes - to anyone but him. To Trump, “speaking softly” and trying to come to some compromise would be losing. To Trump, any result other than one where he gets a profit and the Iranians get nothing is him losing. Above all, the Iranians must get nothing or he’s a “loser”; in Trumpland, there’s no such thing as mutually beneficial, only winners and losers. And if the other guy gets something, that means he’s the winner and you are the loser.
It’s a pathological attitude towards human relationships that makes him a terrible negotiator and leaves him with little ability to deal with people who refuse to just roll over for him.
Absolutely. The frightening (and/or depressing) thing about this is that he’s managed to ride that one-note tactic throughout his life.
And makes it amusing that he styles himself as the world’s most perfect negotiator.
Well, Iran fired on a tanker and closed the Strait again today, so that’s how things are going.
I’m sure we’ll be hearing about how that’s some kind of fake news and we’ve never been at war with Oceania any time now
It’s important to keep in mind that the crews of these ships are just guys doing a job, and aren’t going to risk their lives to deliver a load of oil or whatever. So there’s no need to sink them, just present a credible threat.
“When you see soldiers walking around with no legs, that was Iran that did that”
Is your friend in the room with us?
“Joe Rogan, who’s a fantastic person. We did an interview before the election. We had over 300m people. And I said, ‘Oh man, I hope Kamala doesn’t do it.’ And she didn’t. He wanted her to do it but she didn’t. Someday Joe is gonna explain why. I could tell you why.”
“We’re taking it. We’re taking it. Very simple. Very simple. With Iran. We’re going in. With Iran. We’re taking it. We will have it. I don’t call it boots on the ground.”
Trump: We had some pretty good news 20 minutes ago.
Reporter: What was the good news?
Trump: Having to do with Iran.
Reporter: Can you tell us anything about it?
Trump: No. I just think it’s something that should happen.
[That was the bluesky quote, not Smapti] That’s like a month old now (not that it ever gets old)
This one is from last year, I think.
“Because they teach soldiers how to levitate. It’s pretty cool, actually.”
That video of him saying it is from this morning.
Also from this morning. Aaron Rupar clips his videos from live TV, so unless CNN has started airing reruns, they’re new.
Holy cow, my apologies! He really gets stuck on certain topics, doesn’t he?!
Did the late, great Hannibal Lecter come up?