He starts a war, tanks the global economy, and it’s willing to leave the global economy in taters like a little bitch.

MAGA in a nutshell.

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    I’ve been reading the WSJ for many a long year (know thine enemy) the comments section has seen some shift from proud support for Trump into somewhat despairing but there’s still a vast holdout of it’s worth it if Iran is destroyed and Trump is the bravest President because of it.

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      Comment sections like on news sites are unbelievably unreliable. Bots and motivated actors (dudes sitting around making 300 accounts to say the same thing and agree with themselves) flood them.

      What you’re seeing isn’t an indicator of anything.

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        They do have influence tho, and the average Boomer Betty Jane doesn’t take time to wonder if they’re legit comments, her brain’s mirror neurons automatically integrate this and compare her beliefs to it, invoking a deep and lengthy reconciliation process, all of which she’s unaware of. This is how community norms are changed, alternate realities exist. Which is all to say, the internet was a bad idea, we know that now.

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          Youre right

          I’m saying those are there to manipulate you, and you’re saying they work in manipulating people.

          It’s part of a psyop

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    Gotta admit if i was the Iranian military i would be celebrating, not only has he screwed the pooch across the region by giving them an excuse to bomb multiple targets they have always wanted to. He has also given a firm timeline for when the US will fuck off - thats great for morale

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    So he shits all over the fucking region and fucks up the global economy screwing over the whole middle class and even the rich fucking investors, then he fucking announces this?

    Welp, time to invest in the green energy sector.

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    So, as widely predicted, the “strategy” is to give up, declare victory and walk away, leaving things worse in every way than they were before the war.

    And Trump will continue to whine about other countries not paying for the war that they had no role in starting.

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    This kinda seems like the mutterings of a crazy person.

    He hasn’t had a plan since day one and as each moment passes he has a different thought about how he might possibly extricate himself from the mess he’s created.

    Later today he will threaten to bomb their schools, then the military will keep preparing for boots on the ground, then he will tweet about how they’ve already destroyed Iran’s leadership, then he will say he’s going to tariff allies who aren’t helping, then he will say the strait is open, then he will say high fuel prices are really great for American fuel suppliers.

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    Global economy fucked even more = mission successful

    He’s not going to rest until we’re in a global depression.

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    That’s not what the toddler in chief’s actions say when he’s moved a bunch of B-52s to UK airbases.

    (It’d be great if we all got ‘taters, better than the screwing we’re actually going to deal with)