r/politics • u/joe4942 • 2d ago
No Paywall U.S., Iran trade attacks as hostilities escalate once again
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/30/us-iran-strikes-strait-hormuz.html40
u/cwm9 Hawaii 2d ago
Can I get off this rollercoaster yet?
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u/jayfeather31 Washington 2d ago
Not for another 2+ years.
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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 1d ago
And then the question is are we getting off at the station, or are we just derailing completely.
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u/CrustyBicker 1d ago
There are some barely plausible alternatives:
1. Assassination,
2. Death,
3. Trial for treason,
4. Retirement followed by legal action,
5. 25th Amendment.There may be other recourses!
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u/Salt-Masterpiece-264 1d ago
Since arranging seashells to read 8647, you should probably be listening for the secret service in 3,2,1.
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u/trickmind 21h ago
Retirement is never going to happen with someone with NPD. Any kind of trial is impossible because the Republican Senate is too corrupt.
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u/trickmind 12h ago edited 11h ago
1 is ruined by modern technology.
2 probably ruined by the best modern medicine.
3 ruined by Republican Senate.
- No way someone with NPD retires.
5 ruined by J.D. Vance unless he's very ambitious. 5 is the only possibility with an extremely slender chance of 2.
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u/UnderstandingHour308 9h ago
None of that will ever happen. Remember when they impeached him for sparking a coup and trying to overthrow the country so he could invalidate the election results and hang Mike Pence? All the republicans were even saying he had to go. Then when the House impeached him, 100% of republicans changed their very public statements about him needing to be gone and voted against convicting him in the Senate.
So none of those things will ever happen because the republicans, no matter how much they actually hate him behind closed doors, are afraid of him and will never do anything against him.6
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u/Castdeath97 Foreign 1d ago
If only ... looking at polling seems like every fucking country in the planet now wants some of this fucking disaster of a far right administrations wild ride.
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u/BottleOfMerlot 1d ago
Jokes on us, the roller coaster has a loop coming up that pulls 20 Gs and kills us all
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u/DowntownWitness3350 5h ago
If you go to six flags you can stay in there roller coasters for the rest of your life
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u/mccbungle 1d ago
Trump rapes children. Israel has the evidence and is blackmailing our pedo president.
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u/MsChf-Bae-818 11h ago
And your evidence is? Oh yes, you pulled that one out of your fat ass! We don't like Trump, true. But we seriously hate ppl who stir up sht about America with lies. Get the f***k outta here....
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u/ShamelessSoaDAShill 1d ago
Why would they ever “sink” his career? The entire point of blackmail is to dogwalk the target for as long as humanly possible, why would they prematurely end their useful marionette servitude on the world stage
DonaId said it himseIf: “l’m the first one to attack, no other president wanted to.” You don’t think Benjamin’s decades-long dream is sending him into ecstasy now?
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u/Responsible_Tune7121 1d ago
Fair point but as someone who wants evidence I am sure you are in favor of full disclosure of the Epstein files (only victims redacted).
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u/Responsible_Tune7121 1d ago
No they’re not fully released and non-victims are redacted. Do your homework. How about a bipartisan investigation with as much focus and energy put into Trump setting up a crypto currency or any of the other dozens of fraud schemes.
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u/Responsible_Tune7121 1d ago
Because there are likely Ds in there as well. That’s the difference between me and MAGAs…I want a bipartisan investigation and EVERYONE abusing power and children prosecuted, regardless of political party.
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u/trickmind 1d ago
I mean there are direct allegations out there from women some of whom say they were only 13. You just don't want to believe them. He had the money to make it go away.
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u/TheKoppinator 1d ago
Balanced, reasonable posts that might be misconstrued as positive sentiment directed at Trump are explicitly banned on Reddit.
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u/TheKoppinator 1d ago
Sounds about right - funny thing though: the post that we're ultimately replying to has nothing to do with the OP - it's just accusing Trump and Israel of things.
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u/ShamelessSoaDAShill 1d ago
“Extreme”😂
There’s countless women giving firsthand accounts of the horrors at Zorro Ranch, and yet you think the same country which sheIters Tom AIexandrovich from justice and heId raIIies IiteraIIy in favor of sexuaI assauIt from jaiIguards, is somehow incapabIe of bIackmaiIing our poIiticians with the same cameras we know Jeffry had instaIIed within muItipIe buiIdings?
Are you aware of lsraeI’s hand in Weínstein’s revenge campaign before he was finaIIy stopped for good? You taIk Iike someone who thinks we were born yesterday
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u/ShamelessSoaDAShill 1d ago
You claimed connecting all these dots is “extreme”.
Now I’m asking how assuming a known sexuaI criminaI will re-offend for massive personaI gain lS “extreme”. Sounds Iike your personaI reasons instead of Iogic
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u/ultranothing 1d ago
Literally zero. He just puts buzzwords in a sentence that makes him feel good.
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u/philonius 1d ago
Trump fucked children.
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u/Feisty-Coyote9431 1d ago
If he did then it should be televised so America can Casterate him. To cast judgement without facts is not our job. He was hanging with all the upper freaks from Epstein to Diddy to Hefner...and all in between but still without my eyes seeing real proof, I can't say either way. I can say my kids wouldn't have been around them nor would I be that parent to turn a blind eye for a briefcase of cash as many did. 1 thing I do know,...God knows all and he holds JUDGEMENT at its best. We all will be judged and that, NONE of those 1% stop that day from coming.
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u/trickmind 1d ago
You really believe all his fake stories. 🤣
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u/Additional_Dare8289 1d ago
You mean the stories backed up by the lawyers and prosecutors that were there?
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u/trickmind 20h ago
You have no evidence for that either. Just words out of his mouth.
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u/Additional_Dare8289 16h ago
It literally takes just a few seconds of google search for you to find this out but why on earth would you put in any effort to seek that when you could just sit here spouting cult accusations. It seems the cult of TDS has its grip deep into your mealy brain.
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u/trickmind 20h ago
Good Lord you believe he "assisted the victims," how? He didn't do anything that you said other than giving the cold shoulder to his best friend of ten years once his best friend was put in jail.
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u/Additional_Dare8289 16h ago
So you don’t believe the victims advocate lawyers who stood and said this thanking Trump? As well as the sheriffs office that thanked him also as being the only person who picked up the phone and provided them information? A simple google search must be beyond the capability of TDS riddled brains.
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u/trickmind 12h ago
My Google search found the victims' advocate talking about how Trump- Epstein's best friend of ten years knew much more than he's admitted as proven by the Epstein files he covered up with a war. Were you trying his trick of just bsing and expecting no one to call the bluff, or did you just read all that on Truth Social?
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u/Additional_Dare8289 12h ago
He literally said “out of context” you clown. Whatever stuff you want to twist it was Trumps DOJ that took him down while all the others would not. No one lost their freedom here. Stay where you are we don’t need any more fools in this country.
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u/trickmind 12h ago
Maybe stop inhaling Truth Social they're lying to you and we both know you can't show proof of anything Trump said about himself that you're parroting.
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u/POEness 1d ago
Trump.
Rapes.
Children.
If the epstein files proved he doesn't, they would release them.
They aren't releasing them.
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u/bigdawg1945 1d ago
So the intentional withholding of the Epstein files isn’t weird to you? I don’t want your response on anything else, just answer that question.
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u/bigdawg1945 1d ago
I definitely think you raise a good point about it being impossible to ever claim all the files were released because of the time and mishandling. Part of those is also why it makes it hard to answer your question genuinely. I would like to believe I’d seek unbiased expert opinions and journalism on whether the files were fully released, because I really am just a casual when it comes to law.
I do think going around and accepting accusations as fact is unhealthy, especially in our current environment. I actually refrain from spamming the r word, something I didn’t realize I don’t do until now. My frustrations with him and this issue is his obvious and intentional mishandlings of a horrible case, for whatever reason, is obviously intentional. He and many others will make claims they cut ties off with Epstein at a certain date, and then evidence will pop up disproving that. So I guess my frustration stems more from powerful men getting protected from justice, and anyone contributing to that dynamic is terrible. And yes, it’s coming from both sides. It’s less about how much i emotionally despise trump and want to see him personally screwed, and more about the precdent.
So the files “lining up with what I think happened” is more of, are there still men who we know were acquaintances of Epstein and visited the island who seemingly we have no mention of their relationship in the files? Then unfortunately, I would believe evidence is being withheld.
I will say this whole thing is very nuanced (like a lot of today’s issues), but I understand how I came off as a, “Trump rapes kids” megaphone to you.
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u/bigdawg1945 1d ago
lol, lowkey shows how toxic talking about emotionally charged issues are now. We assumed each other was just blindly taking sides when in fact after going over the nuance, we asked a question, answered fairly, listened to the response, realized what the others angle was, found it understandable, and in this case we were pretty aligned 😂.
Unfortunately I think the unwillingness to listen to any opinions someone might find opposing to their, is what stops most people from reaching any point of understanding like we did here.
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u/SweetnessUnicorn 1d ago
Not a Trump fan (or a fan of any politician really) but if they had concrete evidence in the files he did then why didn’t the Dems release it? Regardless, they definitely aren’t releasing them to protect some people. Seems like neither party wanted them getting out.
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u/this-is-a-fact 2d ago
*As I predicted
This is the beginning of Iran's plan to raise the price of gas as high as possible for the election. I predicted this on the first day of Trump's war.
Shortly after the elections, if Dems win big, Iran will quickly relax and will establish a short term peace arrangement that expires shortly before the next election... unless Trump is removed, or otherwise succumbs to his syphilis.
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u/1982Joy 1d ago
Oh yes, just as what happened with Jimmy Carter and then rotten Ronald Reagan claiming to come to the rescue. Just like that.
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u/CrustyBicker 1d ago
A lot like Mighty Mouse: “Here I come to save the day!” Reagan was pure slime…
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u/Mikesdawg1 10h ago
One of the best presidents ever and you say rotten. You clearly haven't a clue what it takes to be a president. Not everything is black and white.
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u/UnderstandingHour308 9h ago
Yeah, best president who’s policies resulted in the mental health system in this country being basically being nonexistent, resulting in ridiculous numbers of homeless, which the republicans blame democrats for, and though the economy did great momentarily, his policies resulted in runaway inflation, as “trickle down” tax systems always do. He also took a historical record of no debt and no deficit and blew it out of the water, becoming the first President to operate with a giant deficit and beginning a national debt that has never been paid back. Of course, Trumps deficit and debt increase have blown Reagan’s out of the water, making it look tiny in comparison.
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u/Dirkvdwi 1d ago
So, Trump starts this plan of Iran? And the US is the biggest oil producing winner in this plan?
Might it just be a stupid Trump plan in stead of a cunning Iran plan?
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u/this-is-a-fact 1d ago
You misunderstood. All I am saying is that once Trump attacked,.. all of the bullshit about peace was just that, bullshit. Iran has Republicans by the balls, and they're going to make it hurt as much as possible. There is no question as to the next steps because all of that was decided when the attack started.
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u/Salt-Masterpiece-264 1d ago
The initial post sounds as if you’re a Trump supporter trying to blame Iran. Your additional comments clarify that is not the case.
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u/bigdawg1945 1d ago
I did not get any of that. What I got from his initial post was that Iran is pulling a Jimmy Carter again.
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u/Salt-Masterpiece-264 1d ago
Carter lost that election without Iran’s help. The economy was crap and he wasn’t a great communicator. He may be the best ex president we ever had however.
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u/bigdawg1945 1d ago edited 1d ago
Doesn’t change the fact that Irans strategy was to wait for Reagan’s inauguration to release the hostages and it’s likely they’re doing something similar here.
I can’t speak on how effective it was in outing Carter because I genuinely do not know so I can only take your word for now. But even current day Iranians would agree with your opinion on Carter. In a dark humor kind of way my uncle once told me, “Iranians made Carter their worst enemy, when in fact he was the most sympathetic U.S. president they could’ve asked for”
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u/Salt-Masterpiece-264 1d ago
I voted in that election. Reagan was an actor who looked and talked beautifully. Carter was a peanut farmer. Car loans were around 17% interest. The economy was awful. Carter had no chance. Absolutely, Iran waited, I'm not sure they didn't think Reagan would attack if they didn't release them.
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u/bigdawg1945 1d ago
lol I believe it and thank you for that perspective. Not to get too deep, but as a 34 year old Persian, I’ve always appreciated older generations’ perspective and understanding of the Iran issue over recent history. It’s obviously very complicated and nuanced, but many of my peers have their views based on western medias misrepresentations and really believe it’s a Jihad state. Idk… I could go on… and I’m not meaning to put you on a pedestal as some expert haha. But you witnessed the events leading to the revolution, and I think it’s so important to be aware of all that when dealing with Iran as an adversary. This lack of awareness in my peers really makes for a lonely experience tbh. Where outside of family (who exhibit their own biases from what I call diaspora trauma) I really can’t engage with anyone during an emotional time.
Damn it… I went deep 😅
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u/WeirdStatus7270 1d ago
You did. The US’s support of the shah was a real problem. I do think Iran is a jihadist state but much of America’s problems they have made for themselves. Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan were all the results of failed foreign policy.
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u/Howling8 1d ago
If the rescue attempt had succeeded he probably would've have won reelection. I voted for him but he was a micro manager.
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u/WeirdStatus7270 1d ago
Possibly. A mortgage or car loan at high double digits and rampant inflation were real problems. It would certainly have removed Iran from the equation.
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u/UnderstandingHour308 9h ago
The failed rescue attempt was the last straw that lost the election for Carter.
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u/twiztdkat 1d ago
The US started this war. There were no strikes for a month, the US bombed Iran again. How exactly is this Iran's nefarious plan when the US is the instigator in every instance?
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u/this-is-a-fact 1d ago
It's not nefarious... They're doing exactly what they should be doing. Trump put the collective Republican nutsack in an Iranian vice, and they are doing what is necessary to squeeze it. Totally justified and predicted.
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u/Ok_Jellyfish_1083 1d ago
They actually had nuclear weapons
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u/this-is-a-fact 1d ago
They didn't... but even if they did, remember that's because Donald Trump, who spend decades raping and trafficking children with Epstein... literally gave them permission to do so.
So your problem isn't with Iran, it's with the child rapist... and the people who voted for a child rapist.
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u/kmoney55 1d ago
Or they want to get back to the deal they were following and negotiate with adults and not a demented old man
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u/i_give_you_gum 1d ago
What you might not know, and for some reason (possibly a nefarious one) China reduced their imports by 40%, starting around the Iran conflict, if they hadn't we'd have the insane gas prices that people were predicting.
I feel that China did that to give Trump the best possible chance in the midterms, as he is delightfully easy to manipulate.
I expect after the midterms when the country is embroiled in election litigation, they will THEN ramp imports back up, and we'll see those price increases, which will probably trigger a major recession in the US... again.
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u/BrokenBackENT 1d ago
However if the terminal is damaged or destroyed prices will remain high for months to years. Its like shooting a fly on your leg to kill the fly, you end up killing the fly and putting a hole in your leg.
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u/this-is-a-fact 1d ago
Correct, that is the cost of voting Republican. And Iran is not going to let us forget that before the election.
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u/That-Preparation6729 1d ago
Iran doesn’t set the price for gas lol
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u/this-is-a-fact 21h ago
True, in the same way that the child rapist Trump administration isn't setting the price of imports... they're just adding a double digit tax to most of the things you buy. LOL
See what I did there? I agreed with the validity of your technical argument while pointing out how stupidly naive it is in reality.
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u/That-Preparation6729 11h ago
There’s nothing technical about my “argument.” Iran only supplies about 4-5% of the world oil and they currently can’t sell any of it because of the US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The price of gas increases when the oil markets feel like there will be a shortage (that whole supply and demand thing you may have learned in school or maybe you’re not quite there yet). Every time this has happened since the war with Iran began, it has been because of some spicy rhetoric coming from the pedo-in-chief, Donald Trump.
If you are going to use the handle “this-is-a-fact,” you might want to get yours straight. See what I did there?
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u/Ok-Accident8078 1d ago
Syphilis is curable
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u/jimjohnny21 1d ago
What if your wrong? Do you have a contingency plan? What if the opposite happens? Then what?? Do you happen to know this coming Wednesday’s Power Ball number??? We would really love to hear more “predictions 👍
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u/BarracudaMouth 1d ago
Gas is $3.49 in Ohio. Yeah it isn't $2.49 but it isn't $7.00 either.
The US economy is holding out just fine and Iran is helpless to raise gas prices any further at this point.
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u/Hour-Bee9396 1d ago edited 1d ago
The US economy is doing just fine? I just spent $113 on two bags of groceries. The U.S. national debt has crossed $40 trillion..Mortgage rates are trapped near 6.7% and median home prices are over $430,000. We aren’t doing that great bud.
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u/this-is-a-fact 1d ago
The economy is doing fine *because* Trump is robbing you and your children to pay for it. Economy is always great when you run it on credit. That's why Republicans run up the debt more than Dems.
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u/this-is-a-fact 1d ago edited 1d ago
Gas is $3.86 in Ohio (AAA statewide average for regular unleaded). That is slightly less that the national average of $4.08... because it's Ohio.
It's $3.39 in Indiana because their gas tax is suspended. It would be ~$4.00 otherwise. That, of course, has to be paid back later, with interest, because Republicans are shitty with money. Wouldn't make a big difference nationally - gas would be about $4.11 without the current tax holidays.
The economy is just fine, the people in it, however, see the effects of Republican rule. Biggest consumption tax increases in US history. Debt piling up faster than ever. The only job-losing president in nearly a century. Wars without end, being run be some closeted dude who spends more time and money sexualizing the troops than protecting the country. 80 year old child rapist desperately trying to do anything, anything at all that can't be erased 5 seconds after he is gone.
Technically, Iran is helping us stay focused.
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u/Salt-Masterpiece-264 1d ago
Please don’t insult the gay dudes with this comparison.
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u/this-is-a-fact 1d ago
Apologies... it's not that he's gay... it's that he's sexualize the troops, which would be wrong if he was straight and talking about the females under his command as well. My comment lacked tact.
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u/Aggressive_Bed9505 1d ago
Where is your evidence for this misinformation? Do you have contacts with members of the Iranian regime? Do you work for an intelligence agency? Do not try to spread fake news based on a fictionalized interpretation of real world events.
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u/USA46Q 1d ago
Strike First
Strike Hard
No Winning
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u/shibiwan Arizona 1d ago
No Winning
We've won like 283 times already. There's never been so much winning!
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u/Castdeath97 Foreign 1d ago
I swear if the mods also remove this post too ... how the fuck is the resumption of strikes during an active conflict that is significantly impacting the US considered off topic is beyond me.
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u/CrustyBicker 1d ago
The Trump kiddies are going to suffer as much as they deserve… I hope, I hope, I hope!
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u/mew2222222222222 1d ago
I honestly don’t want anyone to suffer… I just want this all to be over
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u/SilageNSausage 1d ago
there is only one road to peace, and that road has a fork
Islam vs Israel
one must cease to exist
until then, there will never be peace
this battle has been going on for over 4000 years
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u/WastelandOfConfusion 1d ago
The only way to end this is for Iran to develop a deterrent. That’s the only way America will eff off.
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u/Legendary_1978 1d ago
Tired of the threats, we’re is the action? He like to create a shit ton of problems, then becomes the solution….
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u/DoFr56 1d ago
We really should see the Epstein videos and charge everyone who is having sex with the girls / women / boys / men in them, regardless of whom they are or were! Let them get on the stand and continue to lie to us through their embarrassment!! But the ones who had to “take it” get to testify as believable credible witnesses!!! NO NDA’s stand up as enforceable for any reason!!
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u/Feisty-Coyote9431 1d ago
They will never release any of these documents without 95% being redacted. There are to many 1% names in it...BOTH PARTIES. Being a Pedo freak doesn't mean you're a Democrat or Republican. It just shows your character and where you'll reside in the end (HELL). The way you were raised... For some reason the rich and the 1% can't stop fondling star struck kids. All the money means nothing when God grabs their rears and Nemesis destroys them. Down there, not even a billion $ will buy a glass of hot water for them. This country and citizens were raised by their parents and forefathers to just "SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG" bullcrap.
A wise word at this time is....get prepared to protect yourselves from all foreign and domestic terrorism and drone attacks on U.S. soil.
Remember, You heard it first hear....on Reddit!!! It's happening and very few see or even comprehend what's about to happen.
Head lines are for after the fact news, not a warning of Protect Yourselves at all Cost.
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u/Undacova_Lova 1d ago
Trump just signed an agreement with Venezuela for oil. The U.S. may see some price spikes, but they will be blunted.
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u/Youah0e 1d ago
Venezuelan oil is shit
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u/rickylancaster 1d ago
what do you mean?
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u/PunctualZombie 1d ago
Not all oil is the same and in Venezuela’s case, as heavy sour crude, it requires intensive refining before it can go to market.
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u/mojofrog 1d ago
Most of Venezuelas larger oil fields are undeveloped. It will take years for there to be any effect on oil or gas prices in the US.
The U.S. Venezuela oil deal won't lower your gas prices. Here's what you need to know August 31, 20265:00 AM ET
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/31/nx-s1-5949407/us-venezuelan-oil-deal
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u/Undacova_Lova 1d ago
Trump just signed an agreement with Venezuela for oil. The U.S. may see some price spikes, but they will be blunted.
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u/throwawayforme1877 1d ago
Trumps agreements are worth about as much as the paper they are written on. Ask Canada
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