The Chaos Is Coming From Inside The President’s Brain

Mixed messaging:

In Trump's new video, he vows U.S. will stand with Iranians as they try to wrest control of government.

Minutes later, White House releases statement (below) signaling goal is threat reduction.

Earlier, Trump told the Atlantic he'd be open to talks w/ regime. pic.twitter.com/7OZu98mJ9k

— Alex Ward (@alexbward) March 1, 2026

Whatever allows him to put this behind him. He’s tired of playing with this toy.

1. We invaded not because the threat was imminent, but because it was not. Iran was weak.
2. The negotiations were a pretext.
3. There was no day after plan. This is, after all, the "let's-see-what-happens" presidency.
4. Hoping the Iranian people will rise up is not a…

— Richard Stengel (@stengel) March 1, 2026

1. We invaded not because the threat was imminent, but because it was not. Iran was weak.
2. The negotiations were a pretext.
3. There was no day after plan. This is, after all, the "let's-see-what-happens" presidency.
4. Hoping the Iranian people will rise up is not a strategy.
5. This is a giant step toward getting more embroiled in the Middle East, exactly what he promised not to do.

The scary part is, I don’t think Trump understands that.

Trump seems to be testing out different arguments for the war on Iran with different reporters but does not seem to have settled on anything he is comfortable defending in a serious way

— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) March 2, 2026

Are we reassured yet? About the price of eggs, I mean.

Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack.

"The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because…

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) March 2, 2026

Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack.

"The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead."

Everything he knows about regime change, he learned from Venezuela.

New New York Times Interview with President Trump:

Trump: “What we did in Venezuela, I think, is the perfect scenario”

When pressed on his plans for a transition of power, Mr. Trump said he hoped Iran’s military forces would simply turn over their weapons to the people.

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 2, 2026

See?

So he was attempting deals, as in Venezuela, to have have a smooth transition to someone from the same regime. Are all the Iranians singing his praises aware of this?

— Barbara Ann Stein (@BarbaraAnnStein) March 2, 2026

"Deal” is the only concept he knows, and he doesn’t understand that correctly. No more than he understands government.

Lindsey Graham: Donald Trump has the balls and the vision to do things no one else would do. pic.twitter.com/vUfz1mvvMf

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 2, 2026

Not the flex he thinks it is. Especially when he excludes “the brains.”

Luna: We will not vote on having war with Iran because according to the plan, which I won’t say too much about on television, everything is going according to plan. pic.twitter.com/1oaMdEkmC4

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 2, 2026

They really don’t understand how this is done, do they? Because, beyond “Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran,” it’s perfectly clear that there is no plan.

And Art. I, sec. 8, cl. 11, doesn’t include the phrase “…unless the President has a plan….”

Trump is so weak and incoherent he hasn't addressed the nation live, despite putting our forces into harm's way.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 1, 2026

Reporter: What’s your message to the families of the fallen?

Trump: pic.twitter.com/zfi4PUYK9E

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 2, 2026

Still.