Trump announces that the US will continue trading with any nation supplying weapons to Iran but will force Americans buying items from those countries to pay a 50% tax on the goods.
— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) April 8, 2026
Punishing his own subjects for his own stupidity is a trick he learned from Putin. https://t.co/IIDgMjVK6A pic.twitter.com/uMEnJiknmu
Later that same press conference:Hegseth: To the families of our fallen—your sacrifice was in service of a historic cause. To our Israeli allies—thank you for being a brave, capable and willing ally on this battlefield. To the rest of our so-called allies—they should take some notes pic.twitter.com/VIdTjdwElg
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 8, 2026
Hegseth: Not a single thing we've done has put an American troop in more of a harm's way. We've only sent our troops up to harm Iranian military capabilities, which they've done to devastating fashion and to great success. pic.twitter.com/nT2hugllVB
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 8, 2026
Shh!!! 🤫 You’ll wake the baby!CNN: If Iran keeps shooting and Iran is in control of the strait, is there a deal here at all?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 8, 2026
REP. DON BACON: I'm not sure there's a deal pic.twitter.com/LF1gWokrhO
"A problem is Donald Trump hates being humiliated,” a senior Trump administration official told Zeteo, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “He is going to see coverage that he was beat by the Iranians. I am expecting that to change his thinking.”
The senior official said that they and other aides were working to “get a bunch of ‘positive’ media coverage” of Trump “to soothe his ego,” Zeteo reported. The official added that they also planned to engage MAGA influencers and other right-wing media figures to help shape favorable coverage of Trump’s decision to halt plans to destroy Iran’s entire civilization.
Punishing his own business partners for his own stupidity is something Trump was doing long before Putin became noteworthy.
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