Or, this got out:Donald Trump posted this latest threat to Iran on his social media account at 4:05 a.m. ET / 1:05 a.m. PT.
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) April 29, 2026
Note: Reports indicate Trump’s social media posts have been actively undermining negotiations. pic.twitter.com/Oac1ioWCKS
In recent meetings, including a Monday discussion in the Situation Room, Trump opted to continue squeezing Iran’s economy and oil exports by preventing shipping to and from its ports," according to the report. "He assessed that his other options—resume bombing or walk away from the conflict—carried more risk than maintaining the blockade, officials said."He hasn’t resumed bombing yet. Why start now? Much more in character to just make himself look sillier.
"Yet continuing the blockade also prolongs a conflict that has driven up gas prices, hurt Trump’s poll numbers and further darkened Republicans’ prospects in the midterm elections," it continued. "It has also caused the lowest number of transits through the Strait of Hormuz since the war began."
I'd like to see an accurate calculation of the cost in atmospheric carbon and water of one of those Iranian Lego cartoons.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen anyone comparing Trump's "AI" images to Orwell's Big Brother? He is America's Big Brother, even more so than the other Republican-fascists put in that role since Reagan was the first one. Nothing in over-the-top Democratic idolatry of JFK or Obama matches it and they're the only two Democrats who come close to having that iconography mounted about them.