Donald Trump appeared to offer confirmation that the United States is now participating in Israel’s attack on Iran in a Tuesday social media post.

Amid escalating tensions and the exchange of bombings after Israel attacked Iranian nuclear facilities last week, Trump has faced questions about the extent of U.S. involvement in the conflict.

In a new post on Truth Social using the term “We,” Trump wrote: “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured “stuff.” Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA.”

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[–] 133 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Hey Republicans, you can fire him at any point. You can also reign him in at any time. Why aren't you?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Do you have any idea how much money war brings to the USA?

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  • [–] 78 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    We all know how this is gonna go if we go down this path. Ah, the good ol' days.

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  • [–] 61 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This guy does not have complete control over anything, including his butt hole, bladder, or mouth. Why does anyone believe a word that slips past those fat painted lips of his is beyond me?!

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    It has nothing to do with us. Trump you are a piece of human shit.

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  • [–] 116 points 1 year ago (25 children)

    Cool how the president can just declare war now with no heads up or permission from Congress with no consequences. The democrats sure have gotten fucking quiet these last several weeks

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  • [+] -17 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    When they speak up I'm sure that makes you angry also

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    When they speak up

    So you can openly admit they're not even bothering to do the bare minimum of speaking out about this stuff, yet still attack anyone who dares criticize them for the very inaction you referred to yourself?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Whoa, I guess we're all safe and sound then. Time to pack it up and go home.

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    They could mobilize their base for unending mass demonstration and a general strike. Shut down the country until the fascists capitulate.

    They won't. Instead they'll side with the regime and criticize protesters for being too violent.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    They are not in a position to do anything. So regardless of the name of the bill or the intention of it, it's not going to pass. They don't have the votes. But they do have enough to stop certain things, so let's look at that-... Oh, I guess fetterman is... conservative now. 😳 Oopsy-poopsy, and, is that, yep Schumer just capitulated at a critical moment in exchange for ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . Fair enough, so, what about when they held a super majority. I'll bet it was a blitz of kick ass legisl-... Wait, NOTHING?!? They did NOTHING?!?!? THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPUNGE THE FILIBUSTER PERMANENTLY, FOR FUCKING EVER, AND THEY DID

    ###NOTHING - FUCKING GOOSE EGG - "PUT AN EGG IN YOUR SHOE AND BEAT IT" ~DNC

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    I'm obviously saying that they do speak up and this same type of commentary gets pissed about that too. They (and apparently you too) want Democrats to pull power out of their ass.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    They (and apparently you too) want Democrats to pull power out of their ass.

    Why shouldn't they? That's exactly what Republicans are doing. These people specifically ran to represent us and they need to act like it.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I believe you failed civics class. Try again?

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It's totally the fault of the people with no power! Down with the powerless! Down with the powerless!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They aren't powerless though. The Republicans only have a slim majority. It would currently take only 4 Republicans in either chamber to kill any legislation (so long as no Dems also flipped).

    It never seems to be a problem for Republicans to get in the way of legislation when they're in the minority.

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    [–] 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    "Be vewy vewy quiet. We aww in totaw contwow now."

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago

    And his cultists will have conveniently forgotten about our abandonment of the Kurds during his first term, and suddenly be pro-expansionism again…

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Thank you for your attention to this matter!

    Okay, relatively minor point here, but doesn’t this seem like an odd closing sentence? This is how you end a letter to a cereal maker when you find a Fruit Loop in your Cheerios. It’s not how you end a tweet when you’re talking about assassinating a major political/cultural figure and possibly triggering WWIII.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The ranting of a senile man with unknown amount of partial control over the military and government .

    It is terrifying, especially after he said Tehran should evacuate. He completely freaked out a city the size of New York.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    So is Trump claiming that in under 12 hours the US cleared the entirety of Iran of air defense systems?

    Pressing X to doubt here

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    [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    The narrative was that Israel had gone behind his back and it made him look weak. Now it looks like Israel is winning and Trump needs to claim he was part of it. No, not "part of it", the reason why.

    Particularly in foreign politics, he badly needs a win: turns out international trade is not as easy as imposing tariffs and waiting for countries to call him with big offers and Diplomacy (who knew) takes more than a "Vladimir stop" post on social. He needs something quick to show in-between golf games to get his popularity above "get my teeth drilled by the dentist" level again.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Behind the scenes, it's a complete Cluster Fuck. Good luck to those in the military or planning on joining who did not vote for the orange turd. For the MAGA in uniform, you deserve the shit that is going to fly all over the place with this war.

    I wonder how long this has been in planning. Technically, the US military is prepared for desert operations.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Sure pal, yeaaa, like he did with the Ukraine-Russia war right ? The way he lied to everyone and still does, the way he does not say that other people behind him are in charge and not him. Once again the US along with it's friends does it again!

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    Meanwhile Iran sent a few more missiles to Israel last night. That's how much credibility this clown has.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Armed conflict is the legal proper term for war. War is a layman's expression. Armed conflict has more legal and ethical weight.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I know armed conflict mongering when I see it 🙃

    Appreciate the info though friend. Thanks.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    No, here war mongering is the correct term. It's a layman's expression to denote a particular political attitude that seeks to stir conflict for political gains or profit. It has no legal connotation either. You might be interested on the term war profiteering, a term that doesn't exist under International Humanitarian Law, but has been discussed for its ethical implications.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    This is probably how that bill will be passed in the senate. US goes to war… we need to spend spend spend!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    “He wasn’t in control at all”

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    🤦🏽‍♂️

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Americans, if you follow Trump into Iran you'll officially confirm that you do, indeed, deserve fascism.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It sounds like he's talking about American technology used by Israel, not about America acting directly.

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