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[–] 54 points 4 months ago* (5 children)

No, he didn’t. If you ever think that Trump would ever admit defeat, someone bashed a hole in your head and your brains are leaking out.

Maybe he had a bad day, but Trump will never ever admit defeat, not ever

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    As far as I can tell, the Iranians figured out a way to make giving them everything they want sound like a US victory, so Trump agreed to it.

    Shows what you can do when your diplomats have PhDs and the opposing side has room temperature IQs.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I thought it was interesting that the headline came from Sky, which was a News Corp company under Rupert Murdoch and known for being biased towards Trump. I didn’t know they were bought by Comcast in 2017, and apparently are planned to be spun off rather than be included in the purchase of NBCUniversal to Larry Ellison via Paramount.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago*

    Huh, I didn’t know that either (the sold to comcast in 2017 part). That is … kinda interesting?

    But all that Larry Ellison business is still part of the same incestuous soup of Trump cocksuckery, so…. Eh?

    Let’s see where the chips fall

    To be perfectly honest, when it comes to British media shenanigans, my current concern is what happens to the Doctor Who franchise. Boy oh boy did the beebs really fuck that up.

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  • [–] 26 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Uh-oh:

    Upon arrival, he said he was "very happy" with the deal he's agreed to with Iran. It will be signed in Switzerland on Friday, with JD Vance set to attend on behalf of the US.

    and:

    There is a huge amount at stake in the diplomacy that now follows, which will be fiendishly difficult.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    They're sending in the pope killer to stall for time. Hopefully the Iranian negotiators don't have any health conditions that could be set off by meeting JD Vance.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago

    Trump is under to much pressure to re-open Hormuz. He will accept any deal even if it is just status quo. He NEEDS to be the apparent winner no matter the outcome.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Hol up. Sky news is supposed to express breathless support for Trump.

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    [–] 12 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    "the agreement has only proved this war was one of the greatest strategic blunders in US history". There is a long list. All from his 2 terms in office

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Cause the Vietnam War went so well.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Yet somehow still far better than the Iran war...

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I hate that bastard in the oval as much as the next guy but you need a serious reality check if you think this is worse than Vietnam, which killed millions of people across Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia over almost 20 years, just because you're paying more at the gas pump.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Putin could learn from this

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    US lost. He won. Lots of $$$ by fucking the market, insider trading, and military funding

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    [–] 19 points 4 months ago

    You can’t be defeated strategically if you have no strategy.

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  • [–] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    I said it when the whole thing started. The idiot was vibe warmongering. He had no strategy, only the hope that the Iranian government would quickly collapse and that someone would take its place with zero plan of what to do if that didn't happen.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    In order to have a winning strategy, you first have to have a strategy.

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    The goal of this is to hurt Trump's ego so he doesn't stop the war.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Unless the plan was to save the IRGC from the start.

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