Maddowblog-Trump adopts a new posture toward Iran, demands 'unconditional surrender'

[LetMyPeopleVote]

If you voted for the Republican president because you expected foreign policy restraint, I have some awful news for you.

As Trump claims “total control of the skies over Iran” while demanding the country’s “unconditional surrender,” best wishes to the voters who thought they were backing a foreign policy based on dovish restraint and isolation. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-06-17T19:01:10.516Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-adopts-new-posture-iran-demands-unconditional-surrender-rcna213564

On Monday, for example, as the Republican prepared to leave a G7 summit ahead of schedule, he published another online message that read in part, “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!” Why should the residents of the Iranian capital evacuate? Trump didn’t say. How should a city of more than 9 million people immediately flee? And to where? The American president didn’t answer those questions, either.

A day later, he kept going, publishing this message online on Tuesday morning:

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.

His use of the word “we” was certainly of interest. If the Trump administration’s line on Friday was accurate and the U.S. was not involved in Israel’s offensive, then how exactly do “we” have “complete and total control of the skies over Iran”?

Just 24 minutes later, the American president kept going down the same path, again using words such as “we” and “our.”

We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there — We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now. But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

For good measure, three minutes later, Trump published a two-word message that simply read, “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!”.....

As for Trump’s ostensible political philosophy, plenty of Americans voted for the Republican because they expected him to pursue a foreign policy rooted in relative isolationism. That was before he began a bombing campaign in Yemen; announced his intention to annex Canada, Greenland, the Panama Canal and the Gaza Strip; made subtle threats toward a NATO ally; and claimed “total control of the skies over Iran” while demanding the country’s “unconditional surrender.”

Or put another way, if you voted for Trump because you expected foreign policy restraint, I have some awful news for you.

[SheltieLover]

1. Siding with bibi over kremlin?

Fingers crossed kompromat released immediately!