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Greyhead

(163 posts)
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:44 AM 14 hrs ago

Trump is BiBi's VP

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-netanyahu-iran/
On Morning Joe, Anand Giridaradas said that trump is little more than a sidekick to Netanyahu

"He promised no more forever wars and these kind of stupid wars," Giridharadas said. "He promised safety, like just basic safety. He promised crackdown on refugees and the border issue, and he promised costs would come down. By doing this war – I wouldn't even call this a war of choice, it's like a war of whim and maybe a war of like, following your friend off a cliff.

"He is, on all four of those issues, betraying not me and you or anybody else, but his core base. Those four promises, 'No more stupid wars, I'll deal with costs because, you know, refugees and safety, because Iran is a terror state.'"

"It may not be able to win on this battlefield that we're seeing on our screen, but for the next 20 years to come, we're going to all have to live with the threat of terrorism that has been re-ignited by this kind of treatment," he said. "There are going to be refugee flows when all of this, you know, the Israelis apparently want state collapse. That's one of their goals, I read in the New York Times this morning. Well, that state collapse is going to mean refugees on a giant scale. It's one of the more populous countries in the world."
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Trump is BiBi's VP (Original Post) Greyhead 14 hrs ago OP
He and his machismo group love this stuff so it was destined to happen. efhmc 14 hrs ago #1
War of Whim GopherGal 14 hrs ago #2
I'm surprised they didn't just come out and say that Trump is Bibi's... hlthe2b 14 hrs ago #3
And with bibi mia, tsf is left holding the bag SheltieLover 13 hrs ago #4
State collapse, Bibi? Iran, Syria, Lebanon? AloeVera 13 hrs ago #5
Trump is BiBi's B themaguffin 13 hrs ago #6
Yep I think it's all about daddy issues fujiyamasan 13 hrs ago #7
No. The U.S. President commands... legallyblondeNYC 10 hrs ago #8

GopherGal

(2,893 posts)
2. War of Whim
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:56 AM
14 hrs ago

That's the phrase that distills what I've been thinking about all this. (Though I've been trying not to think about it too much.)

I think we know that the Tangerine Toddler isn't a master strategist and that his personality disorder(s) don't allow him to listen to advice about potential consequences.

hlthe2b

(113,786 posts)
3. I'm surprised they didn't just come out and say that Trump is Bibi's...
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 11:01 AM
14 hrs ago

"b...ch"... More crude but to the point, and an offensive phrase he will know well

fujiyamasan

(1,637 posts)
7. Yep I think it's all about daddy issues
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 12:02 PM
13 hrs ago

He’s always latching on to perceived strong men like Putin or Netanyahu.

legallyblondeNYC

(165 posts)
8. No. The U.S. President commands...
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 02:27 PM
10 hrs ago

the U.S. military. He is STILL the commander in chief of the U.S. forces.

Bibi or Israel in general CANNOT and do not direct the U.S. Military.

There may be strong disagreement with how the President executes his duties. But that is on him.

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