Trump's goons believe a "huge show of force" in Iran could allow them to declare victory and then skedaddle outta there

[Miles Archer]

The administration believes that a huge show of force to conclude the war could give the U.S. more leverage in peace talks, Axios reported. It could also just allow the Trump administration to simply declare victory and move on from the deadly war.

The Pentagon is cooking up several military options for a “final blow” in Iran, which could include using U.S. forces on the ground and a huge bombing campaign, according to the report.

Some ideas include invading or blockading Kharg Island, which is Iran’s largest oil export hub, or invading the island of Larak, which has helped Iran control the Strait. The administration is also considering blocking ships exporting Iranian oil on the eastern side of the Strait of Hormuz.

This type of escalation will become more likely if no progress is made in diplomatic talks or if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to cargo ships, according to the report.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goons-float-desperate-plan-to-declare-iran-victory/

[NEOH]

1. That's Trump...

That's Trump...

He makes a mess, declares victory, and leaves an even bigger mess for others to clean up.

[malaise]

2. A 60 minute reality show episode

That’s his depth. It’s all a reality show to those effin buffoon.

[Miles Archer]

8. I've noticed more instances in his second term of his bellowing the "YOU'RE FIRED" line from The Apprentice

In reality, Mark Burnette pulled off a disgusting yet major feat...CONVINCING AMERICA that the adulterous con man with six bankruptcies was "a fabulously wealthy self-made billionaire."

And every time he blurts out that line, it makes me squirm.

[malaise]

11. Ding ding

NBC sure messed up with this lunatic

[Baitball Blogger]

7. They do indeed clean up after him, which is why he never considers the consequences.

It's just so pathetic watching him, because he's so reckless and stupid.

[RockRaven]

3. It is literally the same error in reasoning they just made, but sure why not repeat it...

Their disdain for subject matter experts who tell them things they don't want to hear is well known, but I didn't think we would get a more obvious illustration of how disastrous that way of behaving can be than the quarter million avoidable COVID deaths in the US resultant from his first term -- yet here we are about to get one.

[walkingman]

4. Are we insane? We attack a nation with no provocation and then think

they are just going to roll over and think it is OK? So we will send troops, some will be killed for nothing, and then the so-called American patriots will claim "they can't do that do us... kill our soldiers and then we walk away?"

Why we elect some of the dumbest and most corrupt people on the planet is mind-boggling. We are creating generational hatred for America. America does not know how to exist in a world it does not control. We think we are too big, too far away and too richly endowed to suffer any serious consequences for our actions.

[Midnight Writer]

5. He sure is protecting the holy fuck out of the Iranian people he claims to care about, isn't he?

Nothing like a good old-fashioned carpet bombing to show your respect for human life.

"I'll save them whether they like it or not. I really hope they don't like it, because it excites me when they wiggle and squirm. What were we talking about, again?"

[newdeal2]

6. What a victory

Destroy a country and expect no consequences? As a New Yorker, he should know better.

[Miles Archer]

9. TRUE, but he's a New Yorker who claimed he was "down at ground zero helping the first responders," and...

...we know from MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS from people who WERE there that it never happened. It's just one more lie, like his saying he saw Muslims cheering as the planes hit the towers. Like his saying, at the peak of his "birther" nonsense, that "MY INVESTIGATORS JUST GOT BACK FROM HAWAII AND YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY FOUND," except there WERE no investigators, NO ONE "went to Hawaii," and as a result, NOTHING was "found."

He's a sociopath, a pathological liar. So what he "should" know as a New Yorker is a moot point with him because his time in New York, and what New York upper echelon business people and society figures thought of him, is whatever he made up in his mind. Every account I've read says they "barely tolerated" him and "humored" him on many occasions but they neither "respected" nor "liked" him AT ALL.

[spanone]

10. This is going to haunt our country for years.

Final blow my ass.

[Miles Archer]

12. And the number of years it will take depends largely on what "course correction," if any, happens after 2028

Republicans are going to do one of three things:

1). Attempt to hold onto Trump's "base" and continue the "MAGA Movement" by pulling a stunt like installing President Donald Trump Jr

2). Try to DISTANCE themselves from Trump directly in a way that won't "alienate his base." I personally think this option is an impossibility but it doesn't mean they won't try, and

3). Attempt to "re-brand themselves" as "Reagan Republicans," which is another long shot, but they'll sell that snake oil to SOMEONE. Just speaking the name of Saint Ronnie the Gipper results in bowed heads and reverential silence among large swaths of the GOP.

And WHOEVER IS THE PRESIDENT in 2029, Democrat or Republican, is going to have a horrendous, soul-crushing clean-up task waiting for them.

It's not just the things Trump broke personally. It's Elon "DOGE SHIT" Musk, Russell "Project 2025" Vought...and we are only FIFTEEN MONTHS INTO IT.

[D_Master81]

13. Honestly this is what I expect

I’ve been thinking that they will have this huge show of force and then get some form of agreement and leave saying it was because Iran was scared.

[Miles Archer]

14. "OPERATION BIGLY YUGE MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING"

Pete Hegseth will have a great time getting sloppy drunk and coming up with nicknames and slogans.

[Solly Mack]

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