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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI hate to break this on Easter day...
If the fact that a sitting President can say this publicly and isn't rapidly removed indicates to me that no one will stop him when he decides to launch nukes.
Dear God help us.
No one else is
I'm cringing with embarrassment that an American president wrote this. Absolutely cringing.
— Michael J. Stern (@michaeljstern.bsky.social) 2026-04-05T13:43:42.452Z
dalton99a
(94,267 posts)The world is ruled by a crazed demented monster
orangecrush
(30,395 posts)Creating a "national emergency" and will only leave power on a gurney.
OldBaldy1701E
(11,184 posts)Kali
(56,835 posts)but I believe that is what he wants to do. absolutely. I do still maintain some hope (fantasy?) that he will be stopped somehow, but he wants to do it. oh yes.
bucolic_frolic
(55,217 posts)It would require Republicans to grow a spine, ditch fear, abandon the cash, act morally, become patriots.
Like I said. Unlikely.
dalton99a
(94,267 posts)some_of_us_are_sane
(3,215 posts)barbtries
(31,312 posts)the disunited states of dystopia.
malaise
(296,267 posts)Rec
leftstreet
(40,767 posts)I'm more afraid of Congress at this point than Trump
dalton99a
(94,267 posts)wnylib
(26,073 posts)being violated constantly by the regime in power does not mean that it is worthless. It is an inspiration and rallying cry for Americans who oppose the regime now. May it also be an inspiration and rallying cry for resistance against the dictatorship that is just around the corner.
As long as there are people who support its values and are willing to back them, it is not worthless. It inspired Minneapolis. Let it inspire the rest of us as our turn comes -- and it will come.
GaYellowDawg
(5,103 posts)Not a parody? This is excessive even by his standards!
dalton99a
(94,267 posts)orangecrush
(30,395 posts)femmedem
(8,562 posts)"President Donald Trump escalated his threats to target Irans infrastructure if it does not open up the Strait of Hormuz, warning the country will be living in Hell in an expletive-filled message on social media Sunday.
Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran, Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin Strait, you crazy bastards, or youll be living in Hell JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.
The profane threat, which landed Easter morning a few hours after Pope Leo XIV issued a call for nations to choose peace, heightens earlier warnings from Trump over a vital shipping route Tehran has effectively closed since the United States and Israel launched their attacks on Iran about five weeks ago. Gas prices have risen sharply as Iran limits the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, ramping up the political pressure on Trump to end the conflict he started . . . "
The Wizard
(13,747 posts)Too bad his Cabinet and congressional Repubics are spineless punks.
orangecrush
(30,395 posts)He is ditching the opportunists and installing full blown lunatics.
dalton99a
(94,267 posts)paleotn
(22,252 posts)He swears he was "teleported" to a Waffle House. Really?
Normally, that's called drunk or drugged off your ass when you have no idea how you got to where you are.
BattleRow
(2,466 posts)Hopefully no pesky TSA lines or issues to deal with.
Now if the government grifters can just figure out how to privatize teleportation...
sop
(18,681 posts)"Praise be to Allah" on Easter. The religious right would be totally losing their shit.
dgauss
(1,537 posts)Klarkashton
(5,319 posts)This whole thing is shit from top to bottom.
There is a whole propaganda thing going on about that downed plane and crew. They had no goddamn business being there and bombing Iran in the first place. Of course they don't want that to cross your mind.
WarGamer
(18,638 posts)That's about it.
orangecrush
(30,395 posts)Because there was a remote chance one of them might covertly stop him.
Ala Bondi reportedly giving Swalwell a heads up on the DOJ investigation.
He is going to install hardcore lunatics.
The crazy voters are going to get their wish in spades.
Whip-poor-will
(265 posts)Jesus would have said the same thing on Easter/s
-misanthroptimist
(1,617 posts)I mean, he only had two to begin with.
usonian
(25,440 posts)
AnotherMother4Peace
(5,137 posts)received with open arms by some members of Congress? Putin's got this. Actually I believe he's got power of attorney, but that might be only between him and tRump. Something that might be a surprise to the rest of us.
paleotn
(22,252 posts)tblue37
(68,440 posts)RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,053 posts)punguin54
(80 posts)Is voting for death.
debsy
(959 posts)This is what happens when there are zero boundaries set ever in ones life.
COL Mustard
(8,245 posts)Since the day he got reelected.