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Dulcinea

(10,405 posts)
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 08:14 AM 21 hrs ago

Trump's GOP allies draw a line in the sand on Iran

(Politico) Republicans keep lengthening President Donald Trump's leash on Iran.

First, they hoped he would stick to his initial four- to six-week timeline for the war. Then, they gave him 60 days; then, until summer.

Now, battleground GOP party chairs, campaign officials and strategists are coalescing around Labor Day as their hard deadline, according to interviews with more than a dozen people.

It's different this time, they say: September is the unofficial kickoff of general election season, when more voters tune in and the stakes get higher. Amid rising U.S. casualties, gas prices and fertilizer costs, these Republicans indicated the political risk of the ongoing war is heightening as the midterms draw near.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trumps-gop-allies-draw-a-line-in-the-sand-on-iran-202956578.html

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Trump's GOP allies draw a line in the sand on Iran (Original Post) Dulcinea 21 hrs ago OP
Republicans are cruising towards disaster-- they are so fucking stupid it's unreal LymphocyteLover 21 hrs ago #1
Labor Day as the hard deadline multigraincracker 20 hrs ago #2

LymphocyteLover

(10,322 posts)
1. Republicans are cruising towards disaster-- they are so fucking stupid it's unreal
Sun Jun 14, 2026, 08:45 AM
21 hrs ago

The strait being closed that long will cause an economic crash that will destroy them.

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