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TexasTowelie

(126,697 posts)
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 06:57 PM 16 hrs ago

Bombshell reason for Trump's Iran attack surges into news - Brian Tyler Cohen



- Trump allegedly justifies military action against Iran by claiming Iran interfered in the 2020 and 2024 U.S. elections to stop him — a claim tied to a dubious article from Just the News.
- Brian frames this as “wagging the dog” — a distraction from Trump’s domestic unpopularity, policy failures, and scandals, echoing his own past accusations against Obama.
- Trump’s goal may be to legitimize election interference claims, using war as a pretext to later justify suspending or altering election rules via executive order in 2026 and beyond.
- A draft White House memo reportedly cites legally dubious statutes (like IEEPA and NEA) to claim emergency powers over voting — powers the Supreme Court previously rejected for tariffs.
- Legal expert Marc Elias calls the memo “bonkers” and unconstitutional, vowing to sue if Trump acts on it — but warns media outlets are legitimizing the theory by calling it “plausible.”
- The video concludes Trump is an “aspiring autocrat” who prioritizes self-preservation over democracy, using war and conspiracy theories to consolidate power — and he’s “too ham-handed” to hide his motives.
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Bombshell reason for Trump's Iran attack surges into news - Brian Tyler Cohen (Original Post) TexasTowelie 16 hrs ago OP
We are well and truly ****ed! sheshe2 15 hrs ago #1
Kompromat enid602 15 hrs ago #2
Interesting, enid602! some_of_us_are_sane 14 hrs ago #3
"bombshell" is a good description of any war. Wonder Why 14 hrs ago #4
He's an idiot who believes whatever junk he sees on rw web sites surfered 13 hrs ago #5

enid602

(9,632 posts)
2. Kompromat
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:24 PM
15 hrs ago

The Irani leader spent much time the last couple of weeks on social media, saying that the infamous Iraní intelligence agency had given him much dirt on Trump. No doubt Epstein related.

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,009 posts)
3. Interesting, enid602!
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 08:12 PM
14 hrs ago

That was an AWFUL LOT of "Obama/Iran" references Trump was throwing out there in 2010. I believe you're right. As Brian Tyler Cohen says ..............it's very possible.

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