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Related: About this forumKaroline Leavitt unravels, visibly hates her job - Pondering Politics
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- Karoline Leavitt struggles to defend Trumps claims about Iran possessing Tomahawk missiles a weapon only the U.S. and a few allies have implying possible U.S. responsibility for striking an Iranian school.
- The video accuses Trump and Leavitt of lying to justify a war that violates Trumps campaign promise to avoid foreign regime-change wars, with no evidence of imminent Iranian threat.
- Leavitt deflects questions about U.S. casualties (reportedly about 150 injured) and boots-on-the-ground plans, instead attacking Democrats failing to address core concerns about military escalation.
- The administration claims oil price spikes are part of the plan, which the video argues makes Trump politically liable for economic pain, not an unintended consequence.
- Leavitts explanation of unconditional surrender is criticized as incoherent redefining it as Iran being weakened, not actually surrendering, exposing internal contradictions in the wars justification.
- The video concludes that Trumps inconsistent messaging, lack of evidence, and economic fallout are undermining public trust and that Leavitts spin is failing under scrutiny.
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Karoline Leavitt unravels, visibly hates her job - Pondering Politics (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
10 hrs ago
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efhmc
(16,523 posts)1. Just about as much as I hate those yellow arrows, I hate those tendrils of hair.
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,071 posts)4. "Tendrils" AKA
(or, excuse me )......"SLUTSTRANDS".
rampartd
(4,510 posts)2. "the president has a right to share his opinion with the american people?"
maybe the president has a responsibulity to use the intelligence assets at his disposal to have more than a "feeling" or opinion.
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,071 posts)3. ABSOLUTELY!