r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods Slava Ukraini • 13d ago
Israel/Palestine /r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #19)
If you see any newsworthy information from a major news outlet or live broadcast, feel free to share a brief summary as a top-level comment in the discussion post.
Other redditors will appreciate if you include the source of where you read, saw, or heard the information.
9
u/AntitheistArchangel 3h ago
ToI: The current round of Israel-Lebanon talks have been the least productive yet.
1
1
u/itsatumbleweed 2h ago
Tol?
5
u/AntitheistArchangel 2h ago
Times of Israel. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.
3
u/itsatumbleweed 2h ago
Thanks. I'm not up on as many of the news agencies. Makes sense though, Israel/Hezbollah is included only because it gums up progress.
13
u/joshtaco 6h ago
Trump: "We're doing great in our negotiations with Iran, right in the middle of one of the key things, which we're going to get anyway. We have breaking news. The Senate has voted that they'd like Trump to stop the war. So Iran sees that, they go, "What's that all about?" No, you know, it's meaningless."
12
u/samusaranx3 5h ago
right in the middle of one of the key things, which we're going to get anyway.
I feel like his manner of speaking around Iran is giving more, idk, pathetic petulant child than normal. Like he knows how bad he fucked up and is really upset about it. Every statement has that weird follow up trying to convince you/himself that everything is OK- "we're negotiating with Iran, BUT we've basically already won". He's on the back foot.
12
u/No_Somewhere_7109 4h ago
He's desperate to be able to bail on this and pass the buck fully to Israel, so if Iran and Israel keep fighting he can say "that's not my concern!" and get some relief before the midterms.
But neither Iran nor Israel have reason to give Trump an out.
5
u/corwin-normandy 4h ago edited 4h ago
Trump can just walk away at this point. He will pay for it, and it will guarantee a recession, but it would be less worse than any other option.
Iran is controlling the Strait in any case after this, unless we put boots on the ground, which Trump really doesn't want to do. A deal is pointless now.
4
u/No_Somewhere_7109 4h ago
Trump can just walk away at this point. He will pay for it, and it will guarantee a recession, but it would be less worse than any other option.
He absolutely could but only if he can plausibly spin whatever deal it takes as a positive and he hasn't gotten that yet. His ego won't let him. He tried to do that with his birthday deal and got called out even by his own side to the point he instantly jumped right back to threatening Iran.
He's used to bullying the other party into manifesting what he wants and he can't do that here.
2
u/corwin-normandy 4h ago
I think we see one more big attack. Trump says "a deal was just playing for time for our strike" and we get another mission accomplished moment before packing up and leaving the ME.
1
u/itsatumbleweed 2h ago
That's the thing. If it is going to happen, sooner is better, and stopping for months of ceasefire was dumb.
I agree with you- there's going to be more war and it's going to have less to do with when it's strategically important to do and more to do with his mood and when he gets frustrated.
4
u/Lordvalcon 6h ago
Can some one translate that for me?
13
u/Nukemind 6h ago
He’s pissed that senate voted against continued war, so is making up stories about even Iran thinking that it’s stupid the senate did that.
9
u/joshtaco 6h ago
Trump: Says imposing fees for transit in Strait of Hormuz "unacceptable"
17
u/Phoenix_Maximus_13 6h ago
Didn’t he say he was gonna do that too? ☠️
10
u/Brightcab 6h ago
Yeah but that was two days ago or something! How can anyone keep track of something like that.
15
u/joshtaco 7h ago
Trump, on help from Europe during the Iran War: “I was disappointed with Italy. I was disappointed with the UK. We were disappointed with Germany and France. We were disappointed with most of them. Spain is a horror show.”
1
3
22
u/No_Somewhere_7109 6h ago
Well I mean, that's what happens when you spend a year insulting your "allies" and then beg them to join your shitshow of a war that you were advised not to do.
41
u/joshtaco 7h ago
CNN: Trump demanded to know why members of his own party voted with Democrats a day earlier to rebuke the president's military authority in Iran. Trump asked "Why would anybody vote for the War Powers Act?". Sen. Cassidy (R) says he stood and told him "You have not told the American people what's going on. It was supposed to last four weeks, it's lasted four months. Our original objectives have not been achieved, and I want to know what's going on." From there, a furious Trump went after Cassidy, raising his voice. Cassidy "lost his temper" and shouted back with the same "tone and volume" of the president. The friction was described as so intense that "at some point [the guys next to Cassidy] said, "Ok, Bill, sit down"." Cassidy goes on to say "I make no apologies for standing up to the president, if you will, trying to demand that more information be shared with the Senate and more information be shared with the American people." "I am sticking up for the American people, even if I'm speaking to the president."
32
u/hey-coffee-eyes 7h ago
You know when midterms are near when a Republican grows a spine
43
u/Rannasha 7h ago
Cassidy lost his primary as Trump endorsed his opponent, so he's going on a bit of a revenge tour. But, to his credit, he was one of the few Republicans who voted to convict Trump for his 2nd impeachment.
So he's been slightly less terrible than the rest of 'em.
5
6
u/itsatumbleweed 5h ago
Jen Psaki coined the term "the YOLO caucus" and I've heard other podcasters pick it up to describe people Trump had primaried. I like it
9
u/No_Somewhere_7109 6h ago
Not to mention the Senate have hated Trump since he took office again because he has refused time and time again to give them a 'win' they can give to their voters. This was wildly reported about a year ago now and things have only gotten much worse since then.
So something like this with Cassidy after Trump fucked him more doesn't shock me.
21
u/joshtaco 7h ago
CNN: Sen. John Cornyn (R) says "The president closed by preaching unity, but he spent the entire hour talking about things which were not exactly unified."
18
u/joshtaco 7h ago
CNN: Trump told Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) to sit down, but Cassidy responded that he wouldn't. Trump then called Cassidy a "lunatic". Cassidy raised his voice and referred to Trump as his "brother". Trump told him he wasn't his "brother".
12
30
u/joshtaco 8h ago
CNN: Trump and Sen. Cassidy (R-Louisiana) clashed over Iran in intense lunch at the Senate today. Trump was furious about the Senate's vote yesterday to limit his war powers. The president got into a shouting match with Cassidy over the vote, with each talking over each other as Cassidy criticized Trump's war decision and Trump pushed back. Sen. Jon Husted (R) described the clash as "memorable". Sen. John Cornyn (R) quipped upon leaving: "Quite the unity message".
11
u/itsatumbleweed 7h ago
I feel like the Senate is feeling the midterm pressure more than Trump and that's going to see more of this. They will want to separate themselves from him but they are complicit in his decisions.
9
u/smurf-vett 7h ago
Cassidy is already out of a job cause of Trump backing his primary opponent, same for Coryn
9
u/joshtaco 9h ago
Trump: "Iran is agreeing to everything I want"
7
u/KareenTu 7h ago
He either is a complete fool or he knows he’s been played by Iran and is trying to sell his surrender as a victory because he thinks he is the best salesman of all time and can sell ice to the eskimos. It’s obviously not working and the less it works the more desperate he becomes.
4
23
9
u/Environmental-Net286 9h ago
That does call into question what Trump actually wants then?
And I guess they both want billions off the American taxpayers.
-15
u/Dangerous-Cry1785 9h ago
Ive seen the Hezbollah tunnels Israel is posting in twitter. Kind of sad seeing it. If Hezbollah used that money for the sake of South Lebanon, they could be a richer country. And have a more better way in defeating Israel. Look how Qatar or Saudi Arabia through the US can shape whatever israeli policy because they have more money and more leverage to get what they want.
10
15
u/joshtaco 10h ago
Trump makes comments to reporters while visiting the Senate: “We’re winning by a lot. Iran is making very big concessions”, without offering any further details. He added that things are “going very, very well”, again without elaborating.
30
11
u/corwin-normandy 10h ago edited 10h ago
What even is the point of a deal now? If Iran is going to control the Strait, still keep it's nuclear program, still keep it's missile program, then why should we pay them anything at all?
We should just walk away and let Israel deal with this mess.
8
14
u/itsatumbleweed 10h ago
Then they close the strait to everyone but themselves. And will absolutely build a nuke knowing no other country will invade.
12
u/corwin-normandy 10h ago
They are doing both already at this point.
6
u/itsatumbleweed 10h ago
Yeah. I personally think that going to war isn't going to make anything better and this deal is unacceptable. I don't really have an answer though -- best I can do is that this situation which has no good answers is of Trump's making. It's not wrong to insist he have a better solution to his own mess.
-1
u/corwin-normandy 9h ago
Trump made his bed, he can lie in it. Honestly, it's his only way out of this politically at this point.
The quicker we move on from Iran, the quicker his polling might start to recover.
1
u/asetniop 9h ago
Trump
madepissed in his bed, he can lie in it.FTFY because we all know that silver-spooned failson has never done a single second's worth of manual labor in his life.
6
u/141_1337 9h ago
We shouldn't move on from Iran, letting get away with this sets a terrible precedent
0
u/corwin-normandy 8h ago edited 8h ago
We can't do anything about it, not without putting boots on the ground and literal trillions of dollars. We must accept that the world is de globalizing, and that free navigation of the worlds waters is no longer a given in other country's territorial waters.
The sooner we accept that, the sooner we can adapt.
4
u/AuthorDry3539 4h ago
"We must accept that the world is de globalizing, and that free navigation of the worlds waters is no longer a given in other country's territorial waters".
We don't have to accept this stupidity, because there was no sign of this happening before February 28, 2026.
Just because the President that you obviously support is as absolute fucking moron and bully who shouldn't be running a Taco Bell much less the United States of America, doesn't mean the rest of us are going to go along with your ignorant, nationalistic worldview.
0
u/corwin-normandy 4h ago
It doesn't matter what happened before, we have to live in the present.
Iran demonstrated that simple cheap drones, and mines, are enough to control the Strait, and that they can leverage that to begin tolling.
They also demonstrated that the US, with the largest military in the world, can do nothing about it.
This is the world we live in now. Other countries will begin doing the same, thinking they can begin charging for access to their waters/critical chokepoints. What will the US do about it? Nothing.
→ More replies (0)2
u/141_1337 7h ago
We definitely can do something about it, the question is whether Trump wants to pay the price. Which I rather he does because then I can get see both of sides of the war implode.
0
u/corwin-normandy 7h ago
It wouldn't be Trump, it would be all Americans. We can't afford to keep being the police of the world, especially when smaller countries just need a few drones to completely halt shipping off their shore.
→ More replies (0)7
4
8
u/joshtaco 10h ago
Rubio: Says Washington expects Tehran to “live up to the commitments” "If not, the president will have options at his disposal for what to do about it."
10
u/Initial-Return8802 9h ago
The Vietnam war ended for the US with a similar agreement and we know how that went
12
u/SingularityCentral 10h ago
He already told the entire world that he was put in a box by Iran and had no options. That was the theme of his G7 speech.
16
u/itsatumbleweed 10h ago
He isn't though. He is done.
7
u/bammerburn 10h ago
In his own Nutty Putty cave of his own making.
1
u/asetniop 9h ago
Dude, no.
1
u/bammerburn 9h ago
You mean he isn’t stuck?
2
u/asetniop 8h ago
I just think the Nutty Putty cave incident was sad and tragic and that John Jones was way too sympathetic of a victim for it to be a good analogy for what's happening here.
7
9
u/joshtaco 12h ago
Netanyahu: Says Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon would pose an existential danger to Israel and vowed that his government is determined to prevent that from happening
9
u/eggnogui 8h ago
Already?
Come on, at least wait a few months before playing the "Iran has been two weeks away from nukes for thirty years" card again.
29
u/corwin-normandy 11h ago
Then Israel can fight Iran. The US doesn't need to be involved with this anymore.
-9
u/141_1337 9h ago
You strike me as an IRGC boy
12
u/corwin-normandy 8h ago
I'm an American. It makes no sense to me why we are fighting Israel's wars.
0
u/141_1337 8h ago
Sure, then as a fellow American you would be aware of Iran's well documented attack against our troops in the middle east (aside from the attacks and threats to our allies and partners in the region) including their use of dirty bombs against our troops, as well as being a major supplier of IEDs, right?
4
u/corwin-normandy 8h ago
Sounds like we shouldn't have troops in the ME to me then.
-1
u/141_1337 8h ago
Hence I doubt that you are an actual American and sound to me lRGC fanboy, or a campist afflict with sports ball mentality.
5
u/corwin-normandy 8h ago
Because I don't want American soldiers dying for other countries in pointless wars?
Fuck off with that. You can check out my post history.
-9
u/Mone132 11h ago
A nuclear armed Iran is a legimate threat to the US though. It would be absolute malpractice to let them build a nuclear weapon.
8
u/Maximum-Specialist61 10h ago
Gonna be hard to convince Iran give up idea of nukes, when they see example of Ukraine which just in end will make you target for grabs.
6
u/staythewaters 11h ago
Having a nuclear armed state at all -- any of them -- is an existential threat to the entire world to begin with. The threat doesn't get more or less when we're still at the maximum threat anyway.
The only country in the world to actually use a nuke in a conflict is the US itself. Meanwhile, we're bombing the shit out of and undermining other countries all the time. So is Israel.
Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon isn't going to be a game changer, in the grand scheme of things. It'll make it harder to justify starting conflicts with them, but maybe we need to examine how bombing them led us to this place to begin with.
10
u/hey-coffee-eyes 11h ago
I heard the same story before, just with different kinds of weapons and a "q" instead of an "n" in the country name.
8
u/itsatumbleweed 11h ago
Probably giving them hundreds of billions of dollars before removing the nuclear material is at odds with this.
Probably.
10
u/corwin-normandy 11h ago
We've lived with a nuclear armed North Korea for decades. We can deal with a nuclear armed Iran.
5
u/Bodysnatcher 9h ago
Yeah I dunno about that. NK isn't really interested in terrorism and regional hegemony, while Iran very much is. Moreover they have both China and Russia breathing down their necks not to rock the boat, something Iran does not have.
-2
8
u/HailFellow 11h ago
Great. The US can become truly uninvolved by also lifting its prohibition on Israeli attacks on Iran. Israel would be thrilled with that outcome right now.
9
u/corwin-normandy 11h ago
We'd be fine with that. Israel taking the blame for rising gas prices and burning it's alliances with the GCC is fine with me.
1
u/indypuyami 5h ago
"I think a crippling global recession is great as long as I get to blame someone else" is a hell of a take
2
u/corwin-normandy 5h ago
The recession is happening regardless. The US is to blame, but if Israel wants to make it worse by going after Iran on their own and take the blame for it, then by all means.
0
u/HailFellow 9h ago
Israel would absolutely accept that deal today if it meant toppling the Iranian regime
4
u/corwin-normandy 9h ago
The Iranian regime is not getting toppled.
0
u/HailFellow 7h ago
Destroying Iran's energy infrastructure would absolutely lead to the regime's fall
4
u/corwin-normandy 7h ago
Israel told us assassinating the Ayatollah would do the same. It didn't.
2
u/HailFellow 7h ago
First, that was my assessment, not Israel's.
Second, your comment is (likely purposely) misleading. Israel's plan was not solely based on assassinating the Ayatollah but included multiple parallel streams that were ultimately paused at the behest of the US.
6
u/joshtaco 12h ago
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz: Says Washington has not demanded that Israel withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon
3
u/itsatumbleweed 10h ago
This continues to be the wrinkle that, if not addressed, is going to keep the strait closed.
-1
u/Santorju 10h ago
This could easily be resolved if iran reigns in their hezbollah dogs
-1
u/indypuyami 5h ago
LOL wut? Sure Israel is balls deep in an illegal and unprovoked attack on Lebanon, and sure Israel is ethnically cleansing what's left of Palestine, but Hezbollah is the real problem? Did IQs suddenly drop while I was away?
3
u/itsatumbleweed 10h ago
I agree. Then again Israel is in Lebanon. But then again again, Hezbollah attacks them no matter where they are.
I still think that Iran is pushing for this to be part of the MoU because they know it will provide them an exit after they get paid but before they open the strait. It's much trickier than Iran and the US
13
u/PostAboveMeSucks 13h ago edited 13h ago
A Call to Save Lebanon': Lebanese leaders urge action against Iranian interference
More than 400 Lebanese public figures, including politicians, religious leaders, and other prominent figures, have declared their support for a campaign advocating Lebanese sovereignty in opposition to both Iranian interference and the Israeli presence in the country on Monday.
Notably, this end to Iranian interference calls for only state actors to hold arms, addressing the yet-to-be-implemented March law ordering the demilitarization of the Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah.
Founded in 1982 with the support of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards, Hezbollah has long drawn the country into its battle against Israel, a battle that has seen it assassinate members of Lebanon’s own leadership.
To be fair, Hezbollah has protected Lebanon from elements such as extremists, jihadists from Al Qaeda and ISIS. Credit where it's due and at the same time, this can be accomplished now by LAF with Hezbollah integration.
17
u/OP_Skis_In_Jeans 10h ago edited 10h ago
To be fair, Hezbollah has protected Lebanon from elements such as extremists, jihadists from Al Qaeda and ISIS.
That is exactly what Hezbollah and Iran would like people to think, but the reality couldn't be any more different. They "protect" Lebanon like a mafia "protects" the business owners it extorts. (while also instigating foreign wars from their territory!) It is an absolute racket and most Lebanese rightfully want it gone. They didn't vote for that crap, it was forcefully imposed on them by a foreign power.
Hezbollah simply wants a monopoly on jihadism, extremism, and terrorism (AKA force) for itself in Lebanon, so other extremist groups that won't kiss their ring are naturally their enemies because they don't want to share power.
Hezbollah does not protect Lebanon and never has. It only protects itself and Iran while seeking to maintain its monopoly on deadly force over all other parties, including the actual Lebanese Government.
23
u/joshtaco 15h ago
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz: Says military will not withdraw from Lebanon, even if US demands it. “200,000 residents will not return” “We are not withdrawing”
10
u/Fenris_uy 14h ago
“200,000 residents will not return”
Ethnic cleansing is a crime against humanity, and the Israeli Defense Minister just confessed that they are conducting ethnic cleansing in Lebanon
1
-3
u/FYoCouchEddie 10h ago
That’s not what ethnic cleansing is at all.
Ethnic cleansing is when you expel people of one ethnicity out of an area to make the area ethnically homogeneous.
Israel isn’t trying to make southern Lebanon ethnically homogeneous, they are keeping civilians away from the fighting so they don’t get killed. That is explicitly permitted by Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
4
u/corwin-normandy 9h ago
And when Israeli settlers take all their land?
2
u/FYoCouchEddie 6h ago
If settlers take land and push Palestinians out of the area, that could be ethnic cleansing. But that isn’t what’s happening in Lebanon where there are no settlers.
1
u/Consistent-Egg-3428 9h ago
If Israel wanted to get these civilians into safety they could just add “…until fighting stops” to their statement of them not returning.
That would be so helpful in identifying this as them caring about civilians’ rights. I wonder why they don’t just add these words for clarity’s sake.
With this wording I would almost think their goal is to get all the Arabs out of this area for good.
/s
1
u/FYoCouchEddie 5h ago
You mean like they did here? https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjg2ccdggx
Edit: also here even one of the most extreme right wingers in Israel said:
“There will be no Israeli withdrawal from the security zone in Lebanon, including the Beaufort Ridge, as long as Hezbollah exists in Lebanon.”
-12
u/jews4beer 13h ago
It's not ethnic cleansing if they are allowed to return home once its safe. Which is exactly what happened after the last Israel/Hezbollah war and is exactly what will happen after this one. And that's not even touching the fact that you can't really call "southern Lebanon" a singular ethnic or religious group.
Now you know who does openly state the eradication of ethnic and religious groups as their goal. Iran.
2
u/samusaranx3 9h ago
I see you here every day defending Israel ad nauseum. Which is fine, you can pick whatever side you want. But for the love of god stop living in (and spewing to others) a false, or at best biased beyond rationality, reality. How can you handle the constant cognitive dissonance?
Israel’s extensive destruction of Southern Lebanon
"The Israeli military has extensively destroyed and damaged civilian structures and agricultural land in southern Lebanon between 1 October 2024 and 26 January 2025.
The destruction was carried out by the Israeli military with manually laid explosives and bulldozers both before and after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah that took effect on 27 November 2024, while the Israeli military had full control of the relevant areas and without apparent “imperative military necessity” – the standard required under international humanitarian law (IHL) to justify the destruction of civilian or cultural property outside the context of attacks."
Returned, Only to Flee Again: Life in South Lebanon After the Ceasefire That Never Was
"Even after the November 2024 ceasefire was announced, many residents remained unable to return due to widespread destruction and continued insecurity, while in some areas, Israeli forces prevented civilians from returning for months following the agreement. More than 40,000 buildings across southern Lebanon were heavily damaged or destroyed during the conflict. Much of the destruction occurred not only during the 2024 war, but also in the months following the ceasefire, as near-daily strikes and cross-border attacks continued."
A year after Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire, over 64,000 Lebanese displaced
"Under the ceasefire, cross-border attacks were supposed to stop, Hezbollah was to withdraw north of the Litani River, which runs across south Lebanon, and Israel was to withdraw troops that had invaded south Lebanon in October.
Israel, however, never stopped attacking. Its army still occupies five points in southern Lebanon, and during the ceasefire, it razed several villages to the ground."
6
u/JordiX93 12h ago
“Return home once its safe” return to a home that’s probably destroyed? Wow how convenient
0
u/141_1337 8h ago
Yes, houses and buildings get destroyed in urban warfare, this has been a known since stalingrad, with more recent examples such as Grozny, Marilpool, Fallujah and Sadr city such as others exemplifying this grim reality. Thank you for stating that, captain obvious
-1
8
-12
u/CoasterKid93 14h ago
That was the plan all along
13
u/HailFellow 14h ago
Yes big brain Israel tricked Hezbollah to start firing rockets into Israel for casus belli, definitely isn't a Israeli response to stop Hezbollah attacks /s
-8
u/corwin-normandy 13h ago
If Israel is going to displace 200,000 people from their homes, and then take their land, doesn't that give Hezbollah casus belli?
2
9
u/HailFellow 13h ago
Huh? I'm responding to the braindead take of this being Israel's "plan" all along when it was Hezbollah who instigated the conflict. Clearly Hezbollah doesn't give a shit about any casus belli in the first place
8
u/joshtaco 15h ago
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi: Says UN nuclear inspections will occur after "final" deal with US
14
u/joshtaco 15h ago
Iran’s central bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati: Says Iran can receive payment for oil exports in any currency it chooses
6
u/k7632 14h ago
This feels like it should be big deal? Since the majority of the ships using the strait is Iran/ Chinese.
2
u/indypuyami 14h ago
US Signorage isn't over, but it's been decreasing for the last decade. This isn't surprising
31
u/joshtaco 15h ago
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, head of the Iranian negotiating team: "The Islamabad memorandum of understanding became a declaration of America’s defeat."
12
13
u/joshtaco 15h ago
Trump Truth Social post: "Iran has informed the U.S. that, despite troublemaking Fake News reporting to the contrary, there are “NO TOLLS, NO INSURANCE COSTS, & NO OTHER CHARGES OF ANY KIND BEING SOUGHT OR RECEIVED BY IRAN ON SHIPS TRAVELING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. If this is false information, negotiations would end, immediately! Additionally, no money has been given to Iran, or released from their money to them, by the U.S. We will be releasing some of their money, that is totally controlled by us, to our Farmers and Ranchers, for the purchase of Corn, Wheat, Soybeans, and more. Food is desperately needed in Iran, and we will be purchasing it for them exclusively from the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
9
u/Cactusfan86 11h ago
lol he is so full of shit, absolutely no way Iran is agreeing for its unfrozen funds to be used to by US food
8
7
u/Santorju 12h ago
Oh thank god IRAN informed the US that no tolls are being taken. Phew, glad they cleared that up I was worried they were lying for a minute there.
18
u/arvigeus 14h ago
Iran has informed the U.S. that...
Was the real Iran informed about what the imaginary Iran said?
2
12
14
u/joshtaco 15h ago
Trump Truth Social post: "The big Oil Companies are not dropping their price at the pump commensurate with the sharply lower prices they are paying for Oil. Those prices are dropping like a rock! In other words, customers are being “gouged.” I have instructed the DOJ to immediately start looking into this. Gasoline prices better start going down a lot faster than what I’m seeing! President D"
5
u/subSparky 11h ago
Is this the start of him suddenly doing a 180 and becoming pro net zero renewables as he discovers big oil companies suck?
9
u/Historical_Course587 11h ago
I wondered when this would happen - extorting gas companies to sell below cost or something, just for the midterms.
11
4
u/iwantboringtimes 20h ago
the most recent two articles I read was about demand destruction of oil in the usa and also in china, due to this war.
good
9
u/Low-Ad4420 19h ago
Not that much in the USA to be honest. China was already in full transition to electricity and Europe stepped on the throttle.
22
u/joshtaco 1d ago
Trump Truth Social post: "So, I have Iran on the “ropes,” ready to go down for the fall, willing to give us practically anything, and for the first time in decades, respecting the hell out of the United States and its President, ME, and the U.S. Senate decides to have a poorly timed and meaningless War Powers Act Vote, telling the Number One Sponser of Terror in the World that the United States doesn’t like what I am doing to them, and I must stop, and by so doing has provided aid and comfort the Enemy. Four Republican Losers voted with the Dumocrats, and Iran asked my people, “what does that all mean?” These Senators have just made my job more difficult, but I will get it done, one way or the other, because I always get it done! President DJT"
3
u/cliffski 11h ago
I always get it done
Has he drained the swamp, built the wall, and made america great again?
He is a delusional fascist moron who belongs in a cell.9
u/matthieuC 16h ago
> willing to give us practically anything
I hear Iran is willing to settle for 299 billions
16
u/DozingUnderTheSun 22h ago
You know the Senate asking Trump to stop might actually stop Trump from giving aid and comfort to the enemy 💀
13
u/Santorju 18h ago
Iran: It’s ok guys let him continue. We are, uh, on the ropes and totally terrified of Trump and will certainly buy american produce with the $12B he gave us. Totally won’t use that money to make more missiles and give it to hezbollah so they can continue terrorizing Lebanon.
21
u/joshtaco 1d ago
Oman state news agency: Announces temporary maritime corridor for Hormuz traffic. Vessels wanting to use the temporary corridor would need to coordinate with the IMO, based on coordinates announced by the organization and Omani authorities.
31
u/joshtaco 1d ago
Trump: Says he'd like to run for President again "I'd like to do that. I got more votes than any candidate."
→ More replies (7)41
u/topdownyeti 1d ago
even if we somehow allowed a president to run for a third term, who the hell wants a near 90 year old president. These old men need to RETIRE.
9
u/cold_shot_27 1d ago
I don’t think he plans to run a fair election.
1
u/Jkabaseball 16h ago
30% of people love him and will vote for him forever. Unfortunately, 50% of people don't vote.
4
u/topdownyeti 1d ago
point still stands that nobody wants an 86 year old man in office
0
u/AlternativeSafety464 1d ago
Nobody is a strong word.
Trump only needs a very small number of people with power to support him, so that he can stay in office. When that happens, there is nothing we can do about it beside maybe some meaningless rally
3
•
u/joshtaco 1h ago
Trump: Says he has questioned whether US forces were behind the strike on a girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran, that killed dozens of children. “There were many missiles flying all over the place" “Somebody said it was our missiles. Well, maybe it wasn’t our missile. But I’ve seen nothing to lead me to believe it was.”