United States President Donald Trump has denied being dragged into war with Iran by Israel as he faces increasing criticism over the conflict, including from segments of his own base.

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      27 days ago

      I think Israel didn’t bother to ‘talk’, they just Leeroy Jenkinsed it up and the military decided they had to ride or die with it…

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    28 days ago

    Obviously Israel talked him into the war and told him to deny it.

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      28 days ago

      Worse.

      They talked him into a war and it’s obvious to everyone except trump and maybe Joe Biden.

      I think they both legitimately still see Israel as “the good guys”, because their brains are mush.

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        28 days ago

        Good and evil don’t play into it, they believe in nothing, only self-interest.

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          28 days ago

          They do, but that’s not it.

          He’s letting Kushner handle everything with Israel, it all flows thru him like Cheney had everything run thru him with GW.

          Kushner is a zionist, he wants what Bibi wants.

          So instead of America negotiating with Israel, Bibi tells Kushner what he wants, and Kushner frames it as the best and only option to trump, usually with Ivanka greasing the wheels.

          Just like Cheney told GW the Irag war was the only possible option, Kushner says anything Bibi wants is the only possible option.

          I legitimately wouldn’t be surprised to find out they’ve been diverting food from US naval ships to send to Israel at this point.

  • marcos@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    Of course not. Trump has been crazy trying to find some war that can let him cancel this year’s US elections since his attempt to phish a civil war failed last year.

    Israel probably talked him into Iran in particular, though.

  • Malyca@lemmy.zip
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    28 days ago

    The man is so simple I almost feel bad for him. Then I remember what he’s done.

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    28 days ago

    “Look people, this incredibly bad, self-destructive, unpopular, and poorly planned operation was all my own creation. Don’t you dare hang any responsibility for this disaster on anyone else but me.”

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    28 days ago

    It’s inception, except they didn’t need to go into his dreams, they probably only needed to mention it once in passing. “I heard the bestest Presidents go to war with Iran.”

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    28 days ago

    Because they don’t have to convince him of anything. They just give him his marching orders and he follows like a good boy.