Is Trump Nuts? by THGRRI

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Is Trump nuts? He sure the fuck is.

T

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Sunday, April 6, 2025 2:31 PM

US Stock Market Highlights: Jaguar Land Rover to pause car shipments to US after Trump's tariffs

https://www.cnbctv18.com/market/us-stock-market-live-updates-crash-dow
-jones-nasdaq-index-down-trump-tariffs-impact-oil-gold-treasuries-liveblog-19584602.htm

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Monday, April 7, 2025 9:09 AM

so now he will have another hissy fit and rant about taking Greenland?

China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech - CleanTechnica

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/05/china-just-turned-off-u-s-supplie
s-of-minerals-critical-for-defense-cleantech/

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025 3:35 AM

EU agonizes over using its trade ‘bazooka’ to hit back at Trump’s mega tariff

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-trade-bazooka-anti-coercion-instrum
ent-donald-trump-tariffs/

US port fees could ‘cripple’ Caribbean, force islands to buy more from China

https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1152999/US-port-fees-could-cripple-Caribb
ean-force-islands-to-buy-more-from-China

China hits back at US tariffs with export controls on key rare earths

https://www.reuters.com/world/china-hits-back-us-tariffs-with-rare-ear
th-export-controls-2025-04-04/

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Thursday, April 24, 2025 5:28 PM

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Quote:
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:

so now he will have another hissy fit and rant about taking Greenland?

China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech - CleanTechnica

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/05/china-just-turned-off-u-s-supplie
s-of-minerals-critical-for-defense-cleantech/]

China and the world have, and are, cleaning Trumps clock. He fucked America big time. If that doesn't piss you off than you're not pro American, but instead, anti-American.

T

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025 9:44 AM

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Originally posted by THGRRI:

Trump Accuses Obama of Wiretapping Trump Tower During Campaign

Donald Trump alleged in a tweet storm early Saturday that former President Barack Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower before his election victory.

Trump did not provide any evidence for the claims, which followed an interview on Fox News where the allegations came up.

"Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!" Trump wrote as part of a series of tweets Saturday morning.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-accuses-obama-wiretapping-re
sidence-during-campaign-n729056]

From day one Trumps been nothing but a liar.

T

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025 9:51 AM

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww....

Is Ted pouting again today. :(

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"I don't find this stuff amusing anymore." ~Paul Simon

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Thursday, July 31, 2025 10:16 AM

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Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
I believe Trump is nuts. And I know that my opinion doesn't count for a hill of beans as I am Canadian.

So really all I can say is have fun guys with the crazy person. But I also pity you.

Hey don't underplay your opinion because you aren't American.

Trump is a narcissist first and dire most. His strategy, unfortunately successful, is to keep himself in the news by making outrageous statements. It distracts from anything important being discussed.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025 7:30 PM

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Is Trump Nuts? Saturday, March 4, 2017 9:12 AM

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Without a doubt.

T

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Tuesday, September 9, 2025 5:50 AM

so War on Drugs the War with Venezuela now?

and anything Epstein Maxwell he says is 'a hoax'

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Wednesday, November 19, 2025 7:30 AM

Zionists Are Freaking Out About Losing Control Of The Narrative

https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/zionists-are-freaking-out-about-losi
ng-control-of-the-narrative-93bcd00d0983

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Wednesday, November 19, 2025 9:47 AM

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TRUMP AND MBS MEET OVER THE BODY OF K

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Thursday, December 11, 2025 9:17 AM

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Originally posted by DREAMTROVE:
Nah, he's a scam artist. And sure, they undoubtedly were spying because HRC wanted to win. But she's a psycho, and Obama's now record deliberately trying to start a war. So, we let a mass murderer leave, and then we voted against a genocidal lunatic, and we got a scam artist. Welcome to politics.

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Thursday, December 11, 2025 10:22 AM

Why are you doubling down on stupid shit you've posted all over the board today?

You're just embarrassing yourself twice for the same thing when you do that.

Seriously dude. What the fuck?

You're going to call me Jaynez when you did this all morning with a few dozen threads?

I think you're Jaynez, dude.

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Monday, December 15, 2025 3:56 PM

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Rob Reiner's Legacy And Trump's Reaction

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Monday, December 15, 2025 4:05 PM

Rob Reiner...

Spent his entire life telling everybody else how to live and raise their kids.

Also, Rob Reiner...

Raised a son who slit his own mother and father's throats in cold blood.

Good job, Rob.

Go fuck yourselves, Hollywood.

You are worthless. You are nothing. And WE own you.

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Monday, December 15, 2025 4:36 PM

With Maga politics dying is he now trying to give mid-Terms to NeoCons and nu-Democrats?

Conservatives condemn Trump's 'disgusting' Rob Reiner post
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/15/donald-trump-r
ob-reiner-massie-marjorie-taylor-greene/87780300007/

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Monday, December 15, 2025 6:43 PM

MAGA isn't dying.

Despite all the Legacy Media lying and the always skewed to the left polling, Trump's Favorability rating is higher than that of both Barack Obama's and GWB's on this day in their 2nd terms, as well as this day in Biden's first term.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2025 2:26 PM

James Woods Defends Rob Reiner Against Trump’s Disparagement
https://consequence.net/2025/12/james-woods-defends-rob-reiner-rails-a
giainst-trump/

Grieving Maria Shriver rips Trump for 'callous' Rob Reiner remarks as she accuses him of lacking 'human decency'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15389719/Maria-Shriver-T
rump-Rob-Reiner-murder-Trump.html

Top conservative rebukes of Trump for 'grotesque' Rob Reiner death post: 'Completely inappropriate'
https://www.christianpost.com/news/top-conservative-rebukes-of-trump-f
or-grotesque-rob-reiner-post.html?page=2

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Tuesday, January 6, 2026 2:05 PM

Venezuelan IGLA Shoots Its Shot
https://funker530.com/video/venezuelan-igla-shoots-its-shot
This quick compilation shows two angles of a Venezuelan SAM launch amid the American combat action launched on Caracas in the early morning of 03 January 2026. This was reportedly an IGLA- essentially the Russian/former Soviet answer to the Stinger MANPADS. The second angle shows the missile striking a nearby hill. While ineffective, the launch dispels any notion that the United States' aerial incursion was completely unopposed.

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Tuesday, January 6, 2026 4:34 PM

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Yes, Trump is nuts. And so are all the crazies who voted for him.

T

TRUMP IN HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE

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Saturday, January 31, 2026 7:57 AM

In a Bid to Kick-Start Growth, Britain Turns to China
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/business/uk-china-trade-business-st
armer-xi.html

EU and India Sign Landmark Free Trade Agreement, Reducing Tariffs on 96.6% of Goods
https://news.metal.com/en/newscontent/103749189-EU-and-India-Sign-Land
mark-Free-Trade-Agreement-Reducing-Tariffs-on-966-of-Goods

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Sunday, March 8, 2026 6:37 AM

Why the Ayatollahs might be harder to remove than Trump thinks

https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/why-the-ayatollahs-might-be-harde
r-to-remove-than-trump-thinks/

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Tuesday, March 17, 2026 7:39 AM

In stunning admission Donald Trump now claims he predicted 9/11 would happen a year before the attacks took place

https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/in-stunning-admission-donald-tru
mp-now-claims-he-predicted-9-11-would-happen-a-year-before-the-attacks-took-place/

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Tuesday, March 17, 2026 12:14 PM

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Sunday, March 29, 2026 9:28 AM

Trump sells Iran war at Saudi investment forum in Miami, warning Cuba is ‘next’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5805278-trump-saudi-forum-
cuba-iran/

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Monday, March 30, 2026 5:02 PM

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Enten runs all the numbers on Iran war: From Kharg to Trump

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Friday, April 3, 2026 11:20 AM

The business of Don “When someone is nice to me, I love that person. Even if they’re bad people. I couldn’t care less. I’ll fight to the end for them.”

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Sunday, April 5, 2026 11:44 AM

Trump is blabbing about some Arab demon entity a pedo camel jacking Moongod he now Writes ‘Praise Be to al-Lah'

"Open The F*cking Strait, You Bast*rds": T

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Sunday, April 5, 2026 12:46 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Trump is blabbing about some Arab demon entity a pedo camel jacking Moongod he now Writes ‘Praise Be to al-Lah'

Are you hopped up on something today Jaynez?

Otherwise, I'm worried about your blood sugar levels.

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Monday, April 6, 2026 5:22 PM

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Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

Nah. He's just trolling. He can't get a break for one single day from the liberal media throwing all sorts of baseless accusations against him, so he's just going to start throwing them back.

As for the idea that the President can't order a wiretap.... what world are you living in? The President can't start a war without Congressional approval. How's that working out for the Middle East?

Do Right, Be Right. :)

War usually boosts presidents. Why isn’t it helping Trump?

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Monday, April 6, 2026 8:39 PM

SECOND

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Trump began his bombing campaign five weeks ago with a call for the Iranian people to rise up against their newly vulnerable oppressive regime. Now he’s threatening to kill untold numbers of civilians and destroy Iran’s society (in his speech last week, he threatened to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages, where they belong”). At Monday’s news conference, he said that Iran would take 100 years to recover from the attack that will begin Tuesday at 8 p.m. Eastern time if Iran doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz.

One might charitably interpret Trump’s words as a reprise of Richard Nixon’s “madman strategy” — the notion that an enemy will surrender out of fear that the American president is as crazy as he sounds and really will carry out his threat. But it’s worth noting the ploy didn’t work for Nixon against North Vietnam — and it’s unlikely to work for Trump against Iran.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/iran-trump-war-crimes-bomb
.html

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Tuesday, April 7, 2026 11:16 AM

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For years Jack and signym have said he would be the best choice for president. Looks like he isn't the only nut.

T

Trump rambles about Biden to group of

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Tuesday, April 7, 2026 11:43 AM

The Iran War Just Broke the Petrodollar

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-06/the-petrodollar-
loop-supporting-the-treasury-market-is-broken

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Monday, April 13, 2026 12:16 PM

IRAN WAR UPDATES: Trump takes on Pope Leo; Ship traffic halts in Strait of Hormuz
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/iran-war-updates-trump-pope-113155627.html

Trump, Netanyahu and how war in Iran is reshaping US politics
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-11/iran-war-reshaping-us-politics-
trump-netanyahu/106552156

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Monday, June 15, 2026 2:10 PM

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Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Saturday, March 4, 2017 3:50 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Nah. He's just trolling. He can't get a break for one single day from the liberal media throwing all sorts of baseless accusations against him, so he's just going to start throwing them back.

As for the idea that the President can't order a wiretap.... what world are you living in? The President can't start a war without Congressional approval. How's that working out for the Middle East?

Do Right, Be Right. :)

Your post is from 2017. And you still don't have a clue.

T

Trump's Iran deal: “This is an unbelievable surrender and defeat for the United States!”

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Monday, June 15, 2026 2:54 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by THG:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Saturday, March 4, 2017 3:50 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Nah. He's just trolling. He can't get a break for one single day from the liberal media throwing all sorts of baseless accusations against him, so he's just going to start throwing them back.

As for the idea that the President can't order a wiretap.... what world are you living in? The President can't start a war without Congressional approval. How's that working out for the Middle East?

Do Right, Be Right. :)

Your post is from 2017. And you still don't have a clue.

T

It's just as valid today as it was in 2017.

Your faggot clickbait that you've posted in here for the last 3 months is a living record of that.

Thank you for your service.

P.S. Oh... I see what happened here. You can't read.

You missed the part where I asked you how that was working out for the Middle East, you stupid faggot.

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026 2:47 PM

Trump embarrasses himself multiple times on NATO trip

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026 3:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:

Trump embarrasses himself multiple times on NATO trip

No. He didn't.

The Mirror is a Leftist UK tabloid. It's published to get money from the true dregs of society. The people who are dumber than Ted is. I know it's hard to believe, but they do exist. Ted is actually a very highly functioning mongoloid.

Have you got any stories from The Enquirer? Are they even still around?

Maybe the Weekly World News has an article about Trump's NATO trip right next to the 6-page spread "The Return of Bat-Boy!".

Man... I wonder how that Jesus Cloning thing went. Hope it was a bust and he's lot alive and seeing all this shit.

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026 5:12 PM

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Man... I wonder how that Jesus Cloning thing went. Hope it was a bust and he's lot alive and seeing all this shit.

When inspiration hits, who am I to deny it???

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026 9:40 PM

SECOND

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Trump is scared and crazy. Trump, asked in Ankara if a threat of assassination prompted his decision to change planes for his departure from Turkey, did not answer directly but acknowledged the potential threat.

"I'm number one on the kill list for Iran," he told reporters at a news conference as the NATO summit concluded. "I don't know. I can't tell you that but I don't really care."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-he-will-use-old-a
ir-force-one-travel-uk-with-new-plane-going-there-2026-07-08/

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026 9:58 PM

SECOND

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Quote:
Originally posted by second:
Trump is scared and crazy. Trump, asked in Ankara if a threat of assassination prompted his decision to change planes for his departure from Turkey, did not answer directly but acknowledged the potential threat.

"I'm number one on the kill list for Iran," he told reporters at a news conference as the NATO summit concluded. "I don't know. I can't tell you that but I don't really care."

Iran, Not Trump, Is in Control of This War

The cease-fire was always just a Trump fantasy.

By Tom Nichols | July 8, 2026, 3:10 PM ET

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/iran-controls-war-trump/6878
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If Donald Trump ever had any control over the war he started with Iran, he’s lost it. The Iranians are now setting the terms of this conflict and are routinely humiliating the American president. The “cease-fire” Trump declared last month—a move probably meant to both soothe international markets and avert legislative action from the United States Congress—never really existed, because neither side ever ceased firing. The situation is now back to a kind of slow-motion punch-up: In the past few days, the Iranians struck three tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, the Americans attacked some 80 targets in Iran, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps now claims it hit some 85 U.S.-affiliated targets in Bahrain and Kuwait.

This morning, Trump was asked whether the memorandum of understanding with Iran, the document that was supposed to provide the foundation for negotiations, was dead. Trump hesitated a bit and said: “That’s a very interesting question. To me, I think it’s over. I don’t wanna deal with them anymore. They’re scum, you know what scum is? They’re scum. They’re sick people. They’re led by sick people. And they’re vicious, violent people.”

Last month, of course, Trump had nothing but nice things to say about the Iranian leaders. “We’re dealing with people that I think are very rational people. And they were nice to deal with.” He described them as “strong people, smart people,” who were not “radicalized.” They were just loyal Iranians, “and they’re, you know, looking to help their country.” The MOU was practically an instrument of American capitulation that the Iranians could have drafted themselves, but Trump wanted to get out of the war, and so he signed it—appropriately enough, at Versailles.

The Iranians have made clear that they don’t care about the MOU or, for that matter, what Trump thinks or wants. They are willing to inflict more damage on the Gulf states, and they’re willing to accept damage in return. These are signs of a state directing a war rather than reacting to one. Iran is measuring costs and risks. It is pursuing the achievable goals of regime survival, control of the Strait, and preservation of its nuclear program.

The Trump administration, for its part, bumbled into this war without a strategy. Instead, it relied on bad assumptions, outdated information, and the president’s gut feelings. It assumed—because the president wished very hard—that the Iranian regime would collapse quickly. Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (who encouraged Trump to go to war) ignored years of analysis and war-gaming from the military and the intelligence community, and then were caught flat-footed when the Iranians closed the strait and choked the international economy, the one thing everyone else in the world knew they would do. The administration has since tried to bomb its way out of this war, but without the ability to hold territory, the United States is now merely depleting its stocks of expensive ordnance to little strategic effect.

Even by his usual standards, Trump has been incoherent in Ankara, Turkey, where he’s attending a NATO summit. Over the course of 24 hours, he has renewed his demands for the United States to own Greenland; confused Iran with Japan; and confused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He also noted that his videos are popular on “Tic Tac.” He meant “TikTok.”

Little wonder, then, that he seems unable to give sensible answers to questions about the renewed hostilities. When asked today about more attacks on Iran, Trump said: “You know, normally I wouldn’t tell you. I wouldn’t tell you, but you know what, there’s not a thing they can do about it. So, the answer is probably.” Not exactly an answer full of fire and fury. “I’ll give them a little warning,” Trump said. “We’re going to hit them hard tonight, but we’ll see how it all works out.” In other words: I don’t know what else to do, so we’ll do some more strikes and then see what Iran does.

This is not the approach of a president who’s running a war; this is the flailing of a man who’s in over his head and is reacting to events, rather than guiding them. Lest this kind of equivocation lead the Iranians to doubt Trump’s resolve, the president has added that he’s still considering two other terrible ideas: an invasion of Iranian territory, and a campaign of probable war crimes.

First, he has returned to talking about seizing Kharg Island, an operation that would require a considerable commitment of ground forces and inevitably lead to U.S. casualties. Second, he has again raised the possibility of striking Iran’s infrastructure, including bridges and desalination plants. Such installations, if they are significantly contributing to Iran’s military effort, might be considered legitimate targets. Trump, however, seems to have in mind immiserating the civilian population as a means of driving the regime to the table—which would be a serious violation of the laws of war.

Fortunately, Trump is unlikely to do any of this. Hours after his various responses, he was asked if the war was back on in full force. His answer was revealing about his limited ability to control the circumstances of the conflict, and a clear signal to the Iranians not to worry about anything he says, because he’ll always change his mind.

“I think anything that happens is going to be over very quickly, and we’ll only make it safer, including for oil. Oil is going to be very free, very easy, and it’s going to happen very fast. We have the Hormuz Strait; the boats have pulled out. I mean there’s a gusher of oil right now, we have a lot of oil.”

The United States does not, in fact, “have the strait” at this moment. At any rate, Trump capped these remarks by assuring his audience, and perhaps even those listening in Tehran: “We’re not looking for long term.”

I taught strategy at the Naval War College to military officers and senior civilians for a long time. The subject does not have a lot of hard-and-fast rules; wars share common characteristics but each conflict has its own peculiarities and exigent circumstances. One good guideline, however, is to avoid threatening your enemy and then immediately announcing that you really have no stomach for a fight. Strong leaders keep their own counsel and let their actions speak for them; weak leaders make threats and then broadcast how much they don’t want to carry them out.

Trump is now going through something like the stages of wartime grief: Denial that America failed; anger, which has led to renewed attacks; and then bargaining, as if the Iranians could somehow be bought off like a gang of recalcitrant construction workers in New York. None of it has worked.

Depression and acceptance await.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026 10:19 PM