War with Iran

[wadesworld]

The blood of dead American soldiers will be on the hands of the people that voted for this administration.  You are culpable for their deaths.

Nah. It's Biden's fault.

[MU82]

The Grifter In Chief is very good at conning his low-IQ cultists.

[Shaka Shart]

They can't talk on their Trump brand cell phones, however.

https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/2053321828722966699?s=46

To think almost half that money could have gone to updating the waiting rooms of dental clinics

[TSmith34, Inc.]

They can't talk on their Trump brand cell phones, however.

https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/2053321828722966699?s=46

Add:

The bribes from foreign nations. The bribes from pardon seekers. $1B to refurbish his Qatari plane. $400M(?) in private donations to his ballroom. Government contracts to his sons Uday and Qusay. $10B pending for "damages" in leaking his some of his tax information. Hundreds of millions for people staying in his hotels.

And on and on and on and on and on and on....

[MU82]

Yeah, but he's not taking his presidential salary, so he's actually getting poorer.

[Billy Hoyle]

Yeah, but he's not taking his presidential salary, so he's actually getting poorer.

Come on, it's not like he sold a painting

Nah. It's Biden's fault.

Obama

[Jay Bee]

Nah. It's Biden's fault.

^^^ ban time

[Uncle Rico]

^^^ ban time

The mods haven't banned you yet for brazenly breaking the rules.

Anyway, Israel has illegally used Iraqi land and airspace to carry out attacks in Iran without their approval. 

https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/10/report-shepherd-uncovers-alleged-secret-israeli-base-in-iraqi-desert?utm_source=yahoo&utm_campaign=feeds_all-themes_articles_2024&utm_medium=referral

[Uncle Rico]

Gas prices will not be coming down soon despite the lies from D.C.

https://bsky.app/profile/shipwreck75.bsky.social/post/3mllkexovr225

[TallTitan34]

https://x.com/meidastouch/status/2053853734283903415?s=46

[MU82]

Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco, the oil giant, warned that disruption of shipping through the strait, a vital oil passage, stretching more than a few more weeks would result in high oil prices until 2027.

[Uncle Rico]

https://x.com/meidastouch/status/2053853734283903415?s=46

Fiscal conservatism.  World's greatest economy is making billionaires much richer while the average American pays the cost.

Fiscal conservatism might be one of the greatest lies in the history of mankind.

As they attack the social security net, note the cost of this war as they attack the average Americans pocket book and blame immigrants.

[MU82]

The war doesn't really matter with other urgent (and urgently corrupt) needs like this one ...

President Trump said that his handpicked contractor would charge only $1.8 million to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and paint it blue. The actual cost is now more than seven times that, after the Interior Department nearly doubled the size of the contract late last week, federal records show.

On Friday, the Interior Department added $6.2 million to the contract's previous cost, saying it now planned to pay $13.1 million to a Virginia firm called Atlantic Industrial Coatings. President Trump said he chose that company to repair the landmark because the firm had worked on the swimming pools at his golf club in Sterling, Va.

The government awarded that firm a no-bid contract last month, bypassing the requirement to seek competing offers by saying that the situation was so urgent that any delay would cause "serious injury" to the government. The government has not publicly said what that injury would have been.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/politics/reflecting-pool-paint-contract-trump.html?

Where the hell is DOGE?!?!

[Billy Hoyle]

The war doesn't really matter with other urgent (and urgently corrupt) needs like this one ...

President Trump said that his handpicked contractor would charge only $1.8 million to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and paint it blue. The actual cost is now more than seven times that, after the Interior Department nearly doubled the size of the contract late last week, federal records show.

On Friday, the Interior Department added $6.2 million to the contract's previous cost, saying it now planned to pay $13.1 million to a Virginia firm called Atlantic Industrial Coatings. President Trump said he chose that company to repair the landmark because the firm had worked on the swimming pools at his golf club in Sterling, Va.

The government awarded that firm a no-bid contract last month, bypassing the requirement to seek competing offers by saying that the situation was so urgent that any delay would cause "serious injury" to the government. The government has not publicly said what that injury would have been.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/politics/reflecting-pool-paint-contract-trump.html?

Where the hell is DOGE?!?!

who is the owner, John Barron?

[Uncle Rico]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/09/tensions-emerge-bejamin-netanyahu-donald-trump-alliance

Reading this really clarifies a few things.

1.  It's incredibly easy to manipulate the POTUS.

2.  It's also dangerous how POTUS loses interest in a problem he created and waves it away without much concern of geopolitics or the home front.

3.  The best case scenario is Netanyahu is voted out of office in October.  He's a blight on humanity and the world.

4.  That said, I fear this will escalate over the next few months as he tries to strengthen his position at home to avoid being held responsible for his crimes.

5.  China continues to be the biggest benefactor of this war.  If they're playing uno, they don't hold any cards because they've already won.  Concessions coming from the US in this summit could truly endanger our allies in the Pacific who will have no choice but to turn to China.

6.  Europe is lost.  Our partnership with them is over.  They no longer see a partner but see an empty shell of a friend who has abandoned them.  Our grandfathers, great-grandfathers and fathers who perished on European soil have seen their graves urinated on by this administration who called them losers.

[TallTitan34]

https://x.com/wsj/status/2053869395550572926?s=46

[Jockey]

I've said it before. We already lost this war. China, Russia, and Iran are the big winners
 

Europe will never trust the backstabbing, treasonous liars (United States) again. At least in my lifetime.

Trump is a blight on all of humanity and everyone here needs to remember that when associating with MAGAT family members. They are just as evil as t-rump.

[Billy Hoyle]

The war doesn't really matter with other urgent (and urgently corrupt) needs like this one ...

President Trump said that his handpicked contractor would charge only $1.8 million to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and paint it blue. The actual cost is now more than seven times that, after the Interior Department nearly doubled the size of the contract late last week, federal records show.

On Friday, the Interior Department added $6.2 million to the contract's previous cost, saying it now planned to pay $13.1 million to a Virginia firm called Atlantic Industrial Coatings. President Trump said he chose that company to repair the landmark because the firm had worked on the swimming pools at his golf club in Sterling, Va.

The government awarded that firm a no-bid contract last month, bypassing the requirement to seek competing offers by saying that the situation was so urgent that any delay would cause "serious injury" to the government. The government has not publicly said what that injury would have been.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/politics/reflecting-pool-paint-contract-trump.html?

Where the hell is DOGE?!?!

The company promotes itself as "woman owned." So no more DOGE and DEI is back Winning!

[MU82]

I've said it before. We already lost this war. China, Russia, and Iran are the big winners
 

Europe will never trust the backstabbing, treasonous liars (United States) again. At least in my lifetime.

Trump is a blight on all of humanity and everyone here needs to remember that when associating with MAGAT family members. They are just as evil as t-rump.

If a decent person like Beshear or Shapiro or Gallego beats JV in 2028, the US-Europe relationship is reparable.

[Uncle Rico]

If a decent person like Beshear or Shapiro or Gallego beats JV in 2028, the US-Europe relationship is reparable.

Why would Europe trust the American populace not to elect another reality TV star who bankrupts his businesses because we need a "businessman" to run this country (code for "we like his racist policies)?

It's not that easy in geopolitics.  The Middle East relationships are the next on the chopping block.  Our brazen attack on Iran has strained those and our lack of communication and respect of the positions we've put them in will haunt us for decades.

There is no reason for any nation in this world to trust America any longer.  Our populations arrogance and ignorance has been magnified to such a degree, that's who we are to them.

[Billy Hoyle]

war has consequences. Let's go Brandon!

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/cpi-inflation-april-2026-.html

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

war has consequences. Let's go Brandon!

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/cpi-inflation-april-2026-.html

Some more of that winning.
Thanks Trump.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

war has consequences. Let's go Brandon!

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/cpi-inflation-april-2026-.html

Real wages down for the month and for the year. That should play well for the mid-terms.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

2.  It's also dangerous how POTUS loses interest in a problem he created and waves it away without much concern of geopolitics or the home front.

Because there is nothing to personally grift for him. He thought he'd be stealing all the oil, a la Venezuela. He hoped he'd get to split the tolls charged for passage through the Strait.

He already successfully stole taxpayer money and gave it to Uday and Qusay for useless drones and robots, maybe he'll continue plundering that path.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

I'm sure the NY Times can both sides this into a question of Biden's mental acuity:

Harry Sisson
@harryjsisson
Trump had one of his worst mental health episodes yet last night, posting over 55 times in 3 hours. Here is the list:

10:15 PM - Accuses Obama of attempting a coup in 2016
10:15 PM - Says Obama worked with CIA to overthrow Trump
10:15 PM - Reposts tweet saying Obama is a "traitor" and that he should be arrested
10:22 PM - Attacks dominion voting systems for 2020 election saying they switched votes
10:22 PM - Says Fulton County, GA had their 2020 fraud exposed (there was none)
10:23 PM - Accuses Obama of personally making $120 million from Obamacare (wtf?)
10:23 PM - Cites quack lawyer Sidney Powell on the 2020 election
10:24 PM - Posts fake JFK Jr account that says Obama wiretapped Trump Tower
10:27 PM - Demands Senator Mark Kelly resign
10:29 PM - Claims neither Biden nor Harris were in charge of the Biden admin
10:29 PM - Attacks Fulton County, GA again
10:29 PM - Posts Fox News clip of Rep Ro Khanna
10:30 PM - Demands Jack Smith be arrested
10:30 PM - Accuses Obama, Clinton, and Comey of treason
10:39 PM - Reposts a tweet from a MAGA account saying they have secret intel proving Clinton and Obama committed crimes
10:39 PM - Reposts a MAGA tweet saying Hillary Clinton should be sent to Haiti
10:40 PM - Says the DOJ is "working hard" to arrest his enemies for treason
10:40 PM - Reposts a tweet attacking his own DOJ and Todd Blanche for no arrests of political enemies
10:40 PM - Posts a TikTok video of people stealing from a convenience store
10:41 PM - Posts a TikTok of someone taking a Door Dash order
10:41 PM - accuses Obama, John Brennan, and Clinton of sedition and treason again
10:42 PM - Posts a video of a man on CCTV footage knocking over food a waiter was carrying
10:47 PM - Calls Obama the "most DEMONIC FORCE" in American politics
10:47 PM - Posts a tweet from Mike Flynn saying 2020 election wasn't fair
10:49 PM - Attacks Dominion again claiming they stole the 2020 election (it wasn't)
10:51 PM - Reposts a fake Charlie Kirk account that claimed Obama blocked Hillary Clinton from being prosecuted
10:53 PM - Claims Obama was part of Hillary Clinton's emails in some way
11:28 PM - Claims a senior Democrat just testified under oath that Senator Adam Schiff leaked classified information
1:13 AM - Attacks the New York Times for reporting on the reflecting pool

This man is clearly not well.
5:21 AM · May 12, 2026

We have a psychotic paranoid running the country and our press treats it as just another day.