WTF is trump playing now?

[canetoad]

Trump says everyone in Iran's capital must immediately evacuate

US President Donald Trump has urged everyone to immediately evacuate Iran's capital, Tehran.

In a post on Truth Social, he reiterated Iran should have signed a nuclear deal with the United States.

"Iran should have signed the 'deal' I told them to sign," he said in the post.

"What a shame, and waste of human life.

"Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.

"I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-17/iran-israel-conflict-live-updates-iran-state-broadcaster-strikes/105424264

This is from a live online blog and was posted 8 minutes ago. Is trump suggesting that the US is about to nuke Tehran?

[ITAL]

1. Probably he has head's up

That Israel is gonna bomb them to hell and back. Likely not with nuclear weapons, but with everything else they have.

[Disaffected]

13. Yup, sounds like the sequel to

Israel telling Gaza City to evacuate.

[regnaD kciN]

30. I'm not so sure about it being non-nuclear...

[sop]

2. Trump is insane, he needs to be institutionalized.

[AloeVera]

7. It's not Trump, though he is insane.

It's Israel, also insane imho. Israel has warned Tehran residents to evacuate. Israel is going to bomb the city to hell. This is real. And so, so predicted. Israel must be reigned in, it's a bonkers effing rogue state!

[viva la]

3. He also told the G6 that the bad men Obama and Trudeau kicked Russia out of the G7....

and there wouldn't have been a war if they hadn't done that.

That was the FIRST thing he said to the G6. Our best allies.

He's a traitor.

[unc70]

4. Wonder why all those RC-135s headed east last night

Made me think of when in MiB that all the aliens started fleeing NYC.

[dutch777]

19. KCs or RCs? If the former, we want ability to run large groups of bombers from US bases & back. If we get sucked in...

...to this war, which Bibi very much wants. Even with our heavy bombers and bunker busting bombs it is highly unlikely that Iran's nuclear capability will be stopped. Slowed yes, stopped no. And I suspect Israel just handed the darkest Iranian hard liners the opportunity to actually push toward a dirty bomb that can be smuggled into Haifa or some port and exact revenge by killing thousands, sickening tens of thousands more for life and making a huge area radioactively contaminated for decades. They don't need missiles that are vulnerable to capable air defenses nor a large number of warheads to release nuclear terrorism.

[dhol82]

22. However, if they do drop a dirty bomb, the wind pattern will blow radioactivity

Eastwards into Iran. Is this to their benefit?

[unc70]

23. KC tankers. Sorry for confusion

I keep an eye on both types of planes. They each are strong indicators of what our military is doing.

[blm]

5. Iran actually HAD a nuclear deal with US and the world. Trump ended US participation

in the comprehensive, historic deal in his first term.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-north-america-donald-trump-iran-nuclear-politics-6c7bbec22af14e03b85daa568b46533d

[KT2000]

18. Thank you!

That is what I thought and am wondering why media is not talking about that. As I recall it was verifiable.

[NoRethugFriends]

26. Because the media suck

[thought crime]

35. This is a crisis of Trump's own making.

[lapfog_1]

6. if anyone nukes or even MOABs Tehran

That nation, whoever it is, will instantly become the worst nation on earth, people will immediately shun it, have nothing to do with it.

It is simply beyond the pale.

we nuked two cities in Japan, firebombed Dresden. But that was after years of declared wars and known war crimes by the aggressor fascist / military governments. And we instantly started second guessing the decision to do those things.

[Disaffected]

14. Does Israel have bombers capable if delivering a MOAB

or would the US have to do it?

[speak easy]

33. "Does Israel have bombers capable of delivering a MOAB?"

No. MOABs are 'delivered' from B2s.

[malaise]

8. Holy shit

This madman will destroy this planet

[AloeVera]

15. It's the other madman.

With complicity from madman #1.

Israeli forces issued an evacuation order to residents of a large part of Tehran on Monday, warning them of the imminent bombing of “military infrastructure” in the area in a social media post very similar to those regularly directed at Palestinians in Gaza over the past 20 months.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/16/iran-threatens-to-leave-nuclear-weapons-treaty-as-israeli-bombing-enters-fourth-day

He will do to Tehran/Iran what he did to Gaza. Piece by piece. And no one will effing STOP him!

[malaise]

16. Sadly you are correct

Rec

[hlthe2b]

9. JHC. I HAVE BEEN TO TEHRAN. THis is a sprawling city of 9.7 million people/16.8 million including suburbs

and it is bordered and literally at the foot of the Alborz mountain range, with the city's northernmost limits reaching the mountains. Specifically, Mount Tochal, a prominent peak within the Alborz, is very close to the city. Mount Damavand, the highest peak in Iran, is only 42 miles northeast of Tehran.

So, exactly WHERE are these people supposed to go? Is this a threat of conventional or nuclear attack by this ignorant, murderous moron?

[C_U_L8R]

10. The G6 have an opportunity to end this madness

Will it be Julius Caesar or Mountainhead ?

[Amaryllis]

11. I heard this morning that Iran was tellling TelAviv to evac and Israel was telling Tehran to evac. So who knows.

[PufPuf23]

25. The difference is that Israel has the ability to devastate Tehran and Iran does not have the ability to

devastate Tel Aviv nor the ability to defend its territory nor citizens from the Israeli military.

Iran can toss some blind missiles and a few will get through. Israel already controls the airspace.

Worry about the USA being drawn into the war. What will be the aftermath?

Reportedly, Pakistan has threatened to nuke Israel. Probably a hollow threat as well.

[Clouds Passing]

12. Please US military arrest these notsees, every last one of them.

[allegorical oracle]

17. Wonder if this story is connected -- has to do with Air Force sending nuclear codes...

Thought it was alarmist because such codes get sent out for test purposes, but --

The US Air Force has broadcast two encrypted emergency codes, typically utilized for crucial military communications, sometimes pertaining to nuclear command and control.

The initial Emergency Action Message (EAM) was aired on Saturday, exhibiting a complexity far beyond the standard signals that usually span around 30 characters.

snip

A subsequent communication was issued on Sunday, this time extending to 290 characters, again through the US Air Force's High Frequency Global Communications System, reports the Mirror US.

snip

"An Emergency Action Message (EAM) is a coded U.S. military communication, often for nuclear command or critical operations, sent via the High Frequency Global Communications System," Grok AI clarified for users.

"It could signal a complex operation or be a routine test, as both are common. Without decryption or official statements, its significance remains speculative."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-air-force-sends-out-nuclear-emergency-codes-as-ww3-fears-rise/ar-AA1GNXBz

[canetoad]

21. Seems like it's possible

But I sincerely hope not. Thanks for that.

[ananda]

20. He's playing at being the war president.

He loves playing the tough guy with nukes.

He tried it the first term, but Mark Milley
stopped him.

[C_U_L8R]

32. He's an offended narcissist who is lashing out

World leaders ignore and ridicule him, a majority of the country marches against him and his own birthday pageant turned into a pathetic dribble of a parade. We're all going to pay the price because little lord Donald is butthurt.

[thought crime]

36. This is what it looks like when the guardrails are gone.

[LudwigPastorius]

24. I think he knows something about Netanyahu's plans.

If Israel drops a big one, his half-assed "warning" gives him a tiny bit of distance between such a heinous act.

Bibi's calculus might be, "we're never going to have a more pro-militant supporter in the White House, so we may as well go for a kill shot against Iran now".

[NH Ethylene]

28. Was he trying to make himself relevant? Seem important? Claim the limelight?

What he did was chime in with Israel, which seems to place the US in a partnership with Israel in the conflict.

Or maybe he heard that Iran was backing down and wanted to be able to claim a victory for himself.

[NBachers]

29. "by executive decree, that a State of War now exists between the United States and Iran.

Furthermore, to unite our nation and silence dissent, I am declaring Martial Law. Armed Forces and National Guard have been mobilized in our largest cities, and resistors will be rounded up and taken to locations where they cannot betray us.”

[C_U_L8R]

31. Without Congressional approval

Or funding. The system is broken by complicit republican fools.

[Frasier Balzov]

34. Chaos over there might give me some respite

from the chaos over here.

[thought crime]

37. Is Trump playing, or is Trump being played?

The fatal flaw of authoritarianism is that the leader’s whims are realized. Changing the Kennedy Center’s agenda to show that the Right likes the “right” kind of art or music is one thing, but creating a nuclear crisis is quite another. Trump loves to play the extortionist against weaker opponents, bullying and blustering until he gets some result. The very best scenario is that he’s doing that now. But it looks more likely that Trump himself is being extorted by Netanyahu and he is simply not qualified to deal with it.