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CNN: trmp 'We now have complete and total control' over Iran skies. (Original Post) spanone 5 hrs ago OP
We're perhaps a few days before Johnny2X2X 5 hrs ago #1
... demmiblue 5 hrs ago #2
So, we're at war with Iran? spanone 5 hrs ago #6
He learned his mistake from Greenland. Baitball Blogger 4 hrs ago #21
Congress did not approve or fund his war C_U_L8R 5 hrs ago #3
They have certainly abdicated their power to do anything. spanone 5 hrs ago #5
The president can commit US forces for up to 60 days before he has to go before Congress MarineCombatEngineer 5 hrs ago #8
We have an unhinged 'president'. He'll do whatever he wants. spanone 5 hrs ago #9
Sadly that is true. nt MarineCombatEngineer 5 hrs ago #11
This message was self-deleted by its author spanone 5 hrs ago #10
especially with WMDs Native 5 hrs ago #13
Especially with WMD's. MarineCombatEngineer 5 hrs ago #15
What if he just drops an EO saying he can deploy anything anywhere anytime 0rganism 5 hrs ago #14
Unfortunately, that's true. MarineCombatEngineer 5 hrs ago #16
This reminds me of Ribbentrop Johonny 5 hrs ago #4
Is he going to throw another military parade to celebrate the undeclared war and collaboration with a war criminal? Ping Tung 5 hrs ago #7
We can't continue ForgedCrank 5 hrs ago #12
unfortunately, TS posts are also how he communicates with his own departments... many times that's how they get their Native 4 hrs ago #17
Yep, so far Iran seems to be avoiding a confrontation by not attacking any US assets, MarineCombatEngineer 4 hrs ago #18
USrael endeavor all along with TACO and his taco filled w/fundies. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 4 hrs ago #19
Didn't traitor say we had nothing to do with it? Kid Berwyn 4 hrs ago #20
He and Steven Miller. milestogo 4 hrs ago #22

Johnny2X2X

(22,943 posts)
1. We're perhaps a few days before
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 12:08 PM
5 hrs ago

Trump and BiBi give a press conference with a map of Iran carved up as resort developments for their rich friends to profit from.

They are both far right madmen. I cringe every time I see posters here defending the Far Right Extremist Netanyahu.

demmiblue

(38,441 posts)
2. ...
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 12:10 PM
5 hrs ago

“We” are fighting a foreign war with zero consultation with or authorization from Congress, and no address to the nation other than Truth Social posts.

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-06-17T16:07:54.592Z

Baitball Blogger

(50,189 posts)
21. He learned his mistake from Greenland.
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 01:08 PM
4 hrs ago

Don't advertise. Just do it.

Also, Bibi was smart in allowing the US to ride front, so we can take all the blame.

Trump was probably conned into believing this was going to make him look like a strong president.

C_U_L8R

(47,532 posts)
3. Congress did not approve or fund his war
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 12:10 PM
5 hrs ago

Apparently they've given him complete and total control over themselves too

spanone

(139,313 posts)
5. They have certainly abdicated their power to do anything.
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 12:12 PM
5 hrs ago

Bent over and took it up the arse.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,676 posts)
8. The president can commit US forces for up to 60 days before he has to go before Congress
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 12:15 PM
5 hrs ago

for a formal declaration of war or they have to be withdrawn, which is bullshit, no president should be committing US forces to combat without Congress's approval, no matter if it's 60 days or 60 months.

spanone

(139,313 posts)
9. We have an unhinged 'president'. He'll do whatever he wants.
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 12:17 PM
5 hrs ago

And the republican Congress will do nothing.

Response to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #8)

0rganism

(25,166 posts)
14. What if he just drops an EO saying he can deploy anything anywhere anytime
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 12:25 PM
5 hrs ago

Because, you know, emergency everywhere all the time. I don't think F47 gives 2 shits about congress at this point.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,676 posts)
16. Unfortunately, that's true.
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 12:27 PM
5 hrs ago

The repuke Congress has let Been A Dick Donald usurp their authority.

Johonny

(23,902 posts)
4. This reminds me of Ribbentrop
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 12:11 PM
5 hrs ago

Telling the soviet ambassador to surrender because they had defeated France and England and Russia had no hope.

The ambassador replies, If England is defeated, whose bombs are we hiding from?

Because he was having this conversation in a bomb shelter during allied bombing...

Ping Tung

(2,677 posts)
7. Is he going to throw another military parade to celebrate the undeclared war and collaboration with a war criminal?
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 12:15 PM
5 hrs ago

ForgedCrank

(2,699 posts)
12. We can't continue
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 12:22 PM
5 hrs ago

to hinge on every word this guy says. This is his normal pattern of speaking.
Add that to the habit he has of taking at least partial credit for things that other people have done and this is just how he talks.
While I'm certain we are providing some targeting and intelligence information and assisting in coordinating defense systems, Trump isn't directing any part of the operation. I'm pretty sure that will change immediately though if Iran pulls a stupid and attacks any of our troops or assets in the region.

Native

(7,099 posts)
17. unfortunately, TS posts are also how he communicates with his own departments... many times that's how they get their
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 12:28 PM
4 hrs ago

marching orders. we don't exactly have a choice in this matter unless you consider burying our heads in the ground a viable option.

MarineCombatEngineer

(15,676 posts)
18. Yep, so far Iran seems to be avoiding a confrontation by not attacking any US assets,
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 12:32 PM
4 hrs ago

or letting their proxies attack US assets.
That's very smart thinking on the Iranian leadership.

Kid Berwyn

(20,740 posts)
20. Didn't traitor say we had nothing to do with it?
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 12:45 PM
4 hrs ago

Must be confused, but just the other day he swore up and down it was Bibi alone.

Hunh. Wonder what happened? Wink wink.

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