The Smell of Panic in the White House

[Swede]

You can see a lot of desperation in the Trump regime these days as there has come a realization that they have made a grave mistake attacking Iran. Members of the regime, including Donald Trump himself, ranted about the press coverage this weekend even threatening networks with losing their licenses. And Trump, after trashing our traditional allies for over a year, is now demanding that they send ships to bail him out to keep the Strait of Hormuz open for shipping.
Ten days ago, after the U.K. agreed to send two aircraft carriers, Trump arrogantly dismissed them. “That’s OK, Prime Minister [Keir] Starmer, we don’t need them any longer — But we will remember,” he added. “We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!”
Now Trump is panicking. Yesterday he demanded help from our allies. “I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory, because it is their own territory.

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[Buns_of_Fire]

1. And again, tsf's alligator mouth got his hummingbird ass in trouble.

(If you can picture a 300-pound hummingbird.)

[BattleRow]

5. Just spit out my coffee..This is golden!

[GreatGazoo]

2. We won't escort our own ships out!

The war is 99% offense and 1% defense.

Worse: we are letting Iranian oil out but no one else's! Iran is controlling which ships get out.

Iran is selling twice as much oil now as it did before the war started! Insanity.

Best coverage of this aspect of the war:

[Baitball Blogger]

3. We all knew he was out of his depth.

But the MAGAs believe they can do no wrong and have all the answers. Unfortunately, they'll learn nothing from this. They'll fall back on what they know best: Blame Biden. Blame the Democrats.

[yaesu]

4. The smell of panic is when sanitation forgets to empty out tRumps diaper bin. nt

[617Blue]

6. Starmer is a wobbly stooge.

[Wounded Bear]

7. He's smart enough not to hitch his wagon to the trump star...

[ColoringFool]

9. Meaning?

[617Blue]

21. He's letting us drop bombs from UK. He could learn from Carney Canada.

He uses weasel words.

[Javaman]

8. and now is when the orange pedo becomes the most dangerous.

I smell a nuke in the offering.

[wiggs]

10. Iran action going sideways is making headlines, of course. MSM should remember that the same ignorance, cruelty,

arrogance, recklessness, inexperience, and malign intent is the basis for decisions across all departments and policy areas in the US with similar consequences. Same people, same outcomes.

ETTD.

[Mr.Bee]

11. My Dream Wish

is Republican party wakes up, send in the US Marshals to arrest him for treason and liquidates ALL his assets to repay the government the taxpayer money he's squandered!
(Oh course it's only a dream)!

[BurnDoubt]

13. Yes. Please.

[vapor2]

29. Please "Make it so"

[BradBo]

12. Exactly what it appears is happening.

Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq all quagmires.
We can’t win a war against terrorism.
Russian is throwing their whole economy at Ukraine and their in a quagmire still.

[CaptainTruth]

14. Trump is "demanding." The guy is a delusional lunatic.

[gfarber]

15. Panic

There once was a leader named Don
Who swaggered like wars could be won,
He scoffed at allies,
With bluster and lies—
“Too late!”—till he needed them, on the run.

He barked at the press in a huff,
Claimed coverage was simply too rough,
“Pull licenses fast!”
He thundered, aghast—
When headlines refused to play fluff.

He boasted, “We’ve already won!
No help needed—victory’s done!”
But ten days went by,
Cue panic on high—
Now suddenly everyone, come!

He sneered at the Brits and their fleet,
Dismissed them as late to the feat,
But tides tend to turn,
And egos can burn—
Now he’s begging those same folks to meet.

So there in the strait, full of dread,
With earlier bravado long dead,
He’s shouting “It’s yours!
Defend your own shores!”
(Translation: “Please bail me instead.”)

Disclaimer: Yes, an AI helped write this—because if you’re looking for pure, hand-crafted literary suffering, you’re welcome to go produce some yourself. If you like my attempts, consider clicking the link.

https://buymeacoffee.com/gfarber

[C_U_L8R]

16. Failure has few friends.

That should be Trump's freakin motto.

[groundloop]

17. It's About Damned Time People Stood Up To This Asshole

He's gotten whatever he wanted his entire life and sees no reason that shouldn't continue. For too long after he stuck his nose into politics people still caved in to him without putting up a fight. FINALLY there's light at the end of the tunnel.

I'm just worried about all the damage he'll do (as if he hasn't done way too much already) in his desperate attempts to keep attention away from the tRump-Epstein Files.

[popsdenver]

18. Putin would like nothing better

than all the NATO countries in Western Europe to commit to helping out down there, and have their military weapons wiped out.......
It will make it soooo much easier for Putin to make his move on Western Europe, with their losses.......

[MustLoveBeagles]

19. The UK initially offered to help

They were rebuffed and insulted. Ukraine offered to help. Same answer. NOW he's making demands from every country he's previously insulted? Most, if not all, have have politely told him to fuck off.

Who does he think he is? Not the President surely. He thinks it's Gavin Newsom.

[Joinfortmill]

20. I still have hope our democratic republic will survive

But, I think the world order is shifting. 'The shining city on the hill' is badly tarnished.

[Mustellus]

22. And the head of Counter Terrorism just resigned...

.. cause Trump killed his father, his mother, his wife (?) and his sister. How does a country thats always accused of Terrorism .. respond to a terrorist attack?

hint: Mar - a - Lago has been referred to as "Trump's Blanket Fort".

[dalton99a]

23. .

[Emile]

24. I think more people are seeing him for

what he's always been, Con-Man blowing smoke out his ass.

[Attilatheblond]

26. And a big chicken whose only trick is laying eggs that break and spill

[NEOH]

25. FAFO...

The leopards are coming…The leopards are coming…Maybe they’ve already arrived.

[ChicagoTeamster]

27. By "their own territory" he telegraphs that's how he views other countries

Like Canada, Greenland, the Panama Canal, Trump thinks that might makes right and he can claim other countries resources and that our European allies should do the same.

Except that even though they did that in their post WWII colonial decline era when the UK worked with the US to overthrow the Iranian government, among other things. They're getting out of that game and Trump wants to drag the US into it.

[Bluetus]

28. The truly insane thing is that ships can't upen the Strait

There is high ground over the strait. Any ship is a sitting duck. Iran can attack with rockets, torpedos, and drones.

Every shipper and their insurance company knows this. Every NATO country knows this and would have explained that to Trump and his drunk Secretary of War if they had asked BEFORE bombing schools and everything else.

There are 2 ways to get the strait open:

1) Send in 50,000 troops and occupy the entire Iranian coastline along the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman.

2) Leave. Just get the F out.

Guess which one Trump will pick. And notice Netanyahu isn't offering to put thousands of Israeli soldiers inside Iran. Why should we?