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SamuelTheThird

(1,042 posts)
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:14 PM 7 hrs ago

trump panic, lashing out -threat post

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116253388303392718

can't help but lol@ this insanity

Israel, out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East, has violently lashed out at a major facility known as South Pars Gas Field in Iran. A relatively small section of the whole has been hit. The United States knew nothing about this particular attack, and the country of Qatar was in no way, shape, or form, involved with it, nor did it have any idea that it was going to happen. Unfortunately, Iran did not know this, or any of the pertinent facts pertaining to the South Pars attack, and unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion of Qatar’s LNG Gas facility. NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar - In which instance the United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before. I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long term implications that it will have on the future of Iran, but if Qatar’s LNG is again attacked, I will not hesitate to do so.




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trump panic, lashing out -threat post (Original Post) SamuelTheThird 7 hrs ago OP
Tulsi will soon be fired malaise 7 hrs ago #1
i think she is done for too Takket 7 hrs ago #12
Agree malaise 23 min ago #19
Why is Trump being so nice to Qatar? Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #2
Well, they do own a chunk of Jared. jls4561 7 hrs ago #6
That's what I thought. Qatar has paid huge bribes to the Trump Crime Family. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #8
No way did Trump write that. The vocabulary is wnylib 7 hrs ago #15
Qatar hosts the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East. LudwigPastorius 6 hrs ago #17
Please resign now vapor2 7 hrs ago #3
I wish people would copy and paste the text of the post they are linking to Liberal In Texas 7 hrs ago #4
ok will do SamuelTheThird 7 hrs ago #9
Payback threat to Iran in appreciation for the bribe jet Submariner 7 hrs ago #5
No way Trump, himself, wrote this. Intractable 7 hrs ago #7
Whoever did just admitted Israel is driving the bus SamuelTheThird 7 hrs ago #10
Does Iran read Truth Social? leftstreet 7 hrs ago #11
Iran already went tit for tat on the gas fields...this is Trump saving face Prairie Gates 7 hrs ago #13
Different interpretation SamuelTheThird 7 hrs ago #14
Conducting warfare by social media? LudwigPastorius 6 hrs ago #16
Sounds like Iran isn't listening SamuelTheThird 5 hrs ago #18

Takket

(23,685 posts)
12. i think she is done for too
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:41 PM
7 hrs ago

She made this comment today:

"Was it the intelligence community's assessment that, nevertheless, despite this obliteration, there was a, quote, imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime? Yes or no?" Ossoff asked.

"It is not the intelligence community's responsibility to determine what is and is not an imminent threat. That is up to the president based on a volume of information that he receives," Gabbard said.

On it's face it sounds like more run of the mill ass kissing, but what she did was just lay the entire decision making process for everything right at drumpf's feet. Noem did something similar when she said everything she did was approved by drumpf, (which may or may not be true), but the point is, never make him look bad, and Gabbard made him look bad. Noem got whacked. I think Tulsi is next.

wnylib

(25,823 posts)
15. No way did Trump write that. The vocabulary is
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:56 PM
7 hrs ago

too complex to come from his demented mind.

Whoever wrote it is representing someone behind the scenes who is calling the shots. My guesses are Peter Thiel, his protege Shady Vance, or Stephen Miller. Those are the people we need to be concerned with. Trump is so far gone mentally that they are in charge and Trump is just their public face, kept functioning with drug cocktails.

LudwigPastorius

(14,641 posts)
17. Qatar hosts the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 11:35 PM
6 hrs ago

10,000 troops there.

If Qatar has enough and tells the U.S. to GTFO, projecting military force in that area gets a whole lot harder.

Liberal In Texas

(16,231 posts)
4. I wish people would copy and paste the text of the post they are linking to
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:20 PM
7 hrs ago

so we don't have to get crap on our shoes to go to the Nazi-infested websites to read it.

Very rarely anymore will I click on a link to twitter or Liars Social.

Intractable

(2,016 posts)
7. No way Trump, himself, wrote this.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:23 PM
7 hrs ago

The grammar is relatively good. Very few gratuitous capitalizations.

Prairie Gates

(8,044 posts)
13. Iran already went tit for tat on the gas fields...this is Trump saving face
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:43 PM
7 hrs ago

Israel and the US hit the South Pars Gas field. Iran said, "OK, then we're going to hit the Ras Laffan site in Qatar. Here's what happens when you hit South Pars." And they did exactly that.

OK, that's tit for tat. Is the US and Israel going to try again?

No. Iran showed them what would happen if they take this course.

So, Trump needs a face-saving step down and this goofy Truth Social post is it: "If you attack Ras Laffan again, we'll destroy South Pars!" This is Trump trying to turn it around. The Iranian already succeeded in showing him that attacking South Pars has consequences. Looks like Trump and the Israelis may have gotten the message, as much as Trump wants to act like the one who is handing out lessons.

SamuelTheThird

(1,042 posts)
14. Different interpretation
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:53 PM
7 hrs ago

Weak signaling from the US to Israel ' please don't hit their energy infrastructure'

SamuelTheThird

(1,042 posts)
18. Sounds like Iran isn't listening
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 12:41 AM
5 hrs ago

Qatar says Iran missiles damage more liquefied natural gas sites, 'causing sizable fires and extensive further damage.'

An Iranian strike sparked “sizeable” fires and caused further extensive damage to facilities in Ras Laffan, Qatar, on Thursday, a day after the initial attack, the state oil company said.

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