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Zorro

(17,586 posts)
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:26 AM Jun 15

Trump Says US 'Could Get Involved' in Iran-Israel Conflict

Source: Bloomberg News

President Donald Trump said that it’s possible the US could become involved in the Israel-Iran conflict.

“It’s possible we could get involved,” Trump said in an interview with ABC News on Sunday. He noted that the US is “not at this moment involved.”

The US has jet fighters, ships and ground-based air-defense systems positioned near the warring countries to help counter any Iranian attack on American assets or people. It has not yet openly assisted Israel in its strikes, but has helped the country defend itself.

In a separate post on Truth Social, Trump said that many calls were taking place and that “we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran!”

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-15/trump-says-us-could-get-involved-in-iran-israel-conflict?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MDAwMTEwNiwiZXhwIjoxNzUwNjA1OTA2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWFdJR1hEV1JHRzAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDNjgyQTUwQzJCRDM0MTFCQTgwQjEwQjZEQjczQzM1MSJ9.kaBONIOw6Jj4OK3PrYkRmlWOiT8V1oTzP5e2JzReAeI



You just know he's itchin' to nuke Iran.
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Trump Says US 'Could Get Involved' in Iran-Israel Conflict (Original Post) Zorro Jun 15 OP
"we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran!" William Seger Jun 15 #1
He wants to nuke somebody, doesn't care who RainCaster Jun 15 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author bdamomma Jun 15 #16
His sick family bdamomma Jun 15 #17
Yeah.."we could get involved" but it depends which way the wind blows. He's turned his back on Ukraine Deuxcents Jun 15 #3
Ask the Afghani translators, etc., who helped us over there. slightlv Jun 15 #34
TSF thought bubble: Well, my perade crowd numbers were low johnnyfins Jun 15 #4
Wasn't one of his main promises to his people was that slightlv Jun 15 #35
Didn't he make a deal with the Houtis Bluestocking Jun 15 #5
There was a deal manicdem Jun 15 #28
As if we're not? stillcool Jun 15 #6
Exactly! Nukes are like a fun toy to the demented toddler. ananda Jun 15 #7
I commented to hubs yesterday who trump was gonna nuke first... slightlv Jun 15 #36
LOL ananda Jun 15 #38
All pouty over his petite parade C_U_L8R Jun 15 #8
Involved? twodogsbarking Jun 15 #9
Orange Anus gave the Greenlight from the get-go Pachamama Jun 15 #10
I don't know... Shipwack Jun 15 #30
Saying that the US could get involved is a very biased statement. taxi Jun 15 #11
More distraction while our democracy at home is raped and pillaged Cheezoholic Jun 15 #12
He's criminally insane. LudwigPastorius Jun 15 #13
Criminally insane describes slightlv Jun 15 #37
Trump had asked several times why the US couldn't use its nuclear weapons chowder66 Jun 15 #14
Qom war plans include a tactical nuke option if conventional JCMach1 Jun 15 #20
Like he and Bibi didn't plan this together? 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 15 #15
trump and bibi are both corrupt with only their positions keeping them out of prison PSPS Jun 15 #18
It will take heavy bunker busters to take out Qom JCMach1 Jun 15 #19
What happened to peacenik Trump? "The world wonders" flashman13 Jun 15 #21
It's all a BS con job. He could care less. Just wants a "peace prize" but not demonstrating anything to qualify. nt Evolve Dammit Jun 15 #27
Drones targeted US troops in Iraq according to Al Jazeera Ponietz Jun 15 #22
Fuck no Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 15 #23
bibi and agent orange, plotting together, what could possibly go wrong? Magoo48 Jun 15 #24
I call BS on "not at this moment involved". WestMichRad Jun 15 #25
God help us. Irish_Dem Jun 15 #26
"It's possible we could get involved." We ARE INVOLVED butt-wipe!!!! Grins Jun 15 #29
Many calls were taking place lonely bird Jun 15 #31
This is just Trump's latest attempt to distract everyone. nt BootinUp Jun 15 #32
lol so Lockheed stock was up almost 4% Friday fujiyamasan Jun 15 #33

William Seger

(11,696 posts)
1. "we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran!"
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:33 AM
Jun 15

Just a few calls is all it takes! Also in Ukraine, any day now.

A reminder: RUMP's current state of delusion and mental illness is called "power psychosis."

RainCaster

(12,945 posts)
2. He wants to nuke somebody, doesn't care who
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:34 AM
Jun 15

That limp dick-tator wannabe is desperate to be seen as a strong man, especially after his failed parade. When will our military sit him down and teach him to STFU? Probably won't happen with Little Marco heading up the State Department.

Response to RainCaster (Reply #2)

Deuxcents

(22,779 posts)
3. Yeah.."we could get involved" but it depends which way the wind blows. He's turned his back on Ukraine
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:35 AM
Jun 15

So I’m not sure what our support would mean these days

slightlv

(5,894 posts)
34. Ask the Afghani translators, etc., who helped us over there.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:38 PM
Jun 15

they can tell you what our support these days looks like. Ask the one religious group who are neither muslim or jew (or xtian), but the old Pagan religion of millenia ago. We left them hanging out on their own, their women captured, raped, and sold into slavery. The men killed on site. I mean, what could be worse than being a muslim or a jew over there? Being neither, but upholding and keeping alive one of the oldest religions of the area.

johnnyfins

(2,293 posts)
4. TSF thought bubble: Well, my perade crowd numbers were low
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:43 AM
Jun 15

and everyone knows it. Everyone also knows that millions turned out for no kings day. How can I redirect the media????

I know, I'll just say we COULD get involved in the Israel/Iran thing.

slightlv

(5,894 posts)
35. Wasn't one of his main promises to his people was that
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:40 PM
Jun 15

we wouldn't get into any more wars?! Even talking about it in the abstract can't be good for him with the magats. The only ones I think this would sit well with would be the Dominionists. And only because they believe every person of the Book.. Jewish, Xtian, Muslim, must be turned to their form of Xtianity before their christ will return. They're for killing everyone and leaving the land in ruins, if it means their revered 2nd coming!

Bluestocking

(129 posts)
5. Didn't he make a deal with the Houtis
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:50 AM
Jun 15

that if they stop attacking our ships we will leave them alone. Thanks to Trump they can focus their attacks on Israel.

manicdem

(527 posts)
28. There was a deal
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 03:25 PM
Jun 15

"On May 6, 2025, a ceasefire deal between the United States and the Houthi movement in Yemen—brokered by Oman—took hold, ending the March–May 2025 United States attacks in Yemen, as well as the wider US–UK airstrikes on Yemen since the beginning of the Red Sea crisis. The Houthis agreed to halt their attacks on US vessels but otherwise would continue their attacks on vessels in the Red Sea[1] and emphasized that the ceasefire did not in "any way, shape, or form" apply to Israel, which had begun launching its own strikes on Yemen.[2]"

ananda

(32,355 posts)
7. Exactly! Nukes are like a fun toy to the demented toddler.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:53 AM
Jun 15

Maybe he thinks they'll make him king of the world.

slightlv

(5,894 posts)
36. I commented to hubs yesterday who trump was gonna nuke first...
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:42 PM
Jun 15

the middle east, Ukraine, or LA. I wouldn't put it past him to do any of them. Or perhaps he's just waiting for the right hurricane this season?!

C_U_L8R

(47,563 posts)
8. All pouty over his petite parade
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:54 AM
Jun 15

he's gonna act out and over-compensate as the world laughs at him

Pachamama

(17,348 posts)
10. Orange Anus gave the Greenlight from the get-go
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:57 AM
Jun 15

Despite what Lil Marco claimed

He wants this

Shipwack

(2,745 posts)
30. I don't know...
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 04:19 PM
Jun 15

While I distrust anything from anyone in the mis-administration, Marco might be telling the truth here.

Israel, like Ukraine, knows that Trump is untrustworthy. Even if he didn’t slip Putin a timetable, there’s a good chance he’d blab it to some rando at Mar-a-lago, just to look important.

taxi

(2,355 posts)
11. Saying that the US could get involved is a very biased statement.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 12:15 PM
Jun 15

Last edited Sun Jun 15, 2025, 03:24 PM - Edit history (1)

From outside the ring, when the ref grabs the arm of one fighter and lets the other fighter swing at will, one might observe that the ref is somehow involved. The held fighter, from inside the ring, may also suspect the ref is involved. So, my question is, how can Iran not believe that the US is already involved? What am I missing here?

eta - you see, what the problem is here is that the US did not intercept missiles of Israeli origin for targets in Iran, however the US did intercept missiles of Irani origin for targets in Israel. By these actions it is not possible to credibly state that the US 'could get involved', a more accurate statement would be that the US is already involved.

Cheezoholic

(3,017 posts)
12. More distraction while our democracy at home is raped and pillaged
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 12:37 PM
Jun 15

Everything these Repukes do is for themselves and to enrich themselves and their buddies with taxpayer dollars period. It's not for Israel or peace or any such shit. They are going to play the 3 Card Monte on us until the day we as a country squash them, which will probably be never unfortunately. We're too busy watching Fake Housewives' of Mars or some shit.

slightlv

(5,894 posts)
37. Criminally insane describes
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:43 PM
Jun 15

the entire R party and all their voters! Alignment with another party isn't going to help that. That would only diminish us and what we're trying to accomplish peacefully.

chowder66

(10,809 posts)
14. Trump had asked several times why the US couldn't use its nuclear weapons
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 12:54 PM
Jun 15

In August MSNBC's Joe Scarborough reported that candidate Trump had asked his foreign policy advisers several times why the US couldn't use its nuclear weapons - a claim the Trump campaign denied.

The report, however, followed on the heels of an April 2016 town hall forum exchange between Mr Trump and MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who asked him why he had refused to categorically rule out the use of nuclear weapons.

"Would there be a time when it could be used?" Trump replied. "Possibly. Possibly."

When pressed on the risks of openly talking of using nuclear weapons, Mr Trump said: "Then why are we making them? Why do we make them?"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40879868

JCMach1

(28,724 posts)
20. Qom war plans include a tactical nuke option if conventional
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:48 PM
Jun 15

Weapons fail.

Bunker busters are not a slam dunk.

PSPS

(14,623 posts)
18. trump and bibi are both corrupt with only their positions keeping them out of prison
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:14 PM
Jun 15

Of course they'll work together to keep each other out of prison even if it means slaughtering even more innocent civilians.

JCMach1

(28,724 posts)
19. It will take heavy bunker busters to take out Qom
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:46 PM
Jun 15

And that's a maybe.

Bibi knew the score when he laid into Iran. US will have little choice if needed to take out the final boss .

Evolve Dammit

(20,853 posts)
27. It's all a BS con job. He could care less. Just wants a "peace prize" but not demonstrating anything to qualify. nt
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 03:18 PM
Jun 15

Ponietz

(3,945 posts)
22. Drones targeted US troops in Iraq according to Al Jazeera
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:52 PM
Jun 15
The Associated Press news agency is reporting that three drones launched towards the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq, which houses US troops, have been shot down.

The agency, which cited two anonymous US officials, said that no group has claimed responsibility for the launches.

The reported assault comes amid fears in the US that Iran-backed groups could attack American forces across the Middle East as the Israel-Iran conflict escalates.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/6/15/live-iran-fires-missiles-as-israel-strikes-oil-facility-in-tehran?update=3775592

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(124,846 posts)
23. Fuck no
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 02:02 PM
Jun 15

Send the "End Times" fundamentalists since it seems that's what they want but leave the rest of us out of it..

WestMichRad

(2,347 posts)
25. I call BS on "not at this moment involved".
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 03:02 PM
Jun 15

We have loads of military involvement in the region, no doubt on high alert. Most definitely any and all of our military and commercial interests in the region are potential targets for Iran and its allies. The US arms Israel and presumably helps them defend against missiles and drones.

It’s only a small step between the current situation and exchange of fire.

Grins

(8,510 posts)
29. "It's possible we could get involved." We ARE INVOLVED butt-wipe!!!!
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 04:15 PM
Jun 15

And the whole world knows it! That attack has "MADE IN AMERICA!" all over it.

Because of Trump; and the army of red-faced-angry, buttoned-down bottom feeders who support him. And his Party. The same people who lied to themselves and voted for him because "He kept us out of war!", are the same people who will get us into the next one.

lonely bird

(2,370 posts)
31. Many calls were taking place
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 05:43 PM
Jun 15

He’s got the vocabulary of a fourth grader.

What an embarrassment.

fujiyamasan

(279 posts)
33. lol so Lockheed stock was up almost 4% Friday
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 08:41 PM
Jun 15

Along with most other defense stocks. Meanwhile American oil and gas companies did great too…while much of the rest of the market was down.

And we’re not already involved? Sure…

Always look to see who profits.

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