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@#1 ... Trump says no more attacks will be made by Israel' on Iran's South Pars gasfield
Trump has criticised the Israeli raid on Iran's South Pars field, which prompted Tehran's attacks on energy sites across the Gulf. ...

Israel Shrugs Off Trump's Rebuke Over Attack on Iran Gas Field
www.bloomberg.com

... Israeli officials are riding out a rare public rebuke from US President Donald Trump over the handling of the Iran war, a break from previously tight military coordination between the two allies.

After an Israeli airstrike on Iran's giant South Pars gas field on Wednesday, the Islamic Republic retaliated by stepping up attacks against energy assets across Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

As oil and gas prices soared, Trump asserted -- in contradiction of earlier US disclosures -- that Israel had acted without Washington's knowledge, and that similar operations would not recur.

"NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field," Trump said on Truth Social, calling on Iran to show restraint.

"I told him, don't do that.' And he won't do that," Trump said on Thursday (Friday AEDT) at the White House, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "We get along great. It's coordinated. But on occasion, he'll do something, and if I don't like it, then -- so we're not doing that." ...



"He has said he saved the auto industry, Los Angeles, TikTok, NATO, America, millions of lives in his peace deals, 837 people from being executed in Iran.

He has said he has saved little things, like Kobe Bryant from an elevator fight, and he has said he saved big things, like 35 million lives in the India-Pakistan war.

He has claimed to have saved the U.S. economy, and billions of dollars in spending. He claimed to have saved 2 million lives and 51 million jobs during the pandemic, plus he saved one billion dollars on the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.

He's also saved, according to him, the political careers of numerous politicians and even the entire world from a depression.

And I really could go on and on naming the things he has claimed to have saved, but here's the point."

(Vid and Transcript at the link)

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THIS just in!

"New Coin Suggests Trump Is God'

But if Trump's viewing himself as a deity wasn't obvious enough, I've got some news for you. An article this morning in the Washington Post detailed how a federal arts commission will weigh whether to approve a commemorative GOLD coin featuring Donald Trump.

If approved, the 24-karat gold coin will depict Trump leaning on a desk with clenched fists, based on a photograph taken by his chief White House photographer. This is the photograph at the National Portrait Gallery.

But here's the disturbing part. Check out the proposed gold coin. The coin has an image of Trump and immediately below are the words "In God We Trust." This is not by accident. They are conflating an image of Donald J. Trump with the words "In God We Trust." They are deliberately suggesting that Trump IS God."

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or the image and story at:

"Trump-appointed arts panel approves gold coin featuring president's image"

www.reuters.com

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Colombia President Gustavo Petro said that an attack which had left "27 charred bodies" did not appear to have been carried out by Colombia's own forces or any illegal armed groups which he said do not have armed planes.

"The explanation isn't credible," he said, later adding that an unexploded bomb dropped from an aircraft was found "100 meters from the home of an impoverished peasant family."

Petro had earlier linked recent strikes to intensifying US-backed counter-narcotics operations in the region. "We are being bombed from Ecuador," he said late on Monday.

Ecuador's right wing wealthy president, Daniel Noboa (35), denied the accusations, insisting his government's security forces were operating strictly within national borders. "We are acting in our territory, not yours," he bleated.

The Dummkopf Trumpf ally, oligarch Daniel Noboa, brayed that Ecuador was "fighting narco-terrorism in all its forms" and "bombing places that serve as hideouts for those groups, of which many [groups] are Colombian".

The exchange marks the latest in a series of increasingly public clashes between the two ideologically opposed leaders.


Expect more XJKs, death squads, and bombings

The DHS seemed to have become a grift machine under fmr Sec Noem.

Political operatives with Trump ties raked in millions of dollars in commissions from DHS ad campaign
www.politico.com

... Two companies with ties to veteran political operatives received at least $23 million in commissions for their role in the controversial Department of Homeland Security ad campaign that helped lead to Secretary Kristi Noem's ouster.

One of the firms, Safe America Media, received at least $15.2 million and was formed last February just a few days before it was awarded the limited-bid contract to work on the overall $220 million, taxpayer-funded ad campaign, according to an internal DHS memo and three people familiar with the contracts who were granted anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly about the contracts. Safe America Media was run by Republican operatives Mike McElwain and Patrick McCarthy, who have ties to a firm that did extensive media buying on President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign.

The second firm, People Who Think, received at least $7.7 million from its 10 percent commission on a portion of the $220 million, according to the memo, which was written by DHS Deputy Under Secretary for Management Paul Stackhouse, and reviewed by POLITICO. People Who Think was co-founded by Jay Connaughton, who did work for Trump's 2016 campaign and has reportedly worked for other conservative politicians and causes.

The March 3 DHS memo noted there was only a "limited competition" for the awarded contracts because of the "urgent and compelling need" for the ad campaign. ...


Hi Clownshack

Thanks for posting.

Today's Pandora's Box didn't have to be opened completely-- just a tiny crack to break the vacuum seal and BOOM!

MAGAts and cultists still won't care that Dummkopf Trumpf is a vile child predator.

Petulance

Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY) should also advocate for opening the other Pandora's Box under lock and key, the DNC autopsy report about how on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024 the incumbent 2024 Democratic Party lost 6,265,888 supporters that voted Democratic on Tuesday 3 Nov 2020.

Now we have Dummkopf Trumpf and JV Dunce bankrupting the US and devastating the Middle East on behalf of Israel.

Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY) and US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) won't advocate for releasing that scathing DNC autopsy report and everybody on the planet knows this.

Publicly Castigate Dummkopf Trumpf, Distract from Bibi and Ethnic Cleansing in Israel

Hegseth says potential $200 billion Iran war spending request could shift: 'Takes money to kill bad guys'
www.cnbc.com

... Hegseth on Thursday declined to say when the U.S. expects to achieve its objectives in Iran.

"It will be at the president's choosing, ultimately, where we say, Hey, we've achieved what we need to on behalf of the American people to ensure our security,'" he said. "So no time set on that, but we're very much on track."

President Donald Trump, asked in the Oval Office later Thursday why the Pentagon is seeking so much money, said, "We're asking for a lot of reasons."

He then boasted that the U.S. is well-stocked with "vast amounts of ammunition" and that defense companies such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are "building at a level they've never seen before."

"So we're in very good shape, but we want to be in the best shape," Trump said.

He also told a reporter he would not send U.S. troops to the region. But he added, "If I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you." ...


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