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Trump threatens military action against Iran in a 3 AM post:[image or embed]
-- MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) Jan 2, 2026 at 7:11 AM

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We'll be alright. TACO.

#1 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-01-02 10:23 AM

Trump doesn't care about AMERICANS.

Why the ---- would he care about Iranians?

I Smell BS all over this.

By what Authority does the US police Iran?

When will we start policing Israel?

How would it go over here if Russia or China began policing US?

Asking for a Friend.

#2 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-02 10:43 AM

Donald Trump, his personal enablers, and MAGA are the most unserious people in the world.

They are weenies in the face of reality and have already gotten millions killed because of it, here and abroad.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-02 10:46 AM

"Why the ---- would he care about Iranians?"

Of course he doesn't. But Trump's thirst for attention is bottomless, bottomless, bottomless.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-02 10:47 AM

By my count, Donald Trump has bombed three countries in less than a year.

When he discovers that there are 192 nations in the world, we're in trouble.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-02 10:49 AM

Actually 7 countries

But who's counting?

#6 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-01-02 11:30 AM

Why be so negative?

It's actually the "Golden" Age of Chaos.

#7 | Posted by anton at 2026-01-02 11:38 AM

Why the ---- would he care about Iranians?

Because he knows the end is near and when the Israeli's go in guns a blazing he can take credit, duh.

The fall of Iran is a GREAT thing for the world. Persians have been trying to throw off the yoke of Islam for decades. The Middle East is moving towards Western ideologies. All the while the west is replacing its main religions with Islam.

China and Russia are shipping people out as we speak.

Incredible. Turn of events really.

Islam is incompatible with Western ideology, yet I see Lumpers defend it endlessly, idiots you aren't Liberals at all but authoritarians.

#8 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-02 11:38 AM

Islam Hates Banking and Compound interest.

That's why the West fears them.

Jews Love that --------- why the West "Loves" them.

It's about Money and Control of Resources.

Not Human Rights.

Is Iraq better off since the Invasion?

Saddam is Gone, Iraq is a Fractured Shell.

Winning.

Anybody who thinks the Western leadership cares about Iranians is Deluded or Lying.

They care about Stealing or Controlling the sale and profits from natural resources.

Period.

The rest is just BS for the consumption of Fools.

Iran also has a formidable Ballistic Missile Deterrent that keeps Israel from having a free hand in the ME.

Israel wants War Now.

Time Ain't on their side.

At All.

They know it Too.

#9 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-02 11:59 AM

Let me get this straight...In Florida, Ron DeSantis' administration routed $10 million in Medicaid settlement money to a nonprofit tied to his wife, Casey DeSantis - money that then flowed into political groups aligned with the governor. That's not a paperwork error. That's a pipeline.

Funny how suddenly "fraud" is a five-alarm fire in Minnesota.

But in Florida? No worries...you're good.

#10 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-02 11:59 AM

#8 onepigironsmoothbrainaut says that the fall of Iran would be great for the world.

That's almost verbatim from what the Bush2 administration said about Iraq.

A few trillion American dollars (and millions of dead) later, just how did that little adventure work out?

#11 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-02 12:06 PM

#12 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-01-02 12:55 PM

It has been chaotic. I've had to rebalance my accounts twice this year due to excessive gains in the market. Like most of my friends, I don't know what to do with all this new money.

#13 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-02 01:53 PM

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