Iranian Protesters Say Trump 'Betrayed' Them
For many Iranians who poured onto the streets during the latest wave of protests, US President Donald Trump appeared to be a potential lifeline.
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Trump encourages the protesters in Iran and writes: "Save the names of the killers and abusers." What a great idea! Let's all do that globally![image or embed] -- Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) Jan 13, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Trump encourages the protesters in Iran and writes: "Save the names of the killers and abusers." What a great idea! Let's all do that globally![image or embed]
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Trump is responsible for the death of these 15,000," a Tehran businessman told TIME magazine, referring to the protest death toll. "Because many of the protesters took to the streets when they saw his post that the US is 'locked and loaded.'
The bloated, brain dead------------ strikes again.
#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-19 07:55 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
Anyone that believes anything he says that is not 100% in his best interests is a fool.
#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-01-19 09:01 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Betrayed would suggests his statements were genuine to begin with.
Have you people not learned your lesson yet?
#3 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-19 09:52 AM | Reply
I am not worried. Remember TACO! He lacks the personal integrity and will to finish anything that can be passed off to underlings.
#4 | Posted by john47 at 2026-01-19 11:58 AM | Reply
George HW Bush betrayed the Iraqis after calling for them to rebel, which they did as U.S. fighter jets watched hundreds at a time get mowed down by Saddam's Revolutionary Guard.
Republicans can't be trusted
#5 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-01-19 12:25 PM | Reply
Iranian Republicans are idiots.
They're no different than our Trump supporting morons on the DR.
Delusional.
#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-01-19 12:29 PM | Reply
Trump betrays everyone. Don't know why they would expect any other outcome.
#7 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-01-19 12:38 PM | Reply
I just want to point out that the Venezuelan adventure likely prevented Piggy from bombing Iran since we didn't have a carrier located nearby.
Not sure if that is good thing or a bad thing.
#8 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-01-19 12:41 PM | Reply
The USS Abraham Lincoln, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is currently en route to the Persian Gulf.
ICC-indicted war criminal Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu is kept up-to-date on the locations and activities of all strategic US military forces, particularly ACGs and B1, B2, and Stealth aircraft. Moreover, Diego Garcia is an ideal location to launch attacks against Muslim countries.
Benjamin Netanyahu wants maximum US forces in the region before he starts the three-pronged war against the West Bank, Lebanon, and Iran that the IDF High Command warned its citizens about on 31 Dec 2025. Hence, he asked for the US to postpone attacking Iran.
One doesn't have to be a Robert Oppenheimer or Lieutenant Columbo to understand this situation.
#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-19 12:58 PM | Reply
#8 Definitely a good thing in my humble opinion.
If we had bombed them it would have been GO time in the ME.
Too Much death and destruction. For What?
Bombing them would have made the internal repression even worse.
#10 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-19 01:11 PM | Reply
#10 Just checking in to see how you're doing today, Effeteposer.
I thought about you last evening, and even shared the contents of our last interactions last night with my bride.
And, as I said then, you're very brave. It took a lot of courage on your part.
#11 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-19 01:14 PM | Reply
"I shared our wet dream with my bride" ---something a fag would do.
#12 | Posted by fortfisher at 2026-01-19 01:53 PM | Reply
fortfisher, 27 plonks
#13 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-19 01:57 PM | Reply
via GIPHY
#14 | Posted by fortfisher at 2026-01-19 02:04 PM | Reply
#14 Why, that's exactly what 27 denizens here feel exactly about your posts, PhartPhisher.
They voted with their killfiles, just to let you know how valuable they think your posts excrement is.
But, you and your ilk don't like democracy, so you can rest in peace.
You're welcome.
#15 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-19 02:15 PM | Reply
#11 Embarrassed is how I feel.
Partly for being so Obtuse yet Aware at the same time that I was being A Bigot myself.
Partly for showing myself as weak, "Vulnerabl"even though everyone was really amazing about it.
What is Ethically correct? I hate what's happening in Palestine but Know myself that it can't be blamed on a Collective population.
Collective Punishment is Always Wrong.
But the Crimes are so Immense and the Consequences are More Cash, More Arms,and Punishment by the PTB for Protesting.
Lives are Destroyed, for Bitching about Mass Murder.
That's why I got so shrill and Hateful.
Even our Voices are Silenced.
#16 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-19 02:28 PM | Reply
Trump posted something on social media and now it appears he's not really going to do anything?
That's the betrayal?
Let's not pretend any of you give a crap about Iranian protestors.
#17 | Posted by eberly at 2026-01-19 02:35 PM | Reply
Iranian protests were largely Mossad Directed. That's why shutting down the internet stopped the protests. If they were Organic it wouldn't have
Remember the 12 Day war?
They have Cells throughout Iran.
#18 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-19 02:42 PM | Reply
#16 Absolutely no reason to feel embarrassed, Effete.
#19 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-19 02:50 PM | Reply
#12 Apparently, PhartPhisher has outed himself as an impotent incel (but I repeat myself).
He must have a real sad-on since these are his only friends.
#20 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-19 02:54 PM | Reply
Let's not pretend any of you give a crap about Iranian protestors. #17 | Posted by eberly
here comes eberly trying to deflect from the fact that the US can no longer be viewed as a reliable partner in world affairs. It's totally fine with eberly that we now have a psuedo-dictator who directs policy by whim.
#21 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-01-19 04:58 PM | Reply
How you gonna say that right in front of Clownshack?
You're so desperate for everything to be irrelevant.
What's up with that?
#22 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-19 05:00 PM | Reply
Trump posted something on social media and now it appears he's not really going to do anything? That's the betrayal? #17 | Posted by eberly
Bush I did the same thing after Desert Storm. Told the Kurds to rise up. They did. We didn't help. They got crushed.
Obviously you're okay that the word of our President means nothing.
It makes you feel better about the fact that your word as a man means nothing.
#23 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-19 05:05 PM | Reply
You're so desperate for everything to be irrelevant. What's up with that? #22 | Posted by snoofy
It makes you feel better about the fact that your word as a man means nothing. #23 | Posted by snoofy
^ Nevermind #22. I answered my own question in #23.
#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-19 05:06 PM | Reply
"here comes eberly trying to deflect from the fact that the US can no longer be viewed as a reliable partner in world affairs. It's totally fine with eberly that we now have a psuedo-dictator who directs policy by whim."
But what constitutes the betrayal? A social media post?
If that post hadn't happened, would we be talking about betrayal?
of course not.
None of you would have anything to bitch about. After all....it was a social media post from Trump. Is there anybody left in the entire world who take that seriously? Of course not.
And why? Because none of you give a shit about powerless Iranian protestors anyway.
You're only interest is US politics.
"no longer be viewed as a reliable partner in world affairs"??? really?
You can't possibly be serious.
#25 | Posted by eberly at 2026-01-19 07:54 PM | Reply
"But what constitutes the betrayal? A social media post?"
You're desperate for Trump's words to mean nothing on the global stage.
Why?
"If that post hadn't happened, would we be talking about betrayal?"
Probably. Republicans have been making noises about betraying NATO and the UN to Occupy Greenland for some time now.
#26 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-19 08:09 PM | Reply
Is the problem that "Betrayed" is too strong a word? Would you feel better if Trump's We're Bombing Them, wait We're Not Bombing Them approach to Iran was called "Fickle?"
#27 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-19 08:12 PM | Reply
#27 Remember when the MAGAts claimed that Biden wasn't taken seriously on the world stage.
That Biden wasn't respected.
That Trumpf would stride back into the Oval Bordello and make America respected... all across the world?
Good times, n'est-ce pas?
#28 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-19 08:17 PM | Reply
- Trump posted something on social media...
That's where he governs from now... the Lard Trump's posts are official WH communication.
#29 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-19 08:27 PM | Reply
Based on the post, what specific action(s) was promised?
#30 | Posted by eberly at 2026-01-19 08:33 PM | Reply
Because none of you give a shit about powerless Iranian protestors anyway. ~ Eberly
They really didn't. Its so disgusting, they are more outraged by the "Fickle" approach than the massacre.
#31 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-19 08:34 PM | Reply
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Yes, good point. It's why I ignore such absurd scorekeeping.
#32 | Posted by eberly at 2026-01-19 08:38 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Trump is responsible for the death of these 15,000," a Tehran businessman told TIME magazine, referring to the protest death toll.
That's nothing compared to the 600,000 the disgusting orange chomo has killed in Africa.
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#34 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-19 08:44 PM | Reply
Trump is Not Responsible directly or Morally as much as I hate to say it. He was his usual over promising Lying self but he wasn't the Actor behind this.
The Evidence I've seen such as it is makes me believe Israeli Cells within Iran Fomented the Real Violence that triggered the mass shootings.
That's why Shutting down the internet Quashed the Violence.
No ability to organize from Outside.
If the Protests had been organic the internet shutdown wouldn't have affected them as much.
Iran is a Great Power even as The Islamic Republic.
They Won't be Undermined as much as you think.
More Resilient than is Apparent.
I think Israel is Softening them Up for War.
A War that is uncertain as to who will Prevail.
Trump won't Touch it.
When the Bullet Hits The Bone.
#35 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-20 12:30 AM | Reply
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