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Harlan Ullman, a former senior US naval officer, has slammed Trump's address to the nation, saying it failed to outline a clear strategy for the war on Iran.

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Needless to say, I couldn't stomach more than a couple of minutes of that rambling mushbrain's rambling ------------ self-congratulations. But, from the little I heard and the response afterwards it was obviously nothing more than his Bleat Social tweets in front of a camera. Nothing new, nothing of substance

The war continues to go bad for America with no out in sight.

Piggy gives us his usual "in a couple of weeks" mantra. I suppose the war will end right after infrastructure week and the GOP health care plan.

Funny how he just bleats war crimes like their nothing-targeting civilian infrastructure, stealing Iran's oil, bragging about stealing Venezuela's oil.

In another timeline.....

#1 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-01 10:32 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Again, NO reason for war was given. No strategic objective verbalized.

Touting the destruction of Iran's non-existent air force and obsolete surface fleet is not going to make up for the ever increasing price at the gas station.

Did you see oil price skyrocket and DOW Futures tank during the speech?

The UK will be receiving its last tanker of jet fuel and will not permit airplanes to refuel at their airports.

S. Korea has started rationing.

Neither the UK or S. Korea wanted(s) this war.

Poor countries in East Asia and Africa are now without fuel for hospitals and schools.

It's always the poorest that pay the most for these wars.

#2 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-01 10:35 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Did he praise SCOTUS for their judicious wonderfulness?

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-01 10:42 PM | Reply

5 Million People have been displaced.

Iran continues to hit oil tankers in gulf

Infrastructure throughout the Middle East is getting hit.

Be clear, the military targets being blown up-rockets, missiles, launchers, drones are far less than is being claimed by the US government and will EASILY be rebuilt or purchased from China and Russia. That part of the campaign is pointless.

Professor Pape (author of the escalation trap) is arguing that Iran will come out of this war as a 4th super power given they will control 20% of the world's oil. America will decline.

Giving up control of the Strait of Hormuz makes that inevitable. Iran will have dominance over it's ME neighbors.

JVL of the Bulwark had an interesting observation.

By Piggy calling for other countries to go seize the SoH and seize Iranian oil, Piggy is calling for groups of countries to actively unite in competition to America. That is rather an amazing fact. That America is saying ---- it to the rest of the world, like international relationships have no use.

#4 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-01 10:43 PM | Reply

Be perfectly clear. this war will rage on. the catastrophic events are just beginning and will magnify exponentially. Delays of fuel and fertilizer and other chemicals will have ripple effects that will blast across the world's economy. two weeks from now there will be massive, unsolvable problems emerging.

Again, a deep recession is a given, we are looking at a global depression.

BTW Piggy sounds extremely unwell, mentally and physically, his speech was rambling, incoherent and contradictory (the little I heard and gathered from observers). It is past time he be 25th Amendmented or out right impeached.

It is literally mind-blowing that Donald J. Trump will be the singular figure to cause the downfall of America and the world.d

#5 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-01 10:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

If Piggy was a normal human being one could take comfort that a speech like this would mean ground troops would be less likely but since Piggy is not a normal human being, who knows.

In other words, this speech meant absolutely nothing. It will mean nothing tomorrow and a week from now it will mean nothing.

So, in reality it was a grab at getting through the day. Tomorrow it will be something different.

Of course, this is a 3 day weekend, so the markets will be off, so maybe ground forces assault on Friday

#6 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-01 10:50 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

will be the singular figure to cause the downfall of America and the world

At least his name will be plastered all over everything.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-01 10:51 PM | Reply

It would be nice of some active military personnel would push back against the flagrant war crimes Piggy is constantly touting.

Of course, EVERY SINGLE BOMB DROPPED IS A WAR CRIME.

#8 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-01 10:53 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@6 It's always the poorest that pay the most for these wars.

  • The US has approximately 925 billionaires, the most in the world.

  • Israel has between 50 to 52 billionaires, one of the highest per capita in the world.

    Meanwhile everyday Americans are suffering with the effects of the Big Beautiful Bill, sky-rocketing food and fuel prices, people skipping meals to pay for health insurance premiums, and no universal healthcare as enjoyed by the residents of Germany, Israel, Greenland, Taiwan, Canada, Italy, the UK, and tiny Albania.


  • #9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-01 11:08 PM | Reply

    *** US Senators Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Chris ----- (D-DE) Re-Affirm US Commitment to NATO ***

    "The Senate will continue to support the [NATO] alliance for the peace and protection it provides America, Europe, and the World."

    Source: www.mcconnell.senate.gov

    #10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-02 12:30 AM | Reply

    Trump left his war's "sell by" date behind, when he failed - Old Yeller is, after all, nothing if not a serial failure - to address the nation properly on Feb. 28.

    Weirdly, occasionally there's actually a price to be paid for being a mentally incontinent/incompetent slob slobbing his way through life.

    No, thank you, GOP. After all, this is what you yearned and burned for.

    Two hundred-fifty years and done.

    #11 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-04-02 05:34 AM | Reply

    How does Donald Trump view the job he is doing as president?

    Well, Donald's recent AI-generated drawings of his proposed library feature a golden statue of himself that appears to be one-hundred feet high.

    The man is delusional. He thinks that he is a god.

    A far less than ordinary man with delusions of godhood....

    Looking forward to a time when his grubby followers furtively worship him in junkyards and garbage piles.

    #12 | Posted by Zed at 2026-04-02 07:21 AM | Reply

    Republicans, remember: You asked for this. Given the choice between a dozen solid conservatives and one Clinton-supporting con-artist and game-show host, you chose the con-artist. You chose him freely. Nobody made you do it.

    #13 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-04-02 08:51 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

    They chose him gleefully with ---------- grins on their faces.

    #14 | Posted by qcp at 2026-04-02 11:10 AM | Reply

    I'm listening to this idiot's speech and wow.

    What a stupid pile of s*&^. He actually believes he's doing something other people were too scared to do and everything is "more than anybody has ever seen" nonsense.

    How do MAGA morons think this jacka&& is somebody who should be in charge? It goes beyond simple stupidity.

    #15 | Posted by jpw at 2026-04-02 01:21 PM | Reply

    "If you're very, very stupid, how can you possibly realize that you're very, very stupid? You'd have to be relatively intelligent to realize how stupid you really are. This explains almost the entirety of Fox News." (and the gop) ""

    John Cleese

    #16 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2026-04-02 01:51 PM | Reply

    President Piggy jumped whole heartedly into the war crimes blowing up the tallest bridge in Iran.

    But nothing matters anymore

    To be clear, Piggy thinks he is doing a GREAT job. He cannot conceive of why Iran is fighting back. He thinks he is the greatest commander in history

    That is no exaggeration. He equates blowing up school children and trucks to be an achievement for history.

    He does not understand the value of the Strait of Hormuz.

    He doesn't understand the cliff we are roaring towards

    Meanwhile, in reality Oil is trading at $115/barrel

    And that is just the beginning

    Been driving most of the day so I am not up to the minute on the battle stuff

    Is firing top military personnel in the middle of a war a sign of winning?

    Again, targeting bridges is a war crime.

    Attempting to blast a country back to the stone age is a war crime (and never works)

    Israel has passed an ethnic based criminal code. YAY for our ally!

    #17 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-02 11:15 PM | Reply

    The US war on education continues with the US bombing 600 schools in Iran

    Oh and we did a double tap on that Iranian bridge, you know another war crime.

    It is clear to anyone with any form of ethics that America and Israel are evil regimes.

    #18 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-02 11:17 PM | Reply

    To make sure our country suffers Piggy imposed a 100% tariff on imported drugs

    A significant majority of brand-name prescription drugs sold in the U.S. are manufactured or finished abroad. According to PharmacyChecker.com and CIDRAP, about 67% of the top 100 brand-name drugs are produced in countries like Ireland, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and Canada, while only a third are finished in the U.S.

    This is what you voted for magat scum, during a war, Piggy is placing a 100% tariff on the drugs you need to survive.

    This man said the government should not, cannot do healthcare, childcare for its citizens. It can only fund wars

    This is what you voted for.

    Do you have any concept on how ------ we are?

    America just seems to be plodding along like the sword of damocles isn't just above our collective heads

    Republican in congress take a 2 week vacation instead of doing something.

    Democrats in congress are, umm, doing what? I don't know, do you?

    Meanwhile weeks more of war and oil is drying up.

    #19 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-02 11:23 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

    Again, NO reason for war was given.

    He said he was doing it for us, and our children, and our children's children.

    So really, it's our fault.

    Meanwhile, let's cancel Medicare so we can pay for Israel's healthcare and Israel's war.

    #20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-03 12:12 AM | Reply

    American and Israeli mega-oligarchs don't care.

    They have off-set the mammoth costs of this illegal multibillion dollar war against the people of Iran on the hardworking American taxpayer who is getting rim-racked.

    Thanks, AIPAC!

    See you at the polls on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026.

    #21 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-03 12:32 AM | Reply

    *** Kulturkrieg: Iranian Music School Destroyed in Airstrike ***

    How is a music school a military target?

    This is utter blasphemy.

    "The sounds of classical Persian music used to fill the rooms of the Honiak Music Academy in Tehran: the deft plucking of the setar, the ringing of the santur.

    It was the pride and joy of Iranian musician Hamidreza Afarideh, who opened the school two years ago with his wife, Sheida Ebadatdoust. They had poured their hearts and money into creating a space that felt like a haven for their 250 students, who ranged in age from toddlers to the elderly.

    Now, he says, it has all been "wiped out."

    ~snip~

    Source: www.cnn.com

    #22 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-03 12:58 AM | Reply

    Susie Wiles reportedly expressed concerns aides are giving Trump a rose-colored view' of the Iran war and its impacts
    www.independent.co.uk

    ... White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has expressed concerns that aides are giving President Donald Trump "a rose-colored view" of the Iran war and its domestic impacts, according to a new report. ...

    On Thursday, Time reported, citing two White House sources, that Wiles has expressed concern the president is getting "a rose-colored view" of how Americans perceive the Iran war. Wiles has reportedly told staffers to be "more forthright with the boss" about the political and economic risks associated with conflict. ...


    #23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-03 01:26 PM | Reply

    No Respect for culture, no respect for life.

    How are Israel/US anything but Barbaric Savages?

    Sucker Punch Attacks,Aggressive War for Obscure but Financial and Expansionist Motives.

    Why is the UN not Seeking Remedies?

    Where is the ICC?

    I thought International Law was Important to them.

    Trump is a Criminal of International Stature Now.

    Like Bibi,and Putin. He's one of the Big Thugs Now.

    How Small they all seem....

    #24 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-04-03 01:54 PM | Reply

    Your comments are worth exactly zero, you fucking Russian shithead.

    #25 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-03 02:11 PM | Reply

    You think your Foulmouthed Drivel means anything?

    Your calls on People to kill themselves? Your incitement of Murder?

    Look in the mirror Shithead.

    You bring Nothing. Less than Nothing.

    A total waste of Space and Energy.

    So Bitter you just attack everything blindly.

    It must REALLY Suck to Be You.

    #26 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-04-03 02:20 PM | Reply

    How is a music school a military target?
    #22 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

    Bruce Springsteen is how.

    #27 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-03 02:31 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

    "It must REALLY Suck to Be You."

    #26 | Posted by Effeteposer

    That's what they call around these parts a "self-retorting retort", you unemployable hack.

    #28 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-03 07:54 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

    Today's bible verse: Mene mene tekel upharsin: you have been weighed in the balance and found wanting. Beware the Persians.

    That's what Daniel told the Pharaoh. Someone needs to tell Trump.

    #29 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-03 07:59 PM | Reply

    #29

    Trump's going to TACO around and find out.

    #30 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-03 08:33 PM | Reply

    My feeling is we are dancing down the sharp edge of a knife toward oblivion.

    Reportedly Piggy asked Iran for a 48 hour ceasefire

    If that isn't a sign of victory I don't know what is

    After 5 weeks into the war, can someone articulate our goals for this war?

    2 to 3 weeks to further degrade Iran's military? Is that the aim?

    Ok, what does that mean?

    Do they expect Iran to just give up?

    FWIW if you announce you will be finished with your bombing in 2 weeks, wouldn't Iran just hunker down for 2 weeks?

    The whole world is seeing what is going on and they are disgusted.

    A clueless, ignorant, man child has control of the world's "greatest" military and started a war without a plan or goals plunging the world into a nascent energy crisis.

    He gives a speech that was insane, literally. the man gives a "serious" speech whose theme was "I am so great, aren't I great, we blow up stuff boom, 2 to 3 weeks"

    This is insanity

    #31 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-03 09:10 PM | Reply

    Meanwhile, Iran shoots down 2 of our aircraft.

    Sort of putting to the lie that we have completely and utterly obliterated their air defenses. I guess we obliterated their air defenses like we obliterated their nuclear stuff

    It fills me with alternating rage and depression that one man, one utterly damaged man is destroying the country I love, the world we live, my children's future, my retirement savings.

    I truly despise magat scum for inflicting this on us

    #32 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-03 09:13 PM | Reply

    And really, seriously, it is way past time to cut Israel loose.

    They are

    1. Committing a genocide
    2. Waging wars of aggression
    3. Committing war crimes
    4. Committing atrocities
    5. Targeting journalists, EMS workers, UN Peacekeepers and Lebanese soldiers
    6. Stealing land from Palestinians, Lebanon and Syria

    And they drug our stupid president into this war.

    All on our dime btw.

    It is crystal clear we need to repudiate Israel and reset our relations with them.

    They will bring us down if we stay with them and they are acting despicably.

    #33 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-03 09:16 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

    It is amazing how quickly our country has fallen

    Our president and the secretary of defense casually say we will and have committed war crimes.

    We are waging an illegal war of aggression like it is nothing.

    I said a month ago that you should pay close attention, that we are at the start of a seminal event in our history and that is playing out.

    The world is in the process of restructuring itself. America is becoming a pariah. Our European allies are refusing us the use of their air space! That is unheard of.

    Our president hasn't a plan, a goal or a clue. He is winging it. 2 to 3 weeks will become 2 to 3 weeks more and 2 to 3 weeks more

    He dare not use ground forces, he can't walk away. We are on the slide to catastrophe.

    And be clear Piggy is under a great deal of strain. He has come up against a group that for one reason or another will not compromise with him. He is so used to breaking shit and walking away without consequences, he is truly stumped when he can't do that. He has not the moral fortitude to see it through. that is plan enough

    #34 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-03 09:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

    The stress is apparent enough with his fixation on the ballroom. It is reported that as the fronts collapsed around Berlin, Hitler often retreated to models of his future Berlin to relieve the stress he was under.

    Piggy doesn't have Hitler's will power though. Piggy is a vacuous, moronic, ammoral fuck who believes is absolutely nothing. Unfortunately that makes him very dangerous.

    You can see it in the visible breakdown of his mental capacities, his slurring of words, his reliance on simple repeated phrases, his simplification of concepts, his contradictions, his inability to present a coherent argument.

    He has always had that problem, but that has been and will continue to get worse as the stress builds up on him. Strangely enough it will result in moments of honesty, like sincerely stating that the federal government "can't do childcare or healthcare" or when he admits he was surprised by actions Iran have taken that anyone and their mother knew they would take (like seizing the strait of hormuz). this is the picture of a man on the edge of insanity.

    Expect very odd, even for Piggy, behavior moving forward.

    #35 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-03 09:29 PM | Reply

    @#31 ... Reportedly Piggy asked Iran for a 48 hour ceasefire ...

    Found this...

    Iran says it rejects Trump offer of 48-hour ceasefire: Report
    www.middleeasteye.net

    ... Iran said it has rejected the US proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire between both sides, the Fars News Agency said on Friday, citing an unnamed official source.

    It's unclear whether Israel would also have been part of that agreement.

    Fars' source said the US proposal was made on Wednesday through a third country that was not named.

    Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump said Iran was the one asking for a ceasefire. Iran has denied that claim.

    The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Pakistan's efforts to mediate a ceasefire have hit a dead end after Tehran insisted it was unwilling to meet US officials in Islamabad, given what they called unacceptable American demands. ...


    #36 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-03 09:31 PM | Reply

    Reportedly Piggy asked Iran for a 48 hour ceasefire ...

    Good way to tell your opponent that you are desperately short of supplies at the "front".

    #37 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-03 09:36 PM | Reply

    And I must go back to those who brought us this man. the magat scum who voted for him.

    Seriously, you had a choice between a normal human being and Piggy. Piggy is a convicted felon, he is the most obvious conman, he has a long, well recorded history of failure-both in business and in morality, he was adjudicated a rapist, he tried to overthrow the government, he OBVIOUSLY has no moral center, no guiding light other than gimme gimme gimme. He is a man child, he throws literal temper tantrums. He is stupid, like really stupid. He surrounds himself with sycophants-his cabinet meetings would put Kim Jung Il to shame in their asskissery or by evil people with hatefilled agendas, he is enacting the onerous Project 2025.

    I simply do not understand how anyone would put their trust in this man. Even in 2016 it was clear, but by 2024 there was all of this public information about what he is.

    Oh, but truthhurts, the price of eggs was through the roof, and there were lots of brown people and a trans person played in a sport.

    You sold your souls and your future for THAT?

    How are the prices going for you?

    Are you aware that Biden and Congress came up with a workable solution to the immigration issue, a solution favored by republicans?

    All you had to do was to choose the normal human being.

    You MIGHT have been subjected to seeing someone's pronouns in an email, but you wouldn't be on the edge of a great depression, I can guarantee you that.

    And don't act like no one told you this would happen. I did, many people did, it was screamed from the rooftops

    But no

    You had to chose the conman, felon, liar, rapist, insurrectionist.

    Because of woke

    You will pay for this choice for the rest of your lives. Your children will pay for it, your grandchildren will pay for it

    Countless generations will pay for the destruction of the spirit of America

    And YOU MAGAT SCUM, are to blame.

    #38 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-03 09:39 PM | Reply

    Brooks and Capehart on the cost of the Iran war and Trump's strategy

    www.youtube.com

    #39 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-03 10:21 PM | Reply

    Who the fuck cares about Israel? A country of racist shitbags that want to commit genocide.
    Go fuck off and die, phony ass shithead motherfuckers.

    #40 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-03 10:27 PM | Reply

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