Rubio Claims Trump's Iran War 'Over'

Wednesday, June 03, 2026

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Iran war is "over" during congressional testimony on Tuesday, in spite of an admission that negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and curb Tehran's uranium enrichment are not guaranteed to produce a deal.

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Ossoff: "Last week, yet more Americans were wounded in a war nobody voted for & nobody can explain. This war in Iran is worst foreign policy blunder since Iraq, & just like the Iraq war, it's a war built on lies. Let's update the record. On day one Trump said it was running 'ahead of schedule' ... "

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-- Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 5:07 PM Â· May 31, 2026

Donald Trump's war with Iran has cost American households $100 billion -- so far. That's nearly $750 per household.
-- Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) 4:09 PM Â· Jun 1, 2026

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If it's "over," perhaps Lil' Marco will volunteer to plant his butt in the proverbial crow's nest and guide the first oil-laden ship through the Strait of Hormuz. Thanks, pinche Marco, don't trip over those Florsheims on your way out the door.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-03 06:49 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Let's face it: People like Trump and Rubio must have mystical powers; to will the existence of wars and then will them out again.

I, speaking for myself, am impressed.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-06-03 08:02 AM | Reply

Has anyone told Iran this?

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-06-03 08:56 AM | Reply

Delusional, and Fondling the Nuclear Football.

What could Possibly go Wrong?

#4 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-06-03 09:32 AM | Reply

"Has anyone told Iran this?"

Iran: Now Youse Can't Leave

#5 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-06-03 10:56 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Trump ran out of TACOs?

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-06-03 03:42 PM | Reply

I'm not sure what's over.

Did Trump ever acknowledge he started a war with Iran?

Wasn't the whole thing classified as tourism?

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-06-03 04:00 PM | Reply

Ersatzkrieg

This Islamophobic misadventure to help Israel will cost Americans $101bn by the end of the day.

"You're good people."

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-03 04:04 PM | Reply

US Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) wants a non-Likud PM to lead Israel, someone who doesn't make the Pariah nation look so bad-- like the odious Benjamin Netanyahu-- while the IDF ethnically cleanses Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon.

Just ask US Senator Jon Ossoff or his colleague US Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) one simple question and you'll know right away:

"Senator. Is Israel conducting genocide in Gaza and ethnically cleansing the West Bank? Yes or no please, Senator."

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-03 04:16 PM | Reply

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Will you stop with this AIPAC s*&^? It's really f*&^ing annoying considering it has nothing to do with the actual article.

Just STFU about your one trick pony garbage already.

#10 | Posted by jpw at 2026-06-03 05:19 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#10 Thank you, JPW!

#11 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 05:40 PM | Reply

#9 Flag:

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#12 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 05:43 PM | Reply

#9 Who do you want to see elected US Senator in Texas in 2026?

or ? ? ? ?

For me there's no question:

I'll take the guy on the left ... absolutely

How about you?

#13 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 05:43 PM | Reply

Thank you, JPW!
#11 | POSTED BY A_FRIEND

You?

Buddy. When it comes to spamming shit no one wants to see.

You're in a league of your own.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-06-03 07:31 PM | Reply

"It's really f*&^ing annoying considering it has nothing to do with the actual article."

The article is about the illegal war against Iran which has everything to do with Israel and AIPAC, JPW. Coriolanus may be incessant, and there are killfile options if you stare unbearably annoyed, but he's essentially on the right track.

There is an element in the democrat party (and the left historically) which is PEP (Progressive Except for Palestine).

There are a few here in this site. Censored and A Friend come to mind. When it comes to Israel they magically morph into Zionist AI bots. PEP has helped make the party into a laughing-stock of hypocrisy. It's too bad, because Trump was and still is eminently beatable.

The democrats' greatest weaknesses are their support for Israel and the ever-increasing security state.

#15 | Posted by Nerfherder at 2026-06-03 07:31 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#15 "...the democrat party..."

There is no such thing.

Except in the minds of MAGAts.

#16 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 07:35 PM | Reply

I addressed that to JPW, not the bot.

Now the spam-bot will spam-post some more so it gets JPW upset again. Poor JPW, he/she cannot win!

#17 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-06-03 07:41 PM | Reply

#15 What's fun about this is the fact that my Drudge posting history is wide open for anyone to see...

...and what they won't see is any defense of Bibi or his government.

Just like you won't see any defense of Trump or his government.

Bibi =/= Israel is to the exact same degree that Trump =/= America.

What Bibi and his government are doing in Palestine is a war crime...

...just as what Trump and his administration are doing ... in America, Venezuela, Iran, and more are war crimes.

'Tis fun to watch some people squirm their way around those truths.

#18 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 07:44 PM | Reply

#14 It would be good if we were on the same team, looking to end Trump and Republican tyranny in America, not on different leagues.

That's the eye on the prize I keep referencing.

I want to see Democrats win overwhelming political power in November, all over this country.

Eye on the prize.

'Tis the first step towards ending Trump and Republican tyranny in America.

Never fear the next generation; at one time we were all the next generation

#19 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 07:51 PM | Reply

#17 Only pre-programmed GOP/MAGAt bots mindlessly refer to the Democratic Party as the democrat [sic] party.

If you're going to mindlessly spam, NerfHerder, the minimum should be that you demonstrate that you have at least completed elementary school English and grammar.

If you're going to pretend that you're anything but a pre-programmed GOP/MAGAt bot.

Otherwise, you look like a fool.

You're welcome.

#20 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 08:08 PM | Reply

#17 Only pre-programmed GOP/MAGAt bots mindlessly refer to the Democratic Party as the democrat [sic] party.

That started with Rush Limbaugh. It's a tell, language always gives people away.

#21 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-06-03 08:12 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#21 Thank you, Alexandrite.

Spot-on observation.

#22 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 08:37 PM | Reply

"It's a tell, language always gives people away."

Careful with the language of absolutes, Alexandrite. I must be the first MAGA that didn't vote for Trump in 2016 or in 2020, when I voted for that useless idiot Biden.

I do agree, however, with many on the right who refer to it as the "democrat party" because I believe they're not currently democratic. Until they are, or at least make a conscious attempt at being more so, they will do more to harm this country than to help it.

This includes their creepy establishment boomer spam-bots who think they are doing the lord's work but come across as typical fascists in liberal disguise. I have several generations of hardcore, Swiss-born fascist fighters in my bloodline, so it tends to be rather obvious to me.

#23 | Posted by Nerfherder at 2026-06-03 09:21 PM | Reply

#23 Nerfherder displays his/her true colors with "...because I believe they're not currently democratic."

Taken directly from Rush Limbaugh himself.

'Tis better to be thought of as a fool and remain quiet, rather than to click on the Publish Comment button and remove all doubt.

But, that said, Nerfherder ...Just three (3) quick questions to display your true feelings:

1. Do you honestly believe that the moon landings were completely faked, and that Neil Armstrong, etc., were just actors in a warehouse made to "look" like the moon's service?

2. Do you honestly believe that Trump won in 2020?

3. Do you honestly believe that my account is, as claimed, actually a 21 year Israeli PSYOP agent Drudge.com "veteran,"...

...and that The American Conservative "proved" that "A_Friend is actually PRO-ISRAEL PSY-OPS?

Knock yourself out, Nerfherder.

#24 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 09:30 PM | Reply

I addressed that to Alexandrite, not the spam-bot.

Now the spam-bot will spam-post some more to try and get Alexandrite to agree with it again so it can feel legitimate and wanted.

#25 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-06-03 09:33 PM | Reply

#23 Nerfherder displays his/her true colors with "...because I believe they're not currently democratic."

Taken directly from Rush Limbaugh himself.

'Tis better to be thought of as a fool and remain quiet, rather than to click on the Publish Comment button and remove all doubt.

But, that said, Nerfherder ...Just three (3) quick questions to display your true feelings:

1. Do you honestly believe that the moon landings were completely faked, and that Neil Armstrong, etc., were just actors in a warehouse made to "look" like the moon's service?

2. Do you honestly believe that Trump won in 2020?

3. Do you honestly believe that my account is, as claimed, actually a 21 year Israeli PSYOP agent Drudge.com "veteran,"...

...and that The American Conservative "proved" that "A_Friend is actually PRO-ISRAEL PSY-OPS?

Knock yourself out, Nerfherder.

#26 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 09:34 PM | Reply

The spam-bot floods the thread with epimone and duplicate posts in order to feel validated and assured of getting in the last word. Often, in the absence of a reply to its incessant cross-examinations, it will answer its own questions and expose its complete lack of self-awareness.

AI is dangerous stuff, folks.

#27 | Posted by Nerfherder at 2026-06-03 09:48 PM | Reply

"Coriolanus may be incessant, and there are killfile options if you stare unbearably annoyed, but he's essentially on the right track.
There is an element in the democrat party (and the left historically) which is PEP (Progressive Except for Palestine).
The democrats' greatest weaknesses are their support for Israel and the ever-increasing security state."

#15 | Posted by Nerfherder at 2026-06-03 07:31 PM | Reply: I stand with the underdog, that is all

"PEP" is an apt term for the Januses: Democratic Party in the US/Likud Party in Israel.

If 73,041 Israelis were slaughtered in the Gaza Strip, 20,179 of them children, I would be "incessant" about stopping the killing of those Jews.

The Gaza Strip is an American taxpayer-funded abbatoir which makes "suckers and losers" of us in the US.

Particularly galling is that nuclear-armed Israel is a wealthy country with world class universal healthcare for all of their residents AND Israel gets America to send them free money every year while our military helps kill Muslims for them.

Now the American taxpayer is on the hook for $101bn and even less money for our social safety nets-- never mind just thinking about universal healthcare.

#28 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-03 11:06 PM | Reply

#28 This fevered hallucination was actually spewed out in real time:

#11 "This drudge.com account was one of the earliest taken by the Israelis 21 years ago."

Flag:

I wonder if our host, RCade, is aware of my nefariousness ? ? ? ?

#29 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 11:11 PM | Reply

#28 Fevered swamp ...

#11 "This drudge.com account was one of the earliest taken by the Israelis 21 years ago."

Flag:

I wonder if our host, RCade, is aware of my nefariousness ? ? ? ?

Would someone be so kind as to alert our host of this mole in his ranks... for 21 years, no less!!

21 years ! ! ! !

What to do?

Postscript: Apparently, posting to someone You're good people is the definitive giveaway here. Who knew?

And here I thought I was just supporting those on my side of the aisle.

#30 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 11:13 PM | Reply

#28 Flag:

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#31 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 11:17 PM | Reply

#28 Flag:

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#32 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 11:18 PM | Reply

On cue, the spam-bot has flooded the thread with duplicate posts in order to feel validated and assured of getting in the last word.

Undeniably flummoxed by the continued absence of a reply to its incessant cross-examinations and creepy obsessive spam-posts, it will end up answering its own questions, seconding its own assertions and exposing its complete lack of self-awareness.

Like I said before, AI is dangerous stuff, folks. Good night.

#33 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-06-03 11:47 PM | Reply

#33

#34 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-03 11:49 PM | Reply

"Creepy"

#35 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-03 11:58 PM | Reply

#35 C0RI0LANUS seems to love him/her some ...

candidates (Republicans, of course) who protect the rich and powerful (men,, of course) who put their dicks inside children. #GOP2026

#36 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-04 12:00 AM | Reply

Creepy ... This fevered hallucination was actually spewed out in real time:

#11 "This drudge.com account was one of the earliest taken by the Israelis 21 years ago."

Flag:

I wonder if our host, RCade, is aware of my nefariousness ? ? ? ?

Would someone be so kind as to alert our host of this mole in his ranks... for 21 years, no less!!

21 years ! ! ! !

What to do?

Postscript: Apparently, posting to someone You're good people is the definitive giveaway here. Who knew?

And here I thought I was just supporting those on my side of the aisle.

#37 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-04 12:01 AM | Reply