Did we know that was even possible? Trump is getting even more Trump. That may not make sense yet, but it will. It seems Trump is changing when he’s away from the cameras as much as he does when he’s facing them. Word is that it’s a little strange. Everything about Trump is strange, but he’s getting worse. He’s getting Trumpier behind the doors of the White House. Interesting. With gratitude for Raw Story:
President Donald Trump’s own aides say he’s become “more erratic” in recent weeks as he’s forced to confront the “limits on his power,” The New York Times reported Sunday. Those “limits,” according to the Times, were exposed by the president’s inability to achieve his stated objectives in his deeply unpopular war against Iran, despite the overwhelming superiority of the U.S. military. “In recent weeks, he has seemed trapped, his presidency gradually consumed by a war he cannot find his way out of,” the Times’ report reads.
That’s a classy way of saying he screwed up and now he’s stuck with it. There really isn’t a graceful way to get out of it anymore. We were heading towards a possible peace deal when Trump (*cough* Hegseth) started lobbing bombs again, and there it went. At this point, we may not ever be able to work out something with them. Of course, that will make it a long-running problem because of the uranium issue. Since this is about Iran, we won’t get into the Saudi Arabia can have nukes, and that’s also a Middle East problem.
“He has discovered limits on his power that he could have scarcely imagined when he began full combat operations on Feb. 28, when he set out goals for a swift end to Iran’s nuclear program and the overthrow of the country’s government. Five months later, those goals remain almost entirely unaccomplished.” Despite his efforts, Trump and his administration have failed not only to achieve their objectives in the war against Iran, but have also been unable to combat surging oil prices and inflation. And those failures, according to his own aides, have left him rattled. “Those limits have left him deeply frustrated, his aides say, and have made him more erratic, even by Trumpian standards,” the Times’ report reads.
Now the title of this piece should make more sense. Trump’s second term is going to go down in the history books as the one with the Forever War. It’s also going to be remembered for how Trump screwed over the country for our 250th birthday. So, we’ve seen Trump getting stranger out in public, and we’ve only seen half of it. Who said May you live in interesting times?
As noted by the Times, Trump only has three options at his disposal: escalate his military campaign against Tehran, which has already shown little success, rely on sanctions, which similarly have failed to topple Iran’s government, or “declare victory and go home,” which Trump appeared receptive to last month after agreeing to a tentative peace deal that quickly fell apart. Pulling out of the war entirely, the Times noted, however, would “define his legacy,” and “make clear that there are more constraints on his power than he believed in January, when he declared that his reach was limitless.”
Oops. Should have read the whole article before speaking. Well, it’s done now. We are so sick of this war that we just want it over. It’s not even worth poking fun at these days. There are many closer things in America that we have to deal with, and it all started with the damn tariffs. And he may be getting ready to increase some of them, which will NOT help the country and will make inflation worse, assuming the memory is correct. Go home, Trump. We want our people to come home.
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Of the three scenarios that Raw Story mentions, one is particularly scary — and scarily likely: Trump will launch a ground attack on Iran. Crazy, you say? That’s absolutely right, and you heard it here first…
Not just crazy.
Moronic.
Imbecilic.
What we’d expect.
“Pulling out of the war entirely, … would define his legacy.” Screw his fawlking legacy. His correct legacy is a long series of failures and fukkups.