Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning added to OP 10/1/26

This just in.

Trump confirms the leaked reports that the strikes were unsuccessful are true.…

By tweeting at 3:30am that the reports were untrue

I think Donald's caps lock key is stuck.

Edit ....or maybe he sent it from Capital Hill.

So now he will just dismiss the intelligence community and their assessment of Irans nuclear processing capabilities because he knows better.

"While over a dozen bombs were dropped on two of the nuclear facilities, the Fordow Fuel Enrichment plant and the Natanz Enrichment Complex, they did not fully eliminate the sites' centrifuges and highly enriched uranium, CNN said, citing people familiar with the early assessment.

It said the assessment was produced by the Defence Intelligence Agency - Pentagon's intelligence arm - and is based on a battle damage assessment conducted by the US Central Command after the U.S. strikes.

The report by the Defence Intelligence Agency estimated that the programme was delayed less than six months, the New York Times said in another report"

None of those things you assume about Iran or Israel are going to happen.

Trump wants praise for a ceasefire in a war he helped start. It's like a guy kicking your head in and wanting you to say thanks when he stops.

TBH, I think the world would roll its eyes if impeachment was instigated against Trump now- and it would be the death knell for democrats - they have been rabbit in the headlights since Trump arrived in town - a gutless ineffective shower of misfits is what they are.

There’s plenty to mock Trump over- but Jesus, I’m going to give him credit for starting to whip NATO into shape and about fcking time too- to see European world leaders lick his boots is pathetic but it needed to happen sometime - Europe’s response to the war in Ukraine was anything but united and completely ineffective and gutless - if there’s one thing Trump has been good at, it’s been that

My view on impeachment is different- America is elected Trump - it needs to learn the hard way on what a bad decision looks like - impeaching Trump will just send fuel to the MAGA organisation - the world and America will have to deal with MAGA for decades - let them collapse and implode naturally over the course of the term - but given many so called Democrat voters voted for Trump this time, especially the ethnic vote- there’s a level of “thick” that needs to be taken into account before the message lands with these people so it’s going to take time

In terms of NATO- funding didn’t increase to anything near 5%- the commitment to 5% over the coming years has only happened now

What European "world leader" is picking his boots ?

If you mean Mark Rutte he may be European but he does not speak for Europe in any way.

It's a fair point he made though.

An Iranian-American interviewed by Mehdi Hasan a couple of days back said that even though many don't like the "regime" in Iran, they'd rally around them in a time of crisis in effect making them stronger. Same happens in Occupied Palestine with the population rallying around Mileikowsky when they're perceived to be attacked, its the reason he constantly wages wars of aggression. A crisis forces people to park their differences, band to together once they're perceived to have a common enemy.

The Republicans are splintering. They need to be handed more rope and not given a common cause….

Security against who ?

Who does Europe actually need to fear.

Since the year 2000, Russia has perpetrated chemical and radiation attacks in Europe, they have annexed a portion of a European country and attempted to invade the rest of it. On top of that, they have effectively infiltrated the EU with politicians who are under their thumb. Then there's the electoral interference across the globe plus the conspiracy theories that are originating from their and China that have the sole intent of destabilising Western democracies.

So yep, plenty of threats to European security that we need to take seriously.

I certainly think we all need to up our cyber security and intelligence.

But conventional defence spending increases is pointless.