Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning updated in OP 12/2/26

The US military have been consistent in their position alright. YES SIR, THANK YOU SIR to any order. Off ye pop now and go bomb Iran for Netanyahu.

Tell em it’s only a special military operation, they would know all about those

What I want to know is what the Board of Piss has to say about this attack

Trump got his wish, Israel struck 1st so the US gets to pile in against Iran without a declaration of war.
I wonder how long Trump has had that recording released on Truth Social ready to go.

I wonder if Trump realises that BiBi's announcement of a joint operation makes clear that "Operation Lions Roar" makes clear that this is a jointly planned operation.

The optics of attacking a nation whilst engaged in negotiations with them?
A final nail in the coffin American hegemony.

I am not a fan of the Iranian regime, but the notion that the Iranian people can rise up and be the boots on the ground in an operation aimed at Regime change?
Is fanciful and ambitious in the extreme.

The Iranian response?
If the US/Israeli forces cannot neutralise Iranian launch capability?
The impacts in Haifa and elsewhere of the final few days of the 12 day war, will be the actual example of what's to come.

Still, isn't it great for the Dow and those 401k's that this imminent threat to US national security could wait until the markets were closed to be dealt with🤨

In case it gets buried under the discussion of the attack on Iran but we crossed another rubicon yesterday

Anthropic (of the Claude AI models fame) said “No” to Trumps regime, so he threw the toys out of the pram, followed shortly by OpenAI (of ChatGPT AI models fame) bending the knee

Think terminator and any number of scifi stories where the last mistake humanity makes is connecting AI to nuclear weapons

The strong arming of Anthropic is very reminiscent of the 1930s efforts by a certain European Government at implementing control of its metallurgy and aviation industries.

The shift in supply chain designation very much threatens the viability of the company and it's potential value when it floats.

I wonder what's next, American MEFO bills to finance yet more military build up?

The expansion of American living room into the Canadian prairies, as haven't they always been under the very much American "Starry skies above"...

I concur.

Brave leadship by Anthrophic. If only we and our leaders could make that stand. We are in very dangerous territory now.

"Hours after blacklisting Anthropic, the Pentagon accepted OpenAI’s proposed safety framework, which contains the identical red lines: no mass surveillance, no autonomous lethal weapons."

OpenAI are next on the block to make the decision.

Iran shouldn't bother targeting UAE now. If they unloaded on Mar a lago, think the rest of the world would back them.

"The DoW displayed a deep respect for safety"

…somehow I doubt this. What a bunch of greedy lickspittles (most of!) corporate America are proving to be when faced with some Trump admin. bullying. Esp. the tech bro crawlers, given they used to preach Californian hippie/libertarian/anarchist guff at us all about their companies and products not 10-15 years ago, if my memory has not failed me completely in middle age.

I hope Trump gets bogged down in this war with Iran. Should further damage the Republicans in the mid terms. And to think that Tronald Dump claimed they obliterated Irans nuclear weapons only 8 months ago. Also a real president and functioning government like Obama's were talking and signing agreements with Iran. First thing Trump did in 2017 was to tear it up and further isolate Iran. Small and petty minded from Trump but totally in character from the worst president in US history.

Israel probably has kompromat on US politicians. I read recently that they claimed in 1998 to have a recording of Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. Epstein is widely believed to have worked for Mossad and possibly Russia and the CIA too

The US has launched Operation Epic Fury

Will ye ever fúck right off. 🙄

Sounds like a Claude Van Damme movie from the 90s.