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tulipsandroses

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Tue Mar 25, 2025, 10:45 PM Mar 25

Candidate Donald Trump thought that bombing Yemen was "just a failed mentality" when then-President Joe Biden did it. "

Candidate Donald Trump thought that bombing Yemen was "just a failed mentality" when then-President Joe Biden did it. "It's crazy. You can solve problems over the telephone. Instead, they start dropping bombs. I see, recently, they're dropping bombs all over Yemen. You don't have to do that. You can talk in such a way where they respect you and they listen to you," Trump said in a May 2024 interview with podcaster Tim Pool.

https://reason.com/2025/03/17/trump-attacked-bidens-crazy-yemen-war-now-hes-reopening-it/

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Candidate Donald Trump thought that bombing Yemen was "just a failed mentality" when then-President Joe Biden did it. " (Original Post) tulipsandroses Mar 25 OP
He has no clue what he's doing. And he doesn't care. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 25 #1
What a difference one year makes! 0rganism Mar 25 #2

OAITW r.2.0

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1. He has no clue what he's doing. And he doesn't care.
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 10:52 PM
Mar 25

I wouldn't look for any consistency of Trump's world view. It's all about what personal financial transaction he gains from his EO's.

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