You illegally start a war to steal oil

[malaise]

Kill the leaders of a sovereign state, murder their little girls and other citizens and are now angry that they continue to retaliate. The arrogance and hubris are breathtaking.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Lust for wealth and power.

When I was in law school, the professor for Wills & Estates opened our class every time, intoning the words GREED HAS NO LIMIT . . . .

He was right. And he wasn't limiting his warning to fighting over the missing butter knife in a family silver set.

[malaise]

3. Profound

Add greed to lack of respect and contempt for all but your own race and religion and here we are.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Abusers/thieves are often shocked and angry when their victims fight back.

Abusers often pick on weaker victims, or ones who cannot fight back.

Trump is a thief who had the entire US military with him.
He assumed Iran would just hand over all of their oil, cash, land to him.

He is furious they refuse to give him anything and keep fighting.

[Whip-poor-will]

4. little loser trump

He said ,right from the get go, he wanted to shoot people

With greed enough is never enough

[malaise]

5. He also said this

The Hollywood Access Tape. It is the maxim for every sohere of his entire life
And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything... Grab them by the pussy".

[Whip-poor-will]

6. roll the epstein/ trump fbi tapes

And when you're a violent rapist you do it. You can do anything.

[whathehell]

16. I hate to be a stickler

for accuracy here, but what he actually said was that he could shoot someone on 5th Ave. and people would still vote for him. He didn't say he would like to shoot them.

[spanone]

7. k&R

[Lonestarblue]

8. The NYT has an opinion piece today titled "Operation Epic Fury, Meet Operation Colossal Blunder."

The Times has often been Trump's friend, refusing to yse the word "lies" when reporting his lies. The Times spent at least a year denigrating Biden's mental state, urging him to step down from his campaign. So far, they have failed to address Trump's obvious mental unfitness and asked him to step down, but I'm at least seeing a couple of opinions here and there that he is unfit. I long for the day when they have a headline like "President Trump, please resign." I doubt it will ever happen because like all media today, the Times is managed by billionaires who like Trump's tax cuts.

[malaise]

9. The truth

I doubt it will ever happen because like all media today, the Times is managed by billionaires who like Trump's tax cuts.

Rec

[modrepub]

10. Or Maybe They're just Afraid

that Trump will actually retaliate if they say anything that's really negative because Trump has made it abundantly clear he will use Executive power to go after anyone who he dislikes. It's more likely that the NYT is afraid of repercussions from the Trump administration than anything a Democratic one would produce.

And there's a side benefit for the M$M, reporting on Trump grabs online eye balls, which means more money. I half suspect the reason the M$M never really made Trump's life uncomfortable was they figured out Trump in office sparked continuous outrage, which translated to higher traffic on their platforms and more money (than compared to more milquetoast Democratic administrations). Who gives a sh-t about the country burning down as long as they pay me to film it?

[LymphocyteLover]

13. the kid glove treatment they have given this absolute monster of a man will never not piss me off

[modrepub]

15. White Privilege Maybe?

Though Biden somewhat qualifies for that, but Republicans almost always seem to play the victim card when there’s any pushback.

Again, it’s how far are they willing to throw their weight around to get what they want. And how unwilling are we to expend the energy to challenge it?

[LymphocyteLover]

24. I think they love his white supremacy. It's sickening.

[LymphocyteLover]

12. They have published pieces on his mental unfitness but somehow it never seems to rise to the level of Hillary's emails

or Biden being old and unfit, where they see fit to publish multiple articles every day breathtakingly accusing Dump of dereliction of duty

[Wednesdays]

22. But if The Felon is removed, we get Vance

The billionaires are afraid Vance would rescind their tax cuts?

[ZDU]

11. Hear, hear!

Very well stated, malaise... very well stated.

[Bo Zarts]

14. Trump's bonfire of vanities has become a conflagration of his vanities ..

I fear that we will pay a terrible, terrible price.

[malaise]

17. We are all paying for this

at the pump and in our markets and supermarkets. It will only get worse.
Ignorance, vanity and bravado are a deadly mix

[Wednesdays]

23. And, as I pointed out in other threads,

...there will be a deep recession beginning 2027 as a result of the fuel price spikes.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

18. Blood For Oil: the Sequel. Produced by Hollywood East Productions, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC, 08647

[malaise]

19. Indeed

This war is decades old.

[ChicagoTeamster]

20. Maybe Trump's reason was oil, but not Netanyahu's. His was pure evilness. He wants to take more land and knew

from experience that Iran would support Lebanon and Syria. Saudis would turn on Israel if they threaten Egypt but they've never cared about Lebanon or Syria.

[malaise]

21. True land and resources

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