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pat_k

(13,818 posts)
Wed May 6, 2026, 11:42 AM Yesterday

Said it before. Will say it again: There is NO WAY OUT with the Felon in the WH [View all]

So now he's "paused" effort to reopen the strait??

Figured out that it's impossible to escort all those ginormous ships?

Trumpublicans need to face reality.

He is incapable of negotiating.

His demands will never be met.

The Iranian regime cares not for the suffering of it's people. No amount of bombing will "win" this war as long as IRGC and Basij with jet skis and cheap drones can inflict damage on neighbors, oil tankers, and container ships.

The only "out" is surrender and reparations -- and epic humiliation.-- which he will NEVER allow.

The magnitude of the damage to this nation and the world done by his criminal Iran insanity will escalate every week as the year progresses.

Republicans are in denial. They have their fingers in their ears, singing "la la la." The creatures are hanging on to the fantasy that the felon's criminal war on Iran will magically come to an end and things will "snap back" to some sort of tolerable trumpian business as usual.

But that will NEVER happen with the felon in the White House. There is no out with Trump in power.

He IS the crisis.

The ONLY way to end the crisis is if he leaves.

If enough of them wake up and see this reality we'll see an effort to push him out. A push to resign for "health reasons" or some face saving bullshit.

Resignation is not outside the realm of possibility.

If that does come to pass, they'll find they left it to long. It's too late. Many, many Republican careers are over. The party can't "live down" this level of chaos and destruction. And they only have themselves to blame.

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Turns out a guy who can't admit he lost an election is no shit like really problematic BeyondGeography Yesterday #1
Well said! c-rational Yesterday #3
Roy Cohn taught him well. Back down? Hell NO! Double-down!! pat_k 17 hrs ago #18
Very bleak picture. But very much a part of our current reality. magicarpet Yesterday #2
I'm not sure replacing trump with another (r)zealot will solve anything. erronis Yesterday #4
The ONLY thing it would change is that Vance would suck it up and make the humiliating deal. pat_k Yesterday #6
He just a lifelong loser Whip-poor-will Yesterday #5
A corrupt and cruel troll whose every scheme for domination ultimately backfires. pat_k Yesterday #7
Apparently, the Iranian regime odins folly Yesterday #8
Iranian officials and negotiators know the U.S. negotiators are incompetent liars. pat_k 22 hrs ago #15
less than 3 years to go... time is flying WarGamer Yesterday #9
I think the stress of this nightmare term is sending... pat_k 23 hrs ago #13
Yes, I agree with this 100%. Initech Yesterday #10
Frankly, I wouldn't mind being wrong, but fear I'm not. pat_k 23 hrs ago #12
Iran lives, and Islam lives, MAGAs are crestfallen, or in Trump's case, neck-wattlefallen. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #11
Getting rid of him just puts a bandaid on a shotgun wound. The republicans need to get spanked hard in the elections Cheezoholic 22 hrs ago #14
Of course! But at least Vance would suck it up and make the humiliating deal pat_k 21 hrs ago #17
They'll let it drag out until next January if they can. meadowlander 21 hrs ago #16
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