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DavidDvorkin

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17. Trump says otherwise

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 01:05 PM

16 hrs ago

During his press conference with Chancellor Merz this morning, Trump said that he could tell the Iranians weren't negotiating in good faith and were about to attack us (no specifics about that), so he ordered a preemptive attack by US forces.

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US strikes on Iran triggered by Israel's plan to launch attack, Rubio says [View all] groundloop 21 hrs ago OP

Putin isn't the only person who has a copy of the Epstein files. gab13by13 21 hrs ago #1

Or the pee-pee tapes......... Bengus81 20 hrs ago #7

So Netanyahu is now controlling our foreign policy. Lonestarblue 21 hrs ago #2

He has, Israel has for decades controlled the US foreign policy LiberalArkie 17 hrs ago #15

O... a NEW excuse for why we started a war with Iran. Is this the third or fourth excuse now? Multichromatic 21 hrs ago #3

But wait! It gets better ...before it would've gotten worse before it did so we did underpants 21 hrs ago #4

An ultimatum to Israel would have been a far more effective way to "preempt" the entire horror show. pat_k 15 hrs ago #21

Israel has the ends, the US has the means. ProudMNDemocrat 20 hrs ago #5

the end is neigh Whip-poor-will 20 hrs ago #6

You see, our closest ally Israel, the most moral country on Earth, was going to attack preemptively Prairie Gates 20 hrs ago #8

See post 21 pat_k 14 hrs ago #22

hem. AllaN01Bear 20 hrs ago #9

Oh Little Marco...we don't believe you! N/T tonekat 20 hrs ago #10

Throwing excuses against the wall to see what sticks. DavidDvorkin 19 hrs ago #11

Israel has attacked its neighbors before w/o our intervention Historic NY 18 hrs ago #12

DOW down almost 1100 points right now. Or...$1100.00 in Bondi "I don't know what the hell Bengus81 18 hrs ago #13

Don't forget Poland! fujiyamasan 16 hrs ago #20

Is the Dow low enough to investigate people named in the Epstein files? IronLionZion 11 hrs ago #30

What a bunch of hooey Bayard 17 hrs ago #14

Why does this blame game sound familiar? sarisataka 17 hrs ago #16

Trump says otherwise DavidDvorkin 16 hrs ago #17

Reminds me of the Iraq war. colorado_ufo 16 hrs ago #18

Using this logic, ISRAEL WAS THE IMMINENT THREAT, not Iran. AZ8theist 16 hrs ago #19

Rubio must have some really good weed. Uncle Joe 14 hrs ago #23

I think it's more than weed. llmart 12 hrs ago #24

The Real Thing? Uncle Joe 12 hrs ago #25

Yep. llmart 12 hrs ago #26

Trump assuredly wouldn't like Rubio saying this as it makes him look weak. David__77 12 hrs ago #27

Smart people saying stupid things makes me sick. mwb970 12 hrs ago #28

no one in tRUMP's admin. should be believed in anything they say or do. Period. tRUMP lies on everything. Everything. SWBTATTReg 11 hrs ago #29