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Iran has figured out it can make the US president look like an idiot over and over at relatively low cost to themselves, since they're already so thoroughly exc
by floren 4mo ago
Iran has figured out it can make the US president look like an idiot over and over at relatively low cost to themselves, since they're already so thoroughly excluded from the rest of the world.
- kelseyfrog 4mo agoIran is Lucy, Trump is Charlie Brown, and the Straight of Hormuz is the football
- Jamesbeam 4mo agomost beautiful analogy I read today. Thank you for the laugh.
- mindslight 4mo agoThe real question is why does this make Grump look like an idiot any more than the numerous other idiotic things he's already done.
- Danox 4mo agoIt’s exhausting every day every week every month it’s a new low, just when you thought it couldn’t get any lower or dumber…
- conception 4mo agoUnlike most times this affects people’s pocketbooks- the only real political motivation.
- ravoori 4mo agoApproval still rides at 37%, which is pretty decent given the amount of turmoil that has been unleashed
- kelseyfrog 4mo agoThat tracks. My rule of thumb is that political topics have a 33% group that will never budge and the remaining 4-5% accounts for the lizard man constant[1]. 1. https://www.spencergreenberg.com/2024/07/the-lizardmans-constant-causes-the-nonsense-factor-a-hidden-source-of-false-conclusions-in-research/ https://www.spencergreenberg.com/2024/07/the-lizardmans-cons...
- 0cf8612b2e1e 4mo agoNixon was about 25% support before he resigned.
- kelseyfrog 4mo agoYou have to multiply by the Lead-Poisoning coefficient for all events taking place in the 1970s.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 4mo agoHeh. Given the increased strength of party-identity, I fully agree that the floor of support will be higher than in the past.
- mindslight 4mo ago"Strength of party-identity" kind of buries the lede, don't you think? The mainstream Republican party has become a death cult. Individually-tailored mass media is a hell of a drug.
- whateveracct 4mo agoTrump is already hitting disapproval levels seen during the end of W's second term. He actually is bleeding support and politically damaged due to all this. It gets worse when you break it down into key demographics. In the same way W's presidency influenced millennials away from the GOP, Trump is doing the same for young voters today too. Non-whites and Gen Z were plus for him in 2024. He has absolutely cratered his support in those two demos. We will see how the midterms go :)
- pvaldes 4mo ago> why does this make Grump look like an idiot any more Because this time his error is at a new level. Many countries had seen their strategic reserves of gasoline seriously reduced and about to disappear, and the fertilizers (that they need to feed their population in the next year) never arrived on time. His so called "little excursion" could kill much more people than any other of his former actions. For no reason or benefit. And Israel isn't helping at all. They backstabbed Biden when he needed their help most in the elections, and are backstabbing Trump when he is desperate for the midterms. Everybody can see that Bibi plays Trump like a violin.
- watwut 4mo agoI think it is about making US pressure Israel and eventually rupturing that relationship. Meanwhile, Israel is trying to sabotage the peace process and dont care about that relationship.
- cosmicgadget 4mo agoOf all the stupidity of this saga, believing Israel would simply go along with an agreement requiring them to not attack Lebanon is the stupidest.
- the_origami_fox 4mo ago[flagged]
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4mo agoI think so too. Tying the conflict in Lebanon to the strait will drive a wedge between the US and Israel.
- moogly 4mo agoOf course it is. It's literally the first provision in the MoU.
- _DeadFred_ 4mo ago[flagged]
- the_origami_fox 4mo agoThanks for the support. Agree, on these political posts people would rather censor comments they disagree with than argue against it. It does appear to skew one way too. You can say far worse things about Israel and not be flagged at all. For example, see these comments here: waynecochran 12 hours ago | prev | next [–] [flagged] lorecore 12 hours ago | parent | next [–] Israel is mass killing civilians in Lebanon, just as they did in Gaza, while they simultaneously enact pogroms in the West Bank.
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- pvaldes 4mo agoIran or Israel?
- sameersri2004 4mo agoWell you can definitely crack Donald Trump's image but when it comes to the loss, most of the loss will be borne by common people. Oil prices will once again rise markets once again fall and AI is already taking jobs. Inflation will rise along with unemployment and bad times are coming. This is happening mostly because of the foolishness of Trump.
- verzali 4mo agoWho do you think elected trump?
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- Havoc 4mo agoOh I think he manages to look like an idiot without external help...
- SilverElfin 4mo agoI don’t think it’s that. I think Trump and the US could simply use brute force to stop Iran’s attacks, control the strait, and replace the Islamic fundamentalist regime. If they wanted to. But that’s not profitable to Trump and his family and friends and donors. By making announcements and deals and truces all the time, they can make trades anticipating each dishonest announcement. And that makes them incredibly rich and powerful. Trump doesn’t care if anyone thinks he’s an idiot. He’s actually doing quite well if you consider the goal to be selfish corruption.
- tjpnz 4mo agoThe US doesn't have nearly the firepower to do that unless they went nuclear.
- dzhiurgis 4mo ago[flagged]
- kadoban 4mo agoIf Iran was in more pain than the USA, they wouldn't be getting $300 billion, sanctions relief and ongoing fees for the Strait. That's how wars work. They're getting favorable terms because the USA can't win this war as it was started.