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I don’t think we can assume that. Maybe Trump ignored warnings (though if that happened I would have expected it to be leaked). But there’s also a possibility t
by rayiner 4mo ago
I don’t think we can assume that. Maybe Trump ignored warnings (though if that happened I would have expected it to be leaked). But there’s also a possibility the Navy fucked up. And that’s important to consider, because that’s something that needs to be fixed.
- pohl 4mo agoWe already know that he doesn’t read the PDB, and that they even tried sprinkling his own name throughout the text to hold his interest.
- hypeatei 4mo ago> though if that happened I would have expected it to be leaked From Feburary: https://www.axios.com/2026/02/23/iran-strike-trump-gen-dan-caine-vance-rubio https://www.axios.com/2026/02/23/iran-strike-trump-gen-dan-c... Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine has been advising President Trump and top officials that a military campaign against Iran could carry significant risks, in particular the possibility of becoming entangled in a prolonged conflict, Recently: https://www.ms.now/news/trump-iran-war-haberman-swan-book-interview-strait-hormuz https://www.ms.now/news/trump-iran-war-haberman-swan-book-in... “He felt that this regime was a paper tiger, that this was going to be a fast war,” Swan said on “The Last Word.” “He just said he felt that that was going to be the case, that they were going to collapse very quickly.” “It’s a form of magical thinking, actually, is what it all boils down to,” he added.