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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,041 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 12:54 PM 6 hrs ago

Staggering Reason Trump Made Such a Mess of His War Exposed

Donald Trump didn’t plan for a ticking time bomb at the Strait of Hormuz because he was convinced that his war with Iran would be over in a matter of days, or even hours, the Daily Beast has learned.

The president was warned by his Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and other advisors that Tehran would almost certainly plug the Strait if the U.S. attacked them.

He was also told America’s Middle East allies might come under fire.

But intelligence sources with knowledge of the war planning said the president ultimately dismissed the concerns because he believed Iranians opposed to the repressive fundamentalist regime would take to the streets and overcome the ayatollah’s henchmen once the bombing began.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/staggering-reason-trump-made-mess-223302211.html

Stable genius at work.

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Staggering Reason Trump Made Such a Mess of His War Exposed (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 6 hrs ago OP
Unstable Moron ignored the experts. Kid Berwyn 5 hrs ago #1
The magic of magical thinking no_hypocrisy 5 hrs ago #2
Ooh! Was it his obstinate narcissism compounded by willful ignorance and stupidity? tanyev 5 hrs ago #3
Stephen Miller! GCG 5 hrs ago #4
Never tell a narcissist what to do leftstreet 5 hrs ago #5
Exactly. Midnight Writer 3 hrs ago #9
This reminds me of UpInArms 5 hrs ago #6
hilarious when u consider mopinko 4 hrs ago #7
Even Tulsi Gabbard knew! Bo Zarts 3 hrs ago #8
haha, hey, you'll like this Skittles 3 hrs ago #10
He went with his big gut. City Lights 3 hrs ago #11
Tulsi Gabbard knew? Wow, that means she can probably spell n/t Cheezoholic 3 hrs ago #12
Yes, he is that fucking stupid orangecrush 2 hrs ago #13
In piggy's jellied brain "advisors" are future scapegoats and under-the-bus fodder. Grokenstein 2 hrs ago #14
Putin told him the war would be over in a week. 70sEraVet 2 hrs ago #15

Midnight Writer

(25,469 posts)
9. Exactly.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 03:38 PM
3 hrs ago

I was a caretaker for a narcissistic person. If you told this man not to stick a pencil in his eye, he would stick a pencil in his eye just to prove he was the boss.

We watched this in Trump's first term when he was cautioned not to look directly at a solar eclipse. What did he do? Of course, he immediately had to look directly at the solar eclipse.

UpInArms

(55,043 posts)
6. This reminds me of
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 01:03 PM
5 hrs ago
Iraq inquiry: Pentagon was convinced Army would be greeted with 'flowers on rifles'

Pentagon officials naively believed coalition troops would be greeted with "flowers on the end of rifles" when they invaded Iraq in 2003, the former head of the armed forces has told the Iraq Inquiry.

Skittles

(171,916 posts)
10. haha, hey, you'll like this
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 03:43 PM
3 hrs ago

neighbor, young guy, "I didn't vote for this" - yes you did I told him, YES YOU FUCKING DID.....and while I'm at it, if you're so PRO-WAR (thinks it is necessary but is upset about gas prices) will you be enlisting? He stared at me and said, well, did YOU serve? YES, I told him, YES I FUCKING DID.....fifteen years as a GI brat and four years active duty. YEE HAW!!

Left him SPEECHLESS

Grokenstein

(6,365 posts)
14. In piggy's jellied brain "advisors" are future scapegoats and under-the-bus fodder.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 04:02 PM
2 hrs ago

Even the crafty ones who manipulate him without his realization.

Bibi, on the other hand, is the sort of monstrous, murderous asshole he respects...and obeys.

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