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highplainsdem

(57,600 posts)
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 04:21 PM Jun 23

Trump rages over 'fake news media' reports that Iranian nuclear sites weren't destroyed by Midnight Hammer op: 'Sleazeba

Source: Independent

President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at press reports indicating that the audacious bombing and missile strikes he ordered against three Iranian nuclear sites hadn’t been as effective as he and his top defense officials have claimed.

In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed the target nuclear sites hit by the U.S. over the weekend “were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it” while accusing “the fake news” of trying to “demean” his administration by saying otherwise.

He singled out CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, senior ABC correspondent Jonathan Karl, and Brian Roberts, the owner of NBC News parent company Comcast, as “working especially hard” on the alleged “falsehood,” though he purposefully misstated the name of Cooper in a homophobic taunt, calling him “Allison” instead.

“It never ends with the sleazebags in the Media, and that’s why their Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW — ZERO CREDIBILITY!” he added.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-nuclear-strikes-damage-cnn-b2775452.html

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Trump rages over 'fake news media' reports that Iranian nuclear sites weren't destroyed by Midnight Hammer op: 'Sleazeba (Original Post) highplainsdem Jun 23 OP
Midnight Mushroom Prairie Gates Jun 23 #1
"It never ends with sleazebag Trump, and that's why his Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW -- ZERO CREDIBILITY!" sop Jun 23 #2
Projection is strong within that convicted felon. Justice matters. Jun 23 #17
Swalwell on BlueSky undoubtedly doesn't care if tRump calls him a sleazeball Bernardo de La Paz Jun 23 #3
60% is just below 90%? ThoughtCriminal Jun 23 #13
They have some at a much more enhanced yield than 60%.... reACTIONary Jun 23 #18
Here is some further information.... reACTIONary Jun 23 #22
Someone needs their diaper changed Zorro Jun 23 #4
The damage The Wizard Jun 23 #5
It doesn't matter. He incompetently gave Iran time to move the U and equipment Bernardo de La Paz Jun 23 #10
"Whine. They are telling the truth again. Whine." - G.O.P. draft-dodger-in-cheap (R) BoRaGard Jun 23 #6
Pathetic gay-bashing by the no-class prez. Paladin Jun 23 #7
Sick fuck SheltieLover Jun 23 #8
"and everyone knows it" chelsea0011 Jun 23 #9
Real life just doesn't function like a movie... ultralite001 Jun 23 #11
Thank goodness it didn't. These twits always forget about air and water currents and stuff like that. travelingthrulife Jun 23 #14
Collateral damage... ultralite001 Jun 23 #20
It's like H said in 2015. "He (Donald) has his own reality." Think I got that close to right. Evolve Dammit Jun 23 #12
Trump determines what lies will become the truth, and that's the truth. twodogsbarking Jun 23 #15
This is about being a hero president, bringing a quick peace... ananda Jun 23 #16
"...everyone knows it!" See? NM Grins Jun 23 #19
So very Presidential. Dyedinthewoolliberal Jun 23 #21
Operation Late Nite Rubber Mallet, perhaps? RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jun 24 #23
Chairman of the Board of Fake New R Us says what? Attilatheblond Jun 24 #24
scary reality denialism. WE DON"T KNOW YET. Narcissist sociopath plows along spewing his reality. "Alternate facts" Evolve Dammit Jun 24 #25

sop

(15,347 posts)
2. "It never ends with sleazebag Trump, and that's why his Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW -- ZERO CREDIBILITY!"
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 04:24 PM
Jun 23

Justice matters.

(8,685 posts)
17. Projection is strong within that convicted felon.
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 09:25 PM
Jun 23

ALL TIME LOW - ZERO CREDIBILITY describe 1. his approval numbers 2. his tens of thousands of lies since a decade.

Yep. Projection it is.

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,352 posts)
3. Swalwell on BlueSky undoubtedly doesn't care if tRump calls him a sleazeball
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 04:26 PM
Jun 23

I'm worried about a president who can't shut his mouth and who reveals classified information

JB_CADCAM (@jonbanquer.bsky.social) 2025-06-23T17:19:12.376Z

ThoughtCriminal

(14,606 posts)
13. 60% is just below 90%?
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 07:51 PM
Jun 23

Yeah. Right.

I'm not an expert here but how long does it take to refine 60% pure to 90%? I guess it depends on how many centrifuges are available, but that seems like a pretty big gap. How many long does each cycle take?


reACTIONary

(6,610 posts)
18. They have some at a much more enhanced yield than 60%....
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 09:28 PM
Jun 23

.... they have some that is up to (llRC) 87%. So the statement is not accurate, but the contention that they are close, for some limited amount, is true.

reACTIONary

(6,610 posts)
22. Here is some further information....
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 10:47 PM
Jun 23
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/06/23/iran-strikes-nuclear-program-00419268

Starting with uranium enriched to 60 percent and just 100 or 200 operating centrifuges, they could likely produce enough weapons-grade uranium for a bomb in just a few weeks.

The Wizard

(13,292 posts)
5. The damage
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 04:29 PM
Jun 23

is 200 feet below the surface where it is not visible. I guess we have to take Herr Twitler at his word. Never mind.

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,352 posts)
10. It doesn't matter. He incompetently gave Iran time to move the U and equipment
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 04:46 PM
Jun 23

Satellite photos of an Iranian strike site show a line of trucks before the strike. Presumably, these trucks were there to remove what was inside the bunker. Trump would have had access to such information before the strike. Did he ignore it? Or was this the usual Trump intelligence incompetence?

Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-06-23T19:19:47.373Z


1. Trump announces where he will bomb in Iran to destroy its nuclear inventory.

2. Iran moves its nuclear inventory from those locations.

3. Trump bombs those locations.

4. Trump: "Yay! Our strikes were a COMPLETE success! Mission accomplished!!!"

5. Iran rolls its eyes & jacks up US gas prices.

Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-06-23T01:08:35.919Z

BoRaGard

(6,598 posts)
6. "Whine. They are telling the truth again. Whine." - G.O.P. draft-dodger-in-cheap (R)
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 04:30 PM
Jun 23

He is the greatest republicon WHINER of all time.

For repubes, whining is darkside entrancing...

ultralite001

(1,903 posts)
11. Real life just doesn't function like a movie...
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 05:10 PM
Jun 23

If Krasnov was a better director, Iran's "nuclear arsenal" would have gone up in a blaze of glory...

Krasnov's style is more Steven Seagal than Martin Scorsese... His directorial debut was uninspired
+ cliché-ridden, a lot like his "acting"...

travelingthrulife

(2,946 posts)
14. Thank goodness it didn't. These twits always forget about air and water currents and stuff like that.
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 07:54 PM
Jun 23

ananda

(32,667 posts)
16. This is about being a hero president, bringing a quick peace...
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 08:11 PM
Jun 23

and adding to his quest to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

This is purely selfish... in every way.

Evolve Dammit

(21,119 posts)
25. scary reality denialism. WE DON"T KNOW YET. Narcissist sociopath plows along spewing his reality. "Alternate facts"
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 05:33 PM
Jun 24

And Cult 45 believes every word. No fact checking needed.

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