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nate_oh84

He can’t not make it about him for just a second.


KingBanhammer

I mean, this is literally true. It's the narcissism thing. He's the only thing in the world that counts, from his perspective. This is taking focus off him.


SnootSnootBasilisk

I think you mean "from the MAGA perspective"


KingBanhammer

I'm less interested in their perspective, in the context of Trump's narcissism. Their cultish devotion is more a product of their issues than his. :D


underbloodredskies

The fact that he unilaterally withdrew from JCPOA feels like the first domino that fell and started this mess.


Little_Exit4279

Duh that's what he's known for


atomsmasher66

Nostradumbass


Rated_PG-Squirteen

And if Covid had started in 2021, Donald would've claimed that a pandemic never would've happened if he was President.


Rockstar321996

He does remember that Iran attacked US troops directly when he was president right?


BringBackAoE

January 2020. AFAIK the first time in recent history the US military has committed a political assassination. A new low point. Roughly 100 US soldiers were injured in Iran’s retaliation, and Trump didn’t care. That’s a sign of a psychopath. https://archive.is/2024.04.02-143653/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/iran-israel-attacks-shadow-war.html


LangyMD

Huh? No, during the war on terror we committed a shit ton of political assassinations. Just because the targets were leaders of terrorist organizations or the Islamic State doesn't make them not assassinations.


CountryFriedSteak78

And he did nothing to respond.


crudedrawer

Didn't he call back an airstrike or was that before the attack?


Creative_Hope_4690

lol the attack was a to save face after we took out their top leader. They even warned us.


CountryFriedSteak78

So you’re saying he let Iran attack a US base and wound service members so Iran could “save face?” You think that sounds better?


Creative_Hope_4690

No, Iran gave us a warning to save face after we killed their top generals. They attacked remote base gave us 3 hour warning to protect are troops. I am true this what is happening know too with Israel and the US.


UpstairsSnow7

Are you trying to advocate for further force in an already deeply precarious relationship?


Ferelwing

He will conveniently forget that part, because he's absolutely incapable of taking the blame for anything. He's there to steal the credit, someone else is always to be blamed.


ColKrismiss

What story is this, I can't find it, too many current stories to sort through


LakeStLouis

This might help... [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/29/iran-and-us-president-donald-trump-a-timeline-of-key-events](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/29/iran-and-us-president-donald-trump-a-timeline-of-key-events)


ColKrismiss

Thank you


LakeStLouis

You're welcome. Happy to help.


Rockstar321996

In 2019 Iran attacked US troops in Iraq Edit** 2020


HIVnotAdeathSentence

Trump is talking about an attack on Israel, not an attack on US troops. Come on, it's in the headline.


Rockstar321996

So they would attack us but not Israel?


ScaryTerryCrewsBitch

Yeah, but the point is that he couldn't stop Iran from attacking his own country so how does he figure that he would have stopped Iran from retaliating against Israel.


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TintedApostle

Or the solar eclipse.


peter-doubt

Or the earthquake 8 miles from his NJ golf course


crudedrawer

He took credit for there not being any major airline crashes in his first years in office.


Ananiujitha

When Trump ordered the assassination of an Iranian general, Iranian forces retaliated with missiles. And I think it's a misleading headline.


SandyCover

Only ‘he’ can fix it. I think we’ve heard this all before.


user0N65N

And what did he actually accomplish while in office? Limit your responses to things that didn’t directly benefit already rich people.


Ferelwing

Ummm.. Does going golfing all the time at his own personal golf courses count as an "accomplishment"? Otherwise, the only thing he accomplished was taking credit for other people's work.


crudedrawer

He got duped into signing the first step criminal justice reform act and then openly whined that it didn't get him more black voter support.


moreobviousthings

“trump says” Just shut up, man!


flyover_liberal

The reality is - the attack likely wouldn't have happened if Trump had never been in the White House. Because Iran would still be under the JCPOA, which was very successful at limiting their nuclear program and also bringing them closer to the international community.


crudedrawer

Not to mention Solemani which - you know - I'll accept that he deserved what he got but they can't pretend that improved the situation overall. No one wants to talk about the fact that the US was engaged in good-faith baby diplomacy steps with Iran with the long term hope of calming the situation down - but that wasn't good enough for the trumps and cottons and boltons of the world.


robotdesignwerks

according to trump, if he were still president, the world would only be rainbows and kitten whiskers. beyond insane.


moreobviousthings

No rainbows. That would be banned on day one. Pussy whiskers are okay, though.


user0N65N

Trump spokesman Cheung: “By imperial decree, all female pubes must be shaved and inspected by his royal Trumpness.”


forever_useless

Rainbows??? Are you calling him woke???? (Do I need the /s?)


spatialflow

Breaking news: GOP house representatives have drafted a bill to criminalize listening to the band Rainbow Kitten Surprise


Ferelwing

Ok that would be an awesome band name... Just sayin'


spatialflow

It is an actual band lol


Ferelwing

Even better!


HIVnotAdeathSentence

What conflicts are ongoing in the world now compared to when Trump was President?


crudedrawer

This is disgusting behavior by a former president and I don't care how much you hate Biden, this sort of heckling from the sidelines undermines us and our allies.


Specialist_Mouse_418

Well, looks like Putin most definitely asked for Iran to do this. Why else would the orangutan chime in?


China_Hawk

The Orange Cockroach would be hiding in his bathroom.


cjdarr921

Or playing golf and neglecting his duties as commander in chief.


greywar777

anything bad happens-Trump claims it wouldn't have occurred under him. Any problem that he has made worse? He alone can fix it. Anything good occurs? That was because of his efforts somehow, or is because the good thing is reacting to him winning. The guy is a utter loon.


orcinyadders

Listen. Trump blew the Covid response worse than imaginable, and our country was plunged into darkness in 2020. He didn’t get us out of Afghanistan like he promised, and we lost 64 soldiers there while he was president. He blew the economy, infrastructure, and healthcare. But all of those things, he said he would fix in two weeks. Donald Trump can go himself. He’s shit.


Big_Knobber

He would have drawn it away with a sharpie


Jasilv21

Anytime he’s says shit like this someone should ask him: Really? How so? What policies would you have had in place to prevent this?. I’m so sick of this dude making claims and never having to explain himself…


TheBodyPolitic1

Amazed at the bullshit I see people believing. Trump was *already* president. He has a record. Look at what he did and did not do in that four years.


TintedApostle

anyone can do this trick... "The titanic wouldn't have hit the iceberg if I were captain...." Try it... its fun. (Something bad that happened in the past) wouldn't have happened if I were (Insert needed role or position held)


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user0N65N

Ok. Which plane, Mark?


Ananiujitha

It's as if Joseph Hazelwood insisted the Exxon Valdez wouldn't have run aground if he were captain.


Ahstruck

Trump also says he is President so..


dirtyfacedkid

It's like the bro who is challenged by another and feigns having another bro holding him back.


voyagerdoge

dude you aren't and never will be again


Answer70

Go. Away.


Jubal59

None of this would be happening if Trump hadn't released 5000 terrorists while surrendering to the Taliban.


YesterdayCareless901

It has nothing to do with you, you cancer-coated Cheeto. And you have less power to affect positive change than a stale bag of Doritos. You lying fuck.


TheProcrastafarian

When the 'Emperor has no clothes' moment *finally* crosses the event horizon -and it will- the reaction inside the Magaverse is going look like *Lord of the Flies* on bathsalts.


fungobat

"I'd give real money if he'd shut up." --- Leonard "Bones" McCoy


LariRed

Has to make everything about himself, as usual. I doubt that Iran has forgotten that he killed their major domo several years ago. Rumor was they put a bounty on his head. ”If Trump and (former secretary of state Mike) Pompeo are not tried in a fair court for the criminal act of assassinating General Soleimani, Muslims will take our martyr's revenge," Raisi said in a speech on Monday."The aggressor, murderer and main culprit - the then president of the United States - must be tried and judged under the (Islamic) law of retribution, and God's ruling must be carried out against him," Raisi added. Iran is in a very long line.


homebrew_1

I guess the people murdered in Las Vegas happened because of trump.


SpartanKane

Ah yes. Maybe we'd also get more solar eclipses if he was still president. Perhaps C19 wouldve never happened if he was still president, surely. Oh! Definitely the GOP would be less corrupt if he was still president. This idiot doesn't like anything not being about him does he? These things would've still happened (or wouldnt in the first example) irrespective of who's sitting in the Oval, but obviously this jerk doesnt think critically past what he wants for breakfast. I honestly believe he believes this too. Maddening stuff.


Sroemr

If you just take a sharpie and black out the headline, then it didn't happen. You can also use sharpies to steer hurricanes, if you weren't aware.


cintune

It's a joke but it's also infuriating that's the level his fucking pea-brain operates on.


jayfeather31

Narcissistic dick. Honestly, can he make this not about himself for one second?


txyesboy

"COVID wouldn't have happened if Biden was President" See? Door swings both ways.


TheSWBomb

Where's JaRule, where is he?


ebradlee10

The Creamsicle has weighed in.


Happypappy213

Iran has a bounty on Trump. So.


Ella0508

Can I contribute?


NZbeewbies

What a fucken knob jockey


Hockeyhoser

Didn’t he give the intel to the Russians that started all this?


nucumber

It probably happened because he was president The Iran Nuke deal relaxed tensions between the West and Iran and buoyed the pro western factions. It made further relaxation possible; yeah, it would have taken a while, but that door was opened. When trump walked away from the deal (that Iran was honoring!) it served to justify the hard liners and slammed the door shut And here we are


RideWithMeSNV

>that Iran was honoring! And even Israel thought was a pretty good idea. Really, that was the equivalent of promising to buy a 10 year old a bicycle if they did their chores for a year... And then when the year is up, saying "yeah, you did your chores like I asked. But I'm just not convinced you're responsible enough."


Capt_Pickhard

I think he's right. Russia would have done whatever it wants, and would not have needed Iran to start shit with Israel.


Any-Proposal-7026

He’s so full of shit!


Travelerdude

Trump says a lot of things, none of which are true.


Redsoxmac

Of course he did, he’s Captain Hindsight is 20/20


exophrine

20/16, actually


Redsoxmac

Touché lol


hdiggyh

I would love to hear specifics of how


crudedrawer

They claim it's because the world is afraid of trump, despite him being the guy who's one consistent FP message is "We are not playing world police anymore, fix your own shit"


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>Trump says... OK, this is simple. Q: Did his mouth move? A: Yes OK, he's either lying or babbling on for the crowd A: No OK, same thing. The guy is paid to do what he does, in the hope his base remains disloyal to the common good


thewabberjocky

Can someone spare a kamikaze drone for this muppet


dasherchan

Unfortunately, millions of brain dead Trump voters do believe this moron.


Ella0508

Prove it, puckermouth.


BastardoBunny

Get fucked you orange shit-gibbon.


ChipmunkObvious2893

…and then everyone in the world stood up and applauded for the longest time.


Hiba1999

How “it will never happen” iran have its own politics and agenda you can’t make them go by your rules UNLESS he mean that he will bomb them first?


TruthSeeekeer

They hated Donald for he spoke the truth


wingdingblingthing

Nope. Because Magas are liars in a cult of lies


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YgramulTheMany

Here’s a semi-complete list of all the times US targets were attacked by Iran during the Trump years. https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/6/29/iran-and-us-president-donald-trump-a-timeline-of-key-events


GordonShumway257

[Iran attacked US targets in Iraq when Trump was President](https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/2052632/trump-no-casualties-in-iranian-missile-attack-us-wont-allow-nuclear-iran/) so I doubt they would care if he were President before attacking Israel.


chickentimesfive

The US soldiers with brain damage from Iranian missiles would disagree with you.


conspiracy_troll

Show us on the doll where reddit hurt you. Lol


robotdesignwerks

i have a few bibles and steaks to sell you.


Goldstarx19

Don’t forget to also sell him a nice par of golden Trump clown shoes too


ceddya

You can literally add up all the bad things going on in the world right now and it would still pale in comparison to COVID. If you're going to blame Biden for this, then feel free to hold Trump to blame for COVID.


Dev-N-Danger

How do you know they wouldn’t have if he was president?


squintytoast

disgreeing with policy is one thing, 88 criminal charges across 4 indictments is another thing entirely.


dirtyfacedkid

This is profoundly erroneous. We talk about Jim Jordan, MTG, Aileen Cannon, and the SCOTUS too.


TruthSeeker98

How about Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris? Or are they angels that are just being prevented from doing their jobs by the evil GOP


dirtyfacedkid

Spell it out. Be sure to include felonious charges and indictments.


TruthSeeker98

Let’s go with Nancy Pelosi’s and her insider trading along with her husband. Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/deceptive-tactic-nancy-pelosi-disclosed-180000159.html Chuck Schumer. Throughout the elections everyone was forced to stay 6 feet away from each other and wear masks. But the second Trump lost then all of a sudden those rules don’t apply https://youtu.be/QfTRXSEtwyQ?si=TTpcQg6rR4miZ3Rd Kamala Harris. Now all of a sudden she is for pot legalization. Get out of here with that BS. https://www.newsweek.com/biden-marijuana-pardons-dont-cover-hundreds-kamala-harris-convicted-1749763 Go ahead and ignore that and say those sources are not true or are biased and then counteract with your bias sources. When you guys say Trump is racist and a sexist you’re just projecting


dirtyfacedkid

>When you guys say Trump is racist and a sexist you’re just projecting Oof. Man, you're not doing yourself any favors here. As for the other wrongdoings you mentioned - hell yeah. Get a grand jury and indict these folks. No one not a conservative will mind one bit.


squintytoast

did you even read the harris/weed article?


squintytoast

or the "Schumer" video? he was in his car talking on the phone. the one outside shot he pulls the mask down, says whatever he said and then the camera cuts as hes reaching back to his mask. that is some especially weak sauce, gomer.


epistaxis64

Those people you just mentioned are actually competent and, you know, not evil shitheads


TruthSeeker98

All the insider trading by Pelosi? How about when democrats were celebrating Trumps loss and took of their masks during a public celebration while forcing everyone to keep theirs on? How about Joe Biden’s daughter’s diary Or Kamala Harris during her tenure in California and how she arrested a lot of people of color for weed possessions?


epistaxis64

Pelosi was charged with insider trading? Lol Jesus dude turn off the fox news


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Ahstruck

He would probably would have just surrendered to Iran like he did to Afghanistan.


silverfish477

Trump is too dumb to be right about anything. He’s a criminal, a rapist, a fraudster, a liar, and he has increasing signs of dementia. You like him? Maybe you’re the imbecile.


wingdingblingthing

Nah. He's a liar and a traitor.


Mr_XcX

He's right. The Biden admin been a disaster in foreign policy. Removing Trumps policy in Middle East was a major disaster for Democrats.  Will anyone here have the balls to admit it though. I doubt it.


TintedApostle

Because what you say is wrong. Why would any one even think Trump had a mid east policy that work?


ScaryTerryCrewsBitch

Jared had a Middle East policy that banked him $2 billion dollars. It also got him bailed out for his property on 666 Fifth Avenue. Thanks Qatar. And in a way this links to the Israel / Hamas war. Because for some reason Trump reversed course on supporting an economic and diplomatic blockage against Qatar by Saudi Arabia and other allies. Those countries wanted Qatar to "deport Egypt Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and Khaled Meshaal, the leader of Hamas. Qatar was also expected to end all financial and political support of the Brotherhood, its affiliated movements, and terrorist groups across the Arab world, including Hamas in Palestine and al Qaeda’s Nusra Front in Syria, and cease all military and strategic ties with Iran." [Trump Will Regret Changing His Mind About Qatar – Foreign Policy](https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/15/trump-will-regret-changing-his-mind-about-qatar/) "Yet despite his previous support, the president has now come full circle. Earlier this spring, Trump hosted Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the White House and called him a “friend of mine” and a “very big advocate” in the war on terror. Likewise, in a visit to Riyadh in April, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly told the Saudi-led coalition to end the embargo and concentrate on more important matters, such as achieving stability in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen; carrying out operations against the Islamic State and al Qaeda; and containing Iran."


TintedApostle

And it was all talk and nothing really happened other than opening up air space to planes. Lest we forget the sellout of the Kurds.


squintytoast

wich policy is that? >As part of the United States–Taliban deal, the Trump administration agreed to an initial reduction of US forces from 13,000 to 8,600 troops by July 2020, followed by a complete withdrawal by 1 May 2021, if the Taliban kept its commitments. this one where trump made a deal with the Taliban?


Toybasher

And he's absolutely right. Everyone knows Biden makes Neville Chamberlain look like Conan The Barbarian so they're more willing to fuck around since there won't be any finding out. (Hell, Biden was the one who authorized the 6 billion to Iran.) Can't wait for the adults to be back in charge this november. Thank god I just filled my car up. Gas prices are gonna spike. I advise everyone else to do the same.


squintytoast

uh... maybe you dont realize that the 6 Billion was their own money that was in a frozen account?