I expected Trump to wander all over the place, but he didn’t.
Transcript of Speech
The Associated Press has the Complete Transcript of Trump’s Address to the Nation
My fellow Americans, good evening. Let me begin by congratulating the team at NASA and our brave astronauts on the successful launch of Artemis II, it was quite something. It will be traveling further than any manned rocket has ever flown and will very substantially pass the moon, go around it and come back home from a distance that has never been done before. It’s amazing. They are on the way and God bless them, these are brave people. We want to — God bless those four unbelievable astronauts.
As we speak this evening, it’s been just one month since the United States military began Operation Epic Fury, targeting the world’s No. 1 state sponsor of terror, Iran. In these past four weeks, our armed forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield. Victories like few people have ever seen before. Tonight, Iran’s navy is gone. Their air force is in ruins. Their leaders, most of them, terrorist regime, they led, are now dead. Their command and control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is being decimated as we speak. Their ability to launch missiles and drones is dramatically curtailed. And their weapons, factories and rocket launchers are being blown to pieces. Very few of them left.
Never in the history of warfare has an enemy suffered such clear and devastating large-scale losses in a matter of weeks. Our enemies are losing and America, as it has been for five years under my presidency, is winning, and now winning bigger than ever before.
Before discussing this current situation, I also want to thank our troops for the masterful job they did in taking the country of Venezuela in a matter of minutes. That hit was quick, lethal, violent and respected by everyone all over the world. After rebuilding our military during my first term, we have by far the strongest military anywhere in the world. And now we’re working along with Venezuela and are, in a true sense, joint venture partners. We’re getting along incredibly well in the production and sale of massive amounts of oil and gas, the second largest reserves on Earth after the United States of America. We’re now totally independent of the Middle East, and yet we are there to help. We don’t have to be there. We don’t need their oil. We don’t need anything they have. But we’re there to help our allies.
Tonight, I want to provide an update on the tremendous progress our warriors have made in Iran and discuss why Operation Epic Fury is necessary for the safety of America and the security of the free world. From the very first day I announced my campaign for president in 2015, I vowed that I would never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. This fanatical regime has been chanting, “Death to America, death to Israel” for 47 years. Their proxies were behind the murder of 241 Americans in the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, the slaughter of hundreds of our service members with roadside bombs. They were involved in the attack on the USS Cole, and they carried out the countless other heinous acts, including the blood — just horrible, bloody atrocities of Oct. 7 in Israel, something that most people, never seen anything like it. This murderous regime also recently killed 45,000 of their own people who were protesting in Iran, 45,000 dead. For these terrorists to have nuclear weapons would be an intolerable threat. The most violent and thuggish regime on earth would be free to carry out their campaigns of terror, coercion, conquest and mass murder from behind a nuclear shield. I will never let that happen, and neither should any of our past presidents.
This situation has been going on for 47 years, and should have been handled long before I arrived in office. I did many things during my two terms in office to stop the quest for nuclear weapons by Iran. First, and perhaps most importantly, I killed General Qassem Soleimani. In my first term. He was an evil genius, brilliant person, a horrible human being, however, the father of the roadside bomb. And he lived, just horrible what he did. Iran would have been perhaps in a far better, stronger position had he lived. We would have had probably a different conversation tonight. But you know what? We’d still be winning and winning big.
And then, very importantly, I terminated Barack Hussein Obama’s Iran nuclear deal, a disaster. Obama gave them $1.7 billion in cash. Green, green cash — took it out of banks from Virginia, D.C. and Maryland. All the cash they had. Flew it by airplanes in an attempt to buy their respect and loyalty, but it didn’t work. They laughed at our president and went on with their mission to have a nuclear bomb. His Iran deal would have led to a colossal arsenal of massive nuclear weapons for Iran. They would have had them years ago, and they would have used them, would have been a different world. There would have been no Middle East and no Israel right now, in my opinion — the opinion of a lot of great experts — had I not terminated that terrible deal. I was so honored to do it, I was so proud to do it, it was so bad right from the beginning.
Essentially, I did what no other president was willing to do. They made mistakes and I am correcting them. My first preference was always the path of diplomacy, yet the regime continued their relentless quest for nuclear weapons and rejected every attempt at an agreement. For this reason, in June, I ordered a strike on Iran’s key nuclear facilities in Operation Midnight Hammer. Nobody’s ever seen anything like it. Those beautiful B-2 bombers performed magnificently. We totally obliterated those nuclear sites. The regime then sought to rebuild their nuclear program at a totally different location, making clear they had no intention of abandoning their pursuit of nuclear weapons.
They were also rapidly building a vast stockpile of conventional ballistic missiles, and would soon have had missiles that could reach the American homeland, Europe and virtually any other place on Earth. Iran’s strategy was so obvious, they wanted to produce as many missiles as possible, and they did with the longest range possible, and they had some weapons that nobody believed they had. We just learned that, we took them out, we took them all out so that no one would really dare stop them and their race for a nuclear bomb, a nuclear weapon like nobody’s ever seen before. They were right at the doorstep. For years, everyone has said that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons. But in the end, those are just words. If you’re not willing to take action when the time comes.
As I stated in my announcement of Operation Epic Fury, our objectives are very simple and clear. We are systematically dismantling the regime’s ability to threaten America or reject power outside of their borders. That means eliminating Iran’s navy, which is now absolutely destroyed, hurting their air force and their missile program at levels never seen before and annihilating their defense industrial base. We’ve done all of it. Their navy is gone. Their air force is gone. Their missiles are just about used up or beaten. Taken together, these actions will cripple Iran’s military, crush their ability to support terrorist proxies and deny them the ability to build a nuclear bomb. Our armed forces have been extraordinary. There’s never been anything like it militarily. Everyone is talking about it. And tonight, I’m pleased to say that these core strategic objectives are nearing completion.
As we celebrate this progress, we think especially of the 13 American warriors who have laid down their lives in this fight to prevent our children from ever having to face a nuclear Iran. Twice this past month, I have traveled to Dover Air Force Base, and it’s been something, I wanted to be with those heroes as they returned to American soil. I was with them and their families, their parents, their wives, their husbands. We salute them. And now we must honor them by completing the mission for which they gave their lives. And every single one of the people, their loved ones said, “Please, sir, please finish the job,” every one of them, and we are going to finish the job and we’re going to finish it very fast. We’re getting very close.
I want to thank our allies in the Middle East: Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain. They’ve been great, and we will not let them get hurt or fail in any way, shape or form. Many Americans have been concerned to see the recent rise in gasoline prices here at home. This short-term increase has been entirely the result of the Iranian regime launching deranged terror attacks against commercial oil tankers and neighboring countries that have nothing to do with the conflict. This is yet more proof that Iran can never be trusted with nuclear weapons. They will use them and they will use them quickly. It would lead to decades of extortion, economic pain and instability worse than we can ever imagine.
The United States has never been better prepared economically to confront this threat. You all know that. We built the strongest economy in history. We’re going through it right now, the strongest in history. And one year we’ve taken a dead and crippled country. I hate to say that, but we were a dead and crippled country after the last administration and made it the hottest country anywhere in the world by far, with no inflation, record setting investments coming into the United States, over $18 trillion and the highest stock market ever with 53 all-time record highs in just one year. It all positioned us to get rid of a cancer that has long simmered. It’s known as the nuclear Iran, and they didn’t know what was coming. They’d never imagined it.
Remember, because of our drill baby drill program, America has plenty of gas. We have so much gas. Under my leadership, we are No. 1 producer of oil and gas on the planet, without even discussing the millions of barrels that we’re getting from Venezuela. Because of the Trump administration’s policies, we produce more oil and gas than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined. Think of that. Saudi Arabia and Russia combined. And that number will soon be substantially higher than that. There’s no country like us anywhere in the world, and we’re in great shape for the future. The United States imports almost no oil through the Hormuz Strait and won’t be taking any in the future. We don’t need it. We haven’t needed it, and we don’t need it. We’ve beaten and completely decimated Iran. They are decimated both militarily and economically and in every other way. And the countries of the world that do receive oil through the Hormuz Straight must take care of that passage. They must cherish it. They must grab it and cherish it. They could do it easily. We will be helpful, but they should take the lead in protecting the oil that they so desperately depend on.
So to those countries that can’t get fuel, many of which refuse to get involved in the decapitation of Iran — we had to do it ourselves — I have a suggestion. No. 1, buy oil from the United States of America. We have plenty. We have so much. And No. 2, build up some delayed courage. Should have done it before. Should have done it with us as we asked. Go to the straight and just take it, protect it, use it for yourselves. Iran has been essentially decimated. The hard part is done, so it should be easy.
And in any event, when this conflict is over, the strait will open up naturally. It’ll just open up naturally. They’re going to want to be able to sell oil because that’s all they have to try and rebuild. It will resume the flowing and the gas prices will rapidly come back down. Stock prices will rapidly go back up. They haven’t come down very much, frankly. They came down a little bit. But they’ve had some very good days over the last couple of days. We’ve done actually much better than I thought. But we had to take that little journey to Iran to get rid of this horrible threat.
With our historic tax cuts, where people are just now talking about receiving larger refunds than they ever thought possible, they are getting so much more money than they thought. That’s from the great big, beautiful bill. Our economy is strong and improving by the day, and it will soon be roaring back like never before. It will top the levels that it was a month ago. I made clear from the beginning of Operation Epic Fury that we will continue until our objectives are fully achieved. Thanks to the progress we’ve made. I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly. Very shortly.
We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong. In the meantime, discussions are ongoing. Regime change was not our goal. We never said regime change, but regime change has occurred because of all of their original leaders’ death. They’re all dead. The new group is less radical and much more reasonable. Yet if during this period of time no deal is made, we have our eyes on key targets. If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously. We have not hit their oil, even though that’s the easiest target of all, because it would not give them even a small chance of survival or rebuilding. But we could hit it and it would be gone. And there’s not a thing they could do about it. They have no anti-aircraft equipment. Their radar is 100% annihilated. We are unstoppable as a military force. The nuclear sites that we obliterated with the B-2 bombers have been hit so hard that it would take months to get near the nuclear dust. And we have it under intense satellite surveillance and control. If we see them make a move, even a move for it, we’ll hit them with missiles very hard again. We have all the cards. They have none.
It’s very important that we keep this conflict in perspective. American involvement in World War I lasted one year, seven months and five days. World War II lasted for three years, eight months and 25 days. The Korean War lasted for three years, one month and two days. The Vietnam War lasted for 19 years, five months and 29 days. Iraq went on for eight years, eight months and 28 days. We are in this military operation, so powerful, so brilliant against one of the most powerful countries for 32 days. And the country has been eviscerated and essentially is really no longer a threat. They were the bully of the Middle East, but they are the bully no longer. This is a true investment in your children and your grandchildren’s future. The whole world is watching and they can’t believe the power, strength and brilliance, they just can’t believe what their seeing, they, leave it to your imagination, but they can’t believe what they’re seeing, the brilliance of the United States military.
Tonight, every American can look forward to a day when we are finally free from the wickedness of Iranian aggression and the specter of nuclear blackmail. Because of the actions we have taken, we are on the cusp of ending Iran’s sinister threat to America and the world. And I’ll tell you, the world is watching. And when we do, when it’s all over, the United States will be safer, stronger, more prosperous and greater than it has ever been before.
May God bless the men and women of the United States Armed Forces, and may God bless the United States of America. Thank you very much, and good night.
I posted 44 things I thought Trump might say in What Should We Expect from Trump’s Address to the Nation Tonight?
I did not watch. We had a low humidity day with lots of fluffy cumulus clouds so I was out photographing at sunset.
A reader keeping score says I got got off to a great start hitting 1,2,3,5,6, then 18-22. That’s 10.
My number 43 was “the moon” which made the third sentence.
My number 44 was NO Mention of Epstein. I certainly got that right. In total, I got 12 of 44.
The reader gives me the benefit of the doubt on 13-through 17 which was a list of countries that refuse to join Trump’s war. He only mentioned them collectively, so I won’t claim credit.
Market Reaction
The market’s reaction was worse than mine. Futures are down substantially, bond yields are up, and oil is up $4.00.
Trump was wise to stick to the script, not single out allies, and not mention NATO.
I don’t know what the market was looking for, but it appears we have a sell the news event.
Trump did repeat lies about the US oil. Here’s the key paragraph again.
So to those countries that can’t get fuel, many of which refuse to get involved in the decapitation of Iran — we had to do it ourselves — I have a suggestion. No. 1, buy oil from the United States of America. We have plenty. We have so much. And No. 2, build up some delayed courage. Should have done it before. Should have done it with us as we asked. Go to the straight and just take it, protect it, use it for yourselves. Iran has been essentially decimated. The hard part is done, so it should be easy.
Trump simply does not know how markets work. If the US had plenty of oil, West Texas Intermediate Crude ($WTIC) would not be $104.18 as I type. Mideast Brent Crude is a mere $2 higher.
Yesterday, I commented Economically Illiterate Trump Tells the World to “Buy Jet Fuel from Us”
Trump again proves he does not know how global markets function.
The key takeaway however, (at least for now) is the markets wanted something more.
But the price of oil is not going to quickly drop unless there is a ton of demand destruction.
The only way I see significant demand destruction is higher prices, recession, or both. The Fed is not in a good spot.
Add It All Up
If you add this all up, the two words that best describe the setup are “more inflation.”
This is why Powell Powell Warns the Markets and Trump that His Patience with Inflation Has Limits
Powell’s speech was to Harvard students but read between the lines.
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It was an AI generated speech! otherwise he would have bloviated of ‘winning’ a lot longer and all his ridiculous platitudes that if it wasn’t for the destructiveness He has brought on country and the world it would be comical! God Helps Us from this malignant narcissist, who’s pissing off everyone in the 🌎 including allies!
I was chatting with some older friends and they were laughing about the saying “Two Weeks” as it referred to a constant saying in the movie Money Pit.
The contractors constantly told the homeowners “Two Weeks” every time they asked when the project would be finished…
It took a long, long time…
Two weeks to “Flatten the Oil Price Curve”
The biggest threat to US and everyone alive is TRUMP. There is no bigger threat to the world than TRUMP.
In the ultimate irony maybe the world would be better off if Iran had nukes like North Korea. Then Trump would be over there kissing the Mullahs ass like he did with the Rocketman and oil would be flowing at $40 a barrel.
The leader of the AfD in Germany (far right party leading in some opinion polls) is now saying they want US troops out of Germany
Imagine thinking US troops in your nation could be a GOOD thing, with Trump at the helm.
WTI is now higher than Brent. People should have known that this will happen sooner or later because of the war and regional/global arbitrage. But too many are too stupid.
There is probably a ruder way to say it. Keep working on it…
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No it is not. You are comparing two different contract. WTI May 26 and Brent June 26
Trump: “The equivocating fiend that lies like truth.” (from Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth”.)
So, regime change is “accomplished” and stopping Iran becoming a nuclear power was dropped as a goal. Handing control of the Straight of Hormuz to Iran wasn’t mentioned as a goal, but must have been one otherwise why do it…
I don’t see any way in which this excursion can be spun as a success. Trump was high on the Maduro kidnap and thought he could get away with anything. And then got hit on the nose hard. I think it’s that simple.
Yep, Trump replaced Khamenei with Khamenei . Success!
UhOh!
Trump delivers a speech designed to goose the markets and they promptly take a shit!
WTI up a lucky $13.13 as I tap on these keys.
DOW down 629 with the Plunge Protection Team trying to hold back the tide.
Who does Trump work for?
The fertilizer from the Persian Gulf feeds over 3 billion people. The same farmers that can not get afford fuel to plant their crops, buy fertilizer, or, buy US farm equipment, or pay loans on their farm equipment.
These are already marginalized people living on the edges of survival.
The expected 25% decrease in food production will create epic suffering and death.
Lack of helium will effect microchip manufacturing in a few weeks.
True and the healthcare (MRI) markets shortly thereafter.
While true, newer generation MRI Machines avoid using helium for a 4K cooler, which takes weeks instead of hours to cool. That’s why they used helium, for the fast cooling. So some MRIs may still work if they are 4K but they’ll need a long time between uses.
This does almost nothing to mitigate the helium crunch or the claims in your post. I will add that launching Artemis II required 3.2 mm cf of helium, which would have been used better fabbing chips than researching how to occupy and destroy ANOTHER space rock.
ED: to add link https://stirlingcryogenics.com/markets/magnet-cooling/
“Who does Trump work for?”
Israel.
So the war continues.
Mish, nice picture of people on a bench with scenery!
Trump’s Fools’ Day speech lived up to expectations: he has no idea why he started the war; he has no idea how to finish the war. Trump’s only clear message was: get ready for much higher gas prices.
When your bibi’s puppet, you’ll say anything to distract the masses.
I like how Trump talks about examples of terrorist acts from Iran and none of the examples involve Iran.
Trump’s healthcare plan would like to have a conversation about “in two weeks”
The markets are no longer Trump’s kryptonite. He detached from the markets with his speech. His sons’ crypto exchange must have taken a hit along with the crypto prices overnight. He no longer cares. There’s insufficient liquidity for billionaires to sell any appreciable part of their portfolio, but the millionaires in the $5-10 range could make markets illiquid very quickly. Not even the Plunge Protection Team can block the exits.
It’s going to be another busy day of trading on markets today. Oil prices shooting up again. Impossible to say how high prices will go. They could easily surpass $150 in the next few weeks, at which point, demand destruction will bring them back down.
After one month of Trump’s war, shortages of refined products are appearing all over the world. And he is promising a few more weeks of attacks, which will make things even worse.
The Global economy is beginning to collapse.
Amazing to see how badly Trump can f*ck things up.
And it only took about 13 months for the dumbass to do. We still have just under 3 years of this shithead to put up with.
Fuel rationing has started in SE Asia. Work from home has been reinstated, schools are closing, and some governments are ordering 4 day work weeks.
People take for granted how important energy is.
I fear we are barreling towards something very bad.
He is making sure his grave is deep enough, so the digging will continue till he’s sure he’ll never come out of it ….
I believe a wooden stake through the heart is the traditional course of action.
Trump does not care, as long as he personally doesn’t suffer.
“Don’t Look Up!” is most instructive.
Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, the President must notify Congress within 48 hours of committing U.S. Armed Forces to hostilities. Hostilities must terminate within 60 days unless Congress declares war, authorizes the action, or grants a 30-day extension, which is permitted if necessary for safe troop withdrawal.
Key Aspects of the 60-Day Rule:
Trigger: The 60-day clock starts when the report is submitted or required to be submitted to Congress.
Termination: If Congress does not authorize the action within 60 days, the President must withdraw the troops.
Extension: An additional 30 days can be authorized by the President, but only for the safe removal of forces, requiring a written certification of “unavoidable military necessity”.
Purpose: The resolution aims to ensure the collective judgment of both Congress and the President is applied to the use of military force, enforcing the constitutional requirement that only Congress can formally declare war.
Controversy: Often, the executive branch interprets the 60-day period as a window for unilateral action, whereas Congress views it as a limit to prevent unauthorized, long-term engagements.
Exceptions:
The 60-day limit does not apply if Congress is physically unable to meet due to an attack on the United States
Perfidious Albion is self referential too. The federal government is a lawless occupation force.
What is he more, stupid or wicked ?
Yes.
“Look, if you think any American official is going to tell you the truth, then you’re stupid. Did you hear that?—stupid.”
Arthur Sylvester, then Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs,1966
“Israeli Soldiers will Not Be Participating on the Ground.” – Israeli Official Says Israel Will Not Provide Ground Troops if US Forces Invade Iran
…and why would they?
In fact, they don’t do Birthright Citizenship or allow birth tourism either.
They also keep a tight rein on their voting processes.
“The right to vote in the Israeli elections is defined in the Knesset Elections Law, according to which there are three basic conditions for voting. The most well-known condition is that the voting age is 18 or older. Another important condition is that only Israeli citizens may vote. The third and lesser-known condition is that voters’ names must appear in the voters’ registry, which is issued before each Knesset election date by the Interior Ministry. As a rule, the voters’ registry includes all Israeli citizens registered in the Population Registry, and their designated voting location is determined according to their updated address in the registry.”
Maybe we should follow the lead of our “Greatest Ally”...they seem to have their act together when it comes to how to run a country.
We have spent over $100,000 on each Israeli citizen in making war on their neighbors (and in foreign aid) over the last 25 years. Nothing but debt and the loss of credibility to show for it.
Israelis have free healthcare and higher education. We have bloated insurance companies syphoning off healthcare funds and a debt slave creating educational system.
They will not deploy their sons and daughters to fight their own theocratic enemies, but ask that we send ours for them again and again?
If Israel is our “Greatest ally” I’d hate to see what a vicious blood sucking parasite looks like.
“the children of the devil”
Israel is not an ally. Israel is a parasite and we are Shabbos goyim.
Sheldon and Miriam Adelson (both very pro-Israel) were very generous with their political donations to candidate Trump back in 2016. In return, he promised to be the best US president that Israel ever had.
yes and BiBi is the worse president America has had.
The US has the same requirements dummy.
You need to be 18, you need to be a citizen, and you need to be registered to vote. Those are all rules in every state in the US.
You sore losers crying about our election sound absurd… I’ve voted in every election since the early 90s and I’ve had to show my driver’s license in every single one of them. I maintain my voters registration and they cross check my license against my address each and every time I vote. This is about losers still crying about 2020, nothing more.
Israel does not have birthright citizenship. Israel has The Law Of Return.
Operation Epstein Fury is crushing the world economy. No end in sight and shipping lanes remain uninsurable.
DOW Futures down over 500 points.
WTI over $106.00.
The Plunge Protection Team is going to have its hands full trying to keep this market contraction contained. I see the potential of another 20 – 30% down from here.
What Trump just said was the war will continue on indefinitely because he doesn’t have any way of getting out of it. He’s stuck with these Israelis … Trump now has his forever war …
I don’t bother to listen to what Trump says, I only look at his actions and this is what I’m seeing on the ground gleaned from a large set of sources.
It looks like Trump is gearing up to invade Iran with ground troops. Goal is to encircle the Strait of Hormuz, then take Kharg island. Expect the ground offensive to begin in Khuzestan just like Saddam did with help from Kurdish militias. The invasion will try to seize coastal cities in Baluchistan and ports on the Iranian coast. Perhaps around 20,000 US and Israeli troops and 20,000 Kurdish and Baluchi militia fighters.
I think this will be a suicide mission. US, Israeli, and especially Kurdish and Baluchi militia are not integrated fighting units, They will be operating in foreign geography potentially having temporary air superiority, but without missile and drone superiority. The troop concentration will be a kill zone for Iranian drone superiority, short range missile, and if the troops are able to advance close to steeper terrain, artillery. I doubt the Iranian troops will be in any troop concentrations and will operate their military hardware from a distance. I don’t even think 500,000 highly trained US troops would be enough for this attempt nor are our troops well versed in modern drone warfare. Currently only Iran, Ukraine, and Russia are.
Iran’s capabilities have continually been downplayed, more American arrogance and hubris on display. The reality is Iran’s military is more technically advanced in many ways than the US. The discussion of the Iranian capabilities would be too lengthy for this post.
For all of the investors out there you can best believe as soon as the first foreign troop of the invasion force sets foot in Iran their promise to destroy water, power, oil, and transportation systems throughout the Middle East will be carried out over the next few weeks. We will see an epic financial event like nothing we’ve seen in our lifetimes, it may not hit right away, may take quite a few months to materialize.
25th Amendment anyone?
=Goal is to encircle the Strait of Hormuz, then take Kharg island
no offense pal but what is Kharg island having anything to do w/ Hormuz?
did you open up map of iran/Hormuz? . it is 500 km distance between
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USA can bomb pipes from inland to island and-or attack ships w/ oil off island!
they did none. they cant. oil will be $200
alx
Trump has thought it was a good idea since the 80’s
Over 1000km of Iran coast on the Gulf
All of that has to be non-threatening for Gulf shipping to resume
Only an agreement between trusted parties will do that
First, find those parties
The only 25th Amendment with this self-neutered Congress is going to be delivered by our friends Smith and Wesson. Get over the fantasy about removing him through established protocol by realizing established protocols are dead.
I have the suspicion that they were planning some big announcement, but something changed behind the scenes at the last moment. But they decided to stick with address to the nation anyways, just repeating what Trump has already said for a whole month.
I think nobody can really control Trump, and Trump believes that he can bend reality to his imagination.
Nobody needs to control the PEDOTUS. The office is just for PR, not for any serious decision.
It seems that his mumbling was a collection of quotes from his posts online. Nothing more, a little less.
bibi will instigate a false/big event to make trump escalate the war.
The market moves prior were crazy optimistic. They seemed to expect an announcement that would lead to the end of the war.
Yet the reality on the ground (movement of ships, continued actions from all sides) suggested the complete opposite.
(I have little doubt that Trump wants this war to be over. Because he is certainly reading the room that nobody wants it.
But I have little doubt he is being told in no uncertain terms by the military that it can’t just finish unless he unilatterally withdraws. Which his ego certainly can’t stomach and some of his gulf allies likely won’t accept either.
(I have little doubt that Trump wants this war to be over. Because he is certainly reading the room that nobody wants it.
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please. he has no idea what happens over there
he is being shown some videos w/ blow ups, that is it
HE WONT FIND HORMUZ ON MAP W/ labels.
Monsanto convert RFK assured me Trump pointed correctly to places on the map.
I trust the plan.
/s
of course he did!
and bunch of bridges to sell on map! in Nevada.
i love american sayings!
Well in Venezuela he just swapped one dictator with one that will play ball. He scrapped obamas itan deal only to replace it with the same. And if we are energy independent why is my gas so expensive.
He may have stayed on track for once but its the same turd just polished.
Even as amazing as artemis is it was done before.
On another note
Looks like drunken petee h cant even do insider trading right.
as soon as trump is gone current dictator will be hang on president building gates!
funny , we dont hear much about oil investments into Venezuela much!
i wonder why
You’re right Mish, I didn’t give you credit for no Epstein, my miss on that one. Outside of that my scorecard is consistent with yours. I will say that I was surprised that he stayed on the Iran script and I expected you to get more. I didn’t predict an over/under on your 44 items, but had I done that before the speech I would have probably guessed low to mid 30s as a prediction. Who knew he could stay so focused?
Ghadist culture should NEVER have serious weapons.
what is Ghadist ?
code word from epstein island?
He means jihadist.
well Iranians are not Arabs.
I GUESS he-she did not know that
. well he -she is just stupid binary process
and i am not even sure jihad exists in that branch of islam!
I’ve been told “jihad” just means “struggle”. Quite an ordinary term.
Neither should we apparently.
Tell that to hegseth, who is framing this as a holy war
This has been the Biggest, most Beautiful War I have ever seen.
Is Netanyahu in the room?
Sounds more like what the Orange Menace says to himself while looking at his reflection.
i will take Alex the Great war against Persia any day and night!
i doubt Trump the orange clown ever read a single book about greek- persian wars.
Trump fired the chef who put feta cheese on his salad.
BREAKING: S&P 500 futures erase -$550 billion in market cap in 25 minutes as President Trump delivers his address to the nation on the Iran War.
https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2039515620492857474
Not sure what the downvotes for. Probably an idiot that bought calls.
Trump keeps careening in his clown car until he finds a brick wall big and thick enough to stop the (increasingly irrational, and that is saying a lot) process. Will that be the markets? Imagine what would deter that personality. Only trouble is, we (and all sorts of nations) are strapped into “his” vehicle. His changing his mind yet again again again, or even resigning tomorrow, would not undo the damage. Who can or will trust the USA and its political process again? Yes, he got some things right. And no, I am not brimming with enthusiasm about the political alternatives that might exploit the aftermath.
Whomever the next POTUS is will definitely be doing “apology tours” in an attempt to win back all of our “allies” who we treat as colonies that must pay tribute.
GOP will all call anyone who apologizes for Trump’s atrocities a bunch of sisses, their deck has one card in it these days.