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Trump: Smart Cookie or Orange Oaf?

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Post stubbo-admin »

Seems like the main politics thread is becoming a Yankee-Doodle Trump-fest, so maybe scope here to split them out.

Will see if this one gains any traction ..if it does will move over a few of the million posts from our two protagonists from the other thread.

Yee-haaa!
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Erdoğan gets on with Trump, like so many do in the middle east. Trump did a lot of groundwork in his first term and continued it back in power buttering up those connected to the middle east where some will turn a blind eye if it means the end of Iran's destructive nonsense to the entire region. They've all had enough just as much as we all have. Only Putin and the Iran Islamic Republic diehards wants it to carry on.
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Post Mike Oxsaw »

If the Kurds are asked to be the boots on the ground in this war, they're gonna want a tad more than some shiny new buildings and infrastructure as thanks - they'll be looking for complete autonomy, and UN recognition, not only for Kurdish Iran, but Kurdish Iraq & Kurdish Turkey.

Erdoğan will never let that one fly.


 
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There won't be. Iran has managed to fuck off not just all their neighbours by lashing out at them but also their own people killing thousands. They are playing it just right so far. Crush their military and those in command before effectively handing it over to Pahlavi and his transition team in waiting.
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Trump asking Iran for an unconditional surrender and if they do what happens after that another Arab spring ? 
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They are very good at disposing of assets past their sell by date
ie Robert Maxwell & Jeffrey Epstein
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only1billybonds wrote: 06 Mar 2026, 15:00 Heard earlier the Israelis fitted cameras into traffic lights in Tehran so they knew where the Mullahs were at all times,making it easier to take a lot of the leadership out with one strike. Mossad has some clever fuckers working for them.

The smartest most sophisticated Forces on the planet. Impressive shit they get up to.
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Heard earlier the Israelis fitted cameras into traffic lights in Tehran so they knew where the Mullahs were at all times,making it easier to take a lot of the leadership out with one strike. Mossad has some clever fuckers working for them.
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Just wait until Squirrel Nutsin gets on WHO today when he's finished his paper round. I'm excited to hear his excuse for the appalling jobs figures.
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Post goose »

Non farms payroll (92)k
private sector (86)k

previous month revised down as well.

unemployment up to 4.4%

“golden age” 😂 😂 😂 
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Then you get to the hospitals that have been hit.
The USA might not have targetted this but they are using AI to identify targets.
LLMs are not intelligent as they are still what is the next word machine with no understanding of context.
If the algorithm matches the target to the training data then BOOM. 
Having said that hospitals and schools are right out of the IDF playbook.
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XKhammer wrote: 06 Mar 2026, 08:18
goose wrote: 06 Mar 2026, 08:02
XKhammer wrote: 06 Mar 2026, 07:56
 
Why don't you post something about the 30k innocent protesters slaughtered last month by the Islamic government of Iran?
You clearly hate the US/UK and support scum 
By that rationale you support bombing schools then.

which is a real contradiction given your track record with kids.
We both know US didn't deliberately target a school,but we also both know the Iranian government has deliberately raped and killed women and kids who protest against them
Strange you don't condemn them or the peados of the Vatican but US clearly accidently bombs a school and you cant stop going on about it
Sicko 
School gets bombed and you’re desperate to make excuses and throw in some whataboutism.


When are you going to condemn the British empire? It’s about as relevant to this discussion you spastic.

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goose wrote: 06 Mar 2026, 08:02
XKhammer wrote: 06 Mar 2026, 07:56
goose wrote: 06 Mar 2026, 06:49 Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike -

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-ea ... 026-03-06/
 
Why don't you post something about the 30k innocent protesters slaughtered last month by the Islamic government of Iran?
You clearly hate the US/UK and support scum 
By that rationale you support bombing schools then.

which is a real contradiction given your track record with kids.
We both know US didn't deliberately target a school,but we also both know the Iranian government has deliberately raped and killed women and kids who protest against them
Strange you don't condemn them or the peados of the Vatican but US clearly accidently bombs a school and you cant stop going on about it
Sicko 
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XKhammer wrote: 06 Mar 2026, 07:56
goose wrote: 06 Mar 2026, 06:49 Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike -

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-ea ... 026-03-06/
 
Why don't you post something about the 30k innocent protesters slaughtered last month by the Islamic government of Iran?
You clearly hate the US/UK and support scum 
By that rationale you support bombing schools then.

which is a real contradiction given your track record with kids.
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goose wrote: 06 Mar 2026, 06:49 Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike -

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-ea ... 026-03-06/
 
Why don't you post something about the 30k innocent protesters slaughtered last month by the Islamic government of Iran?
You clearly hate the US/UK and support scum 
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike -

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-ea ... 026-03-06/
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Funny how the Crime rate has fallen off a cliff. I wonder why?
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Crusty Gnome fuck off you cսnt.
Replaced by some mental midget with the name Markwayne. You couldn't make this up
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Post goose »

it's costing him something like $1bn a day to continue this.
that's without factoring in the impact on energy prices and more importantly - borrowing costs.
10yr treasury has now gone north of 4.1%.

it also appears to have caused some serious fractions within his support.
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It is interesting to see Trump now firmly in the pocket of Bibi.

This venture into Iran is where Trump has jumped the shark and it’s good to see the rest of nato staying firm in readiness but not getting dragged into this illegal enterprise.
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WHU(Exeter) wrote: 04 Mar 2026, 13:14 No, they’ll get the Kurds to help and then leave them high and dry again when it suits.
Which they are now trying to do.
Then there are other separatist minorities such as the Balochs and Turkmen in Iran.
Provoking civil war is not a wise move.
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Nutsin wrote: 05 Mar 2026, 02:40 Read the article, pretty impressive!


Do you check this stuff before you post?

since the introduction of tariffs, US agricultural exports dropped by $6bn year on year.

lowest in 5 years.

farm bankruptcies grew by 46% year on year.
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You're not still triggered by him having a laugh about fucking curtains?? 😆

 
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What tbe fuck was Trump doing babbling on about the curtains? And some think this is normal behaviour. Dont get me started anout his China and Ice Hockey rant. Time he put his incontinence pants on and head for Shady Oaks.
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Read the article, pretty impressive!


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Westham67 wrote: 05 Mar 2026, 01:18 That was the liberation of Europe
Involving many Countries.
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