Politics

[Red Leg]

If we can step back from all of the cross Atlantic gnashing of teeth for a moment, it is interesting to watch Trump when he is playing shrewd politics.

He sends the Vice President of the United States as his head of delegation to the talks with Iran. Vance, of course, has the trust of the neo-isolationist wing of the Republican party. It puts Vance in a particularly interesting spot and useful one for Trump. Vance has no choice but to act forcefully in the interests of the US and its regional allies (note I did not simply say allies). If he is faced with a recalcitrant Iranian regime, it will be Vance who has to pick up the phone and tell Trump the talks are going nowhere.

It is a conversation that Trump will be able to lean on if he decides to take further military action, and though it will not affect the looney toon contingent podcasts, it will serve to mute a lot of the MAGA isolationist base while binding Vance more tightly to his actions.

 

[Brent in Az]

Most certainly a prudent move. Biden did it.

https://www.newsmax.com/us/trump-weighs-sweeping-preemptive-pardons-for-aides-as-legal-threats-loom/2026/04/10/id/1252526/

 

[Altitude sickness]

JD Vance gets the hot potato. And Marco sits on the sidelines.

 

[BlueFlyer]

'Sounds good to me': How Trump was sold war in Iran

Extraordinary reporting reveals how Israel made the case for regime change in Iran — and how the fallout is driving a profound shift in American opinion, amid deep uncertainty about what the war has achieved.

www.abc.net.au

 

[barryk]

The US showed its true colors by repeatedly threatening to invade and annex two NATO member states.

Oh please

 

[barryk]

Not telegraphing. Warning of dire consequences to come..

Yes...guns on the table to back up his hand.

 

[Boyd Brooks]

How the f*ck can they make up this stuff!

 

[CoElkHunter]

How the f*ck can they make up this stuff!View attachment 758677

Truly unbelievable!

 

[Betterinthebush]

How the f*ck can they make up this stuff!View attachment 758677

 

[Hunt anything]

Artimis, perfect splash down!

 

[mdwest]

How the f*ck can they make up this stuff!View attachment 758677

Someone remind me again what value the UN brings? And why any of those countries that supported this should be respected or taken seriously?

 

[jruby]

You’re not entitled because you want what you’re owed. You’re entitled because you think you’re unique from the millions of other people who have paid into it and are still paying into it who may get nothing.

“Give me mine and f*ck everyone else” is a pretty entitled attitude.

I am owed what I have paid into it as each and every individual who paid or pays into it is. I won't respond further to your asinine response.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

Wretched hive of scum and villainy. The UN is

 

[Brent in Az]

Wretched hive of scum and villainy. The UN is

A gaggle of Euro Twits

 

[Pondoro]

Someone remind me again what value the UN brings? And why any of those countries that supported this should be respected or taken seriously?

The UN is becoming as irrelevant as The Leauge Of Nations in the late thirthies..

 

[CoElkHunter]

The UN is becoming as irrelevant as The Leauge Of Nations in the late thirthies..

You beat me to it. Very sad to see the UN deteriorate from its original founding purpose to where it is now.

 

[Doug3006]

A dictator’s club

 

[Betterinthebush]

An anti-America PAC. On our own soil.

 

[skydiver386]

Trump and Rubio must stop whining..the rest of NATO are rearming as we speak..

They undermine the trust within the alliance with all this drivel coming out of Trumps mouth..

Wait a minute...so only Europeans are allowed to whine?

 

[Brent in Az]

Wait a minute...so only Europeans are allowed to whine?

They certainly do it well.