"His reality distortion field has run into a brick wall."
~ David Smith
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
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theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…
‘Battle of the titans’: Trump’s distorted reality on Iran war runs into a brick wall
War is testing operating principle that has guided Trump for decades: construct a narrative, declare it to be true and relentlessly force the world to submit to itDavid Smith (The Guardian)
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"This is what happens when impulsive, ignorant men — intoxicated with blowing things up — utterly bungle a war. ...
In sum, Trump did not get regime change or an unconditional surrender. His lack of strategy gave Iran advantages (e.g., control of the Strait of Hormuz, asymmetric missile/drone capacity) that neither he nor his yes men anticipated."
~ Jennifer Rubin
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
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What ‘deadline’?
Jennifer Rubin (The Contrarian)Nicole Parsons
in reply to William Lindsey • • •Trump was funded into public office by the fossil fuel interests of Putin, #PrinceBonesaw, and Koch Network.
Their aim was to end any democracy acting on climate & coerce customers.
The war on Iran is having the opposite effect on their axis alliance & nascent oil cartel.
prospect.org/2026/03/13/iran-t…
bloomberg.com/news/newsletters…
politico.eu/article/fossil-fue…
afr.com/world/asia/how-xi-is-t…
cnn.com/2026/02/19/climate/tru…
politico.eu/article/european-s…
washingtonpost.com/business/20…
reuters.com/markets/commoditie…
Fossil fuels? No thanks. Why Trump’s Iran war is pushing EU toward renewables.
Zia Weise (POLITICO)Nicole Parsons reshared this.
William Lindsey
in reply to Nicole Parsons • • •GhostOnTheHalfShell
in reply to William Lindsey • • •@Npars01
We should not forget that a substantial portion of the $2 billion lavished on the GOP in 2024 came from techbro extinction cult billionaires.
Especially the scented one who was quite eager to have all the investigations of his business operations canceled
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"He therefore flails about, desperately trying to end this debacle without total humiliation. Thanks to the considerable leverage Trump’s blunders have given them, the Iranians surely expect to avoid Trump’s most draconian demands. They want the war to end, but not at any price."
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"If only the U.S. had competent negotiators and a sane president, a deal might be reached soon. We don’t. Tragically, more lives will be lost, billions more spent before the war’s end."
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Despite all the positive words and all the tough words from President Trump, behind closed doors, he understands that he is in really deep trouble, that he made a huge mistake.
When leaders are desperate, they do foolish things."
~ Tymofiy Mylovanov
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
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xcancel.com/Mylovanov/status/2…
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Donald Trump has lost his Iran war. He is the Iranian hostage. ... If there is any consistency to Trump’s policy, it is a series of frantic attempts to justify his original blunder and extricate himself from its dire consequences."
~ Sidney Blumenthal
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
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theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Trump’s Iran war is holding him hostage
Sidney Blumenthal (The Guardian)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"So, a ground invasion then, huh? We’re no Dionne Warwick or Mulan, but assorted half-assed boot-ground raiding into a country of 90 million people sounds like a strategy to do not much more than get a lot of (American) servicepeople killed."
~ Marcie Jones
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania #troops #military #invasion
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wonkette.com/p/just-67000-us-t…
Just 67,000 US Troops In Iran, Hanging Out And Being Bros
Marcie Jones (Wonkette)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Other presidents have been accused of negotiating with themselves. Trump is negotiating with his imaginary friends. There’s no reason at all to believe that these talks are actually happening."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
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paulkrugman.substack.com/p/pet…
Pete Hegseth Believes in the Lethality Fairy
Paul KrugmanWilliam Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"His utterances each day about the war and the global crisis he has created make as much as sense as 'light inside the body' during COVID."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
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hopiumchronicles.com/p/trumps-…
Trump's Global Crisis Worsens - Where Is Congress?
Simon Rosenberg (Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"That war-peration not going great."
~ Marcie Jones
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
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wonkette.com/p/call-your-girlf…
Call Your Girlfriend: Tabs, Mon. March 30, 2026
Marcie Jones (Wonkette)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Trump can't read so he gets his briefings on video. Hegseth won't read because it's not manly. Rubio denies being able to read, to fit in. Pam Bondi fears reading because it's usually a subpoena."
~ Paul Rudnick
#Trump #Hegseth #Rubio #PamBondi #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
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xcancel.com/PaulRudnickNY/stat…
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The only thing more dangerous than an unbound strongman launching elective wars is when those wars begin to go badly.
There’s no telling what President Trump will resort to doing to save face, create the mirage of victory, and extricate himself from the box canyon into which he so triumphantly galloped.
This is old-style mission creep on steroids."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
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morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.…
Trump’s Iran War Objectives Have Collapsed. Now What?
David Kurtz (Morning Memo)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"What’s always a danger for a bogged-down empire is a heightened risk for a superpower led by a man with a short attention span who is enthralled by military spectacle. ...
Whatever Trump lurches towards next, his stupidity, racism, hubris, and provincialism will — as it has for past U.S. administrations far less burdened by those weaknesses than he is — prevent him from seeing his avowed enemy clearly or on its own terms."
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
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William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •Shashank Joshi, defense editor for The Economist, says,
"Total incoherence of war aims [with Trump, Rubio et al.]. Nuclear material / weapons not even mentioned here. Hormuz re-opening totally absent, even though the president literally just publicly said he would go on an infrastructure-destroying spree if Iran did not re-open it."
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
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xcancel.com/shashj/status/2038…
William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"I think it's time for us to accept the bitter truth. We are going to pay, and continue paying for a long time to come, for the president’s war of choice against Iran. Such are the consequences of politics. Maybe Americans will take their democracy seriously next time."
~ John Stoehr
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania
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editorialboard.com/trumps-war-…
Trump’s war is reorganizing the world and we’re all going to pay
John Stoehr (Editorial Board)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"Axios is reporting that Republicans in Congress are considering cutting federal health spending to help pay for a budget that includes up to $200 billion for the war and immigration enforcement. The American people just want health care. Republicans are giving them another Middle East war."
Ben Meiselas
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania #economy #healthcare
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meidasplus.com/p/monday-aftern…
Monday Afternoon News Updates — 3/30/26
Ben Meiselas (Meidas+)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"[At the NoKings protest] In St. Paul, signs with the message 'Healthcare Not Warfare'—distributed by Social Security Works to highlight the administration’s warped priorities—were ubiquitous."
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania #economy #healthcare
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thenation.com/article/activism…
Bernie Sanders: “This War Must End Immediately!” | The Nation
smccroskey (The Nation)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"The recent announcement that the Department of Defense (DOD) is requesting a supplemental $200 billion for the war effort is a clinical failure of priorities. While the Pentagon asks for a massive infusion of capital to 'replenish stockpiles' and fuel conflict in Iran, our domestic healthcare infrastructure is being subjected to a radical, unguided amputation."
~ Eric Lullove
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania #economy #healthcare
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blueamp.co/p/missiles-or-medic…
Missiles or Medicine? The $200 Billion Choice That Will Change American Healthcare
Eric Lullove (Blue Amp Media)William Lindsey
in reply to William Lindsey • • •"We are being told we must choose 'Lethality' over 'Longevity.' I reject that premise. A nation that cannot fund its own health is not a nation that is truly secure, no matter how many missiles are in the silo….
This $200 billion request is that wrong cut. It’s time we demand a budget that prioritizes the longevity of our citizens over the lethality of our weapons."
#Trump #Iran #war #stupidity #narcissism #megalomania #economy #healthcare
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