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#3484452 26-Apr-2026 18:33

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But. But. Earlier this week Trump said JD was in the air on the way to the negotiations.

Was he lying?

He never lies. He's just miles ahead of the truth, and that unreliable b!tch often changes her mind. 😁

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#3484455 26-Apr-2026 18:39

I posted some of my thoughts about Trump, MAGA and Republicans in the Trump thread.

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#3484456 26-Apr-2026 18:44

freitasm:

But. But. Earlier this week Trump said JD was in the air on the way to the negotiations.

Was he lying?

He confabulates.

wiki: Confabulation is a memory error consisting of the production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world. It is generally associated with certain types of brain damage or dementia.

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#3484459 26-Apr-2026 18:56

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He confabulates.

wiki: Confabulation is a memory error consisting of the production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories about oneself or the world. It is generally associated with certain types of brain damage or dementia.

He confabulates, bullshits (just making stuff up without caring whether it's true or not) and he lies.

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#3484515 26-Apr-2026 19:59

SaltyNZ:

He confabulates, bullshits (just making stuff up without caring whether it's true or not) and he lies.

You forgot fantasising. Like imagining you have muscles, or healing powers, or a relationship with Jesus.

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#3484522 26-Apr-2026 20:50

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the mutual blockades remain.

I'm pretty sure that won't happen, if only because the logistics of that are for the USN horrifying.

The fleets exist anyway so they have to be run anyway. The cost is the economic fall out and how it affects world wide relations.

Given Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq the US has deep pockets for military industrial complex.

The Korean War is still not technically over.

Given the choice between admitting defeat in a forever war of his own choice or bankrupting the US, do you actually think that he would care about the finance? He is the King of Debt

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#3484685 27-Apr-2026 11:19

Two IDF soldiers jailed for 30 days after recording themselves smashing a Lebanese Christian statue of the crucifixion of Jesus. The acts were condemned by many American commentators.

After wide reporting the statue was initially replaced by IDF with a random cross that looked like it was stolen from somewhere else.

Numerous pictures exist of IDF soldiers damaging religious symbols and places of worship in Gaza and now the country of Lebanon. There are no other known reprimands, demotions or punishments. The American government has completely failed to condemn or halt any of those acts.

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#3485714 30-Apr-2026 09:21

The NY Times - The Iran war has cost $25 billion so far, according to the Pentagon.

29 April 2026

[Jay Hurst, the Pentagon comptroller] said that figure is mostly representative of the tens of thousands of bombs and missiles used in the conflict.

It was the first time the Defense Department has publicly provided a cost estimate for the war.

The war has consumed a large percentage of the Pentagon’s longest-range conventional munitions, such as air-launched stealth cruise missiles and ground-launched Precision Strike Missiles.

Trump is the King of Debt. 😟

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#3485715 30-Apr-2026 09:27

Still not clear why this war is happening. Unless it's one of these:

Distract from Epstein files
Takeover of oil from another nation, as done with Venezuela

In any case, Trump had already declared all done, back in June 2025:

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#3486055 1-May-2026 09:44

UAE seems to be anticipating problems:

"UAE urges citizens to leave Iran, Lebanon and Iraq. The United Arab Emirates has banned its citizens from travelling to Iran, Lebanon and Iraq. The announcement, which came from the country’s Foreign Ministry today, urged Emiratis who live or are currently visiting those countries to leave immediately and return home, citing regional developments."

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#3486062 1-May-2026 09:57

gzt: UAE seems to be anticipating problems:

"UAE urges citizens to leave Iran, Lebanon and Iraq. The United Arab Emirates has banned its citizens from travelling to Iran, Lebanon and Iraq. The announcement, which came from the country’s Foreign Ministry today, urged Emiratis who live or are currently visiting those countries to leave immediately and return home, citing regional developments."

https://aje.news/txlhaf?update=4535708

Good precautions; Netanyahu is itching to resume full scale bombing and Trump can't be trusted to longer than 5 seconds at a time. Today it's "I don't care if it lasts for months" but tomorrow he might find a yes-man to give him the nuclear codes (as it is claimed that, possibly falsely but with Trump who really knows? that Dan Caine refused to do).

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#3486215 1-May-2026 12:32

Trump loses the war and wants help?

Why should we pay the price for his stupidity? We should be looking at doing things differently.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/593978/us-invites-nz-to-help-reopen-the-strait-of-hormuz

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#3486219 1-May-2026 12:42

freitasm:

Trump loses the war and wants help?

Why should we pay the price for his stupidity? We should be looking at doing things differently.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/593978/us-invites-nz-to-help-reopen-the-strait-of-hormuz

The Stuff article has a poll. Was 85/15 against when I looked at lunch. Pretty rare for us to be that united on anything, as a country.

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#3486233 1-May-2026 13:20

freitasm: Trump loses the war and wants help?

“America first!“ ...and then there's a long gap before anything else happens, right?

And then there's the saying: "He who lies three times is not believed." I think we're already at almost four times. 😎

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#3486403 2-May-2026 10:45

The Washington Post - Poll: Trump’s Iran war reaches Iraq- and Vietnam-era disapproval levels

(01 May 2026)

A Post-ABC-Ipsos poll shows most Americans call the military action a mistake, even as Republicans remain strongly supportive.

The poll found the Iran war is as unpopular as the Iraq and Vietnam wars.

The numbers: A Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found that 61% of Americans believe it was a mistake to use military force against Iran.

Comparison: It wasn’t until three years into the Iraq War that Americans reached a similar level of disapproval (59%).

And: Gallup found that 61% of Americans disapproved of the Vietnam War in 1971, after more than 50,000 U.S. troops died over years of fighting.

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