hes gotta start a war somewhere. seems like his top priority.
this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2025
128 points (97.8% liked)
politics
22568 readers
4150 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
We all played Risk. And what’s the rule? Never, no wait, always fight a land war in Asia.
After all, it went so well for the British. And the French. And the Germans. And the USSR. And the US…
Why not? It's far from home, and keeps the military industry running. It's a win-win for Donnie. Or he just says whatever surfaces in his mind.
Great another 20 plus year war
That only old and/or rich people get to decide on.
We need some real hero American boots on the ground!
Watch how fast the Republican controlled Congress declares war. They’ve been fantasizing about a war with Iran for decades.
~~Doesn't it require ⅔rds of the house?~~
Executive orders’ been doing some heavy lifting of late.
Tell that to Libya, Somalia, etc...
They said declare war. That is a specific action regulated by the Constitution.
They will come up with a loophole exploit that frames Iran as the aggressor. That's what Bush did.
I'm pretty sure you can just yell it out, like bankruptcy
Wouldn't do much.
I thought it was simple majority, but you may be right about it requiring a supermajority. I’m having trouble finding it on congress.gov.
Huh yeah it's a majority, being in article 1 section 8
From the same guy who accused Volodymir Zelensky of playing with World War 3.
It takes one to know one I guess...
I hope all you MAGA motherfuckers with serving family members are cool with incinerating your loved one to placate a game show host’s bruised ego.
I am not American, so I could not vote, but I predicted the 2024 result based solely on the shenanigans of the DNC.
Trump v Sanders in 2016 would have gone the other way. Trump v Biden would have been closer, at least.
In both cases the Democratic establishment crowbarred a wildly unpopular candidate into the race, and in both cases Trump benefited from that to gain power.
Sure, MAGA voters supported him, but when you look at how those elections shook out, many Democrat voters sat out and many swing voters went away from Hilary/Kamala.
So yes, the MAGA voters are responsible for Trump, but so is the desire of the Democrat establishment to prop up candidates that would fully embrace their agenda.
It sure sucks, I'll grant you that
this ^ also my observation as an outsider. IDK how Bernie wasn't elected as DEM presidential candidate. TBH I also don't know how the REP allowed DT to become their candidate after the four years of absolute chaos the first time around. But man I am sure if DEMs hadn't picked Harris, we'd all be in a wayyyy better place currently.
Because US seem to HATE anything remotely left of (far) right. This is probably due to decades of red scares.
US Democrats, as represented by the modern party leadership have only one ideological goal, that is to preserve and promote neoliberal capitalism. They will adopt or throw away any policy stance including socially progressive policy positions, based on their interpretation of how that position aids their core goal. That is why, for example, they will effortlessly swing from a pro-immigration positions to deporting more immigrants and asylum seekers than the Republicans. Socialism in any form, however mild, is antithetical to neoliberal capitalism. That is why the leadership, as currently structured , will never ever permit an ideological socialist like Sanders to gain power. If you observe the Democratic Party leadership playing footsie with socialist-adjacent policies, like social security, it’s merely a tactical maneuver to mange its constituents toward their neoliberal capitalist goals. Never fool yourself into believing that the Democratic Party leadership have any actual ideological affinity for even mildly socialistic programs. They will effortlessly swing on that too if they feel they need to.
I literally believe that we are less than a decade from the Democrats explicitly embracing fascism. You will eventually see Democratic Party representatives doing Nazi salutes at their convention, just like the current Republicans, unless there is a major course correction in that party.
The DNC in general is what happens if you made a party that focuses only on messaging because doing actual things misses the point. They are utterly convinced that the way to victory is running right down the middle because the centrist position is where you have to make the least meaningful changes (or at least delver on them). Harris and Walz had a window but it disappeared once they committed to the "do nothing message." It's the same message Biden ran on with "nothing will fundamentally change."
The recent overtures of Dems like Newsom are a furtherance of this rhetoric and belief, and his shift to the right is to where they now see the middle. Dems aren't a party. They're a fundraising apparatus. And that's why the majority have no meaningful opposition to contribute. The funds raise themselves with a shell of a candidate running for president or a fascist in that same office, which is why they seem so unconcerned.
It's to their own peril and the peril of us all, but there isn't going to be a change to these peoples hearts. They are only there to serve themselves and be the alternate choice. They were never driven by fundamentally held ideals or values. People are confused why so few Dem politicians have risen to the moment but they have. You're looking at what the Dem opposition looks like and what these people are truly capable of. It's the highest form of their art.
They're probably cool with it. These people join the military and vote for fascism because they believe in it.
We had a deal. Shit-for-brains threw it out the last time he was president
“I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.”
Wait wait wait. So sign the deal after he broke last one?
It's like he is currently breaking the USMCA deal after signing it and calling it the best deal ever.
What he is showing by breaking the "NATO deal" is that US can't be trusted and everyone should develop their own nukes of they don't want to be invaded.
He made world so much less safer in just 40 days.
So there was a deal with Iran which Trump ripped up, and now he's threatening Iran with war if they don't make a deal with him like the one he ripped up?
That's not unusual. Trump was the one that signed USMCA with Canada and Mexico during his last presidency, and now tore that up saying it was unfair while questioning the moron who signed it.
This pattern of behaviour is why no country will consider any agreement with the USA to be trustworthy ever again.
The irony of Europe being pathetic parasites who need to be bailed out in defense but ~~Israel~~ the middle east nah fam total legit.
A demonstration of the "soft power" that Vance was telling Ukraine to use.
Thank god I'm above the draft requirement age.
As we saw in russia and ukraine, that doesn't really matter to these people. They'll slap an old stock gun on you and shove you out a van with their guns pointed at you, and just beat you if you complain or try to not be drafted.
Russia is only sending volunteers and foreigners to Ukraine. The draftees stay in the borders because if they sent 18 year olds from Moscow to the front the government would possibly have a regime change.
Saying the quiet part out loud... Although I'm sure there will be bombings either way.