and productive conversations with Iran and he will order the military ​to postpone any military ​strikes against Iranian power plants ⁠and energy infrastructure for five ​days.

Trump’s move followed a threat by ​Iran to attack Israel’s power plants and those supplying U.S. bases ​across the Gulf region if ​the U.S. targets Iran’s power network.

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      Doubt he cares in that regard but probably did when someone mentioned that without power Iran oil can’t get produced, and that’ll cause prices to jump even higher.

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      I’m not sure Trump would care very much about that, what difference does it make to him if a bunch of Muslims don’t have water?
      He might even see that as a win/win.
      To Trump it’s all about the oil, and increasing oil prices making it harder for him (Republicans) to win the mid terms, even with all the cheating they have planned.

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        He definitely cares about what the Saudis want, it’s a big part of why he’s in this mess. He’s taken billions in bribes from dangerous people.

        He doesn’t care about the people for sure, but the people who pull his chain need that water.

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    Iran says he’s lying and there have been no discussions with any US representative. Pretty clear ploy to rig the markets; expect another empty threat on market close Friday

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      This entire presidency has been one big grift after another. The amount of laws broken and the amount of embezzlement is staggering. From Noem’s 250+ million advertising campaign to Trump literally paying himself hundreds of millions in legal fees no administration has ever come close to this level of blatant corruption.

      This isn’t even getting into the stock market manipulations and crypto scams.

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    Trump: I will wait five days before I commit some more fuckin’ war crimes

    Jesus fucking Christ, America. Drag the fucker out back and deal with him already.

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    His announcement reminds me of the fake Hitler broadcast on Hogan’s Heroes where they proclaim Germany is winning rhe war but negotiations are happening lol.

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      That’s pretty much it, because the IRGC said that they have had no communication with trump.

      TACO’d again.