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If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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Giving out an ultimatum to blow up civilian infrastructure is a war crime right

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      They’re not even beginning to understand. They still think we’re winning. :(

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    So I have a crackpot theory…

    The Mueller tweet and now this, I’m starting to actually believe this isn’t Trump at all, and this is a team conspiring to 25th him and give them an out of the Iran situation.

    Like “ok, we admit it he’s gone nuts, so whoopsie and Iran don’t worry we will make this right so let’s just settle down now”

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      I think this is Trump. He hears the footsteps coming, so he’s getting desperate, and doing anything he can to stop the inevitable.

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        Great. A demented, desperate octogenarian criminal piece of shit human with his thumb on the nuclear trigger. Good job all you asshole voters!

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        He could try what Adolf did when the walls were closing in on him. That might be the only thing he could do this week to boost his approval numbers.

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        He can’t actually do this. This would turn a lot of fencesitters against the USA, and give them a very clear and legally justifiable reason to do so.

        I mean, in no way am I super confident in this theory but there is something off to me about how egregious his posts were today.

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          about how egregious his posts were today

          Right. Since he’s been much worse than usual today, I’m thinking he had a bad meeting with his lobbyist friends this morning, and all of them said, “Get this shit solved or we’re impeaching your ass and getting something figured out with Vance”.

          And Trump doesn’t care about fencesitters. He’s hoping he’ll come out ahead should he keep the lobbyists on his side.

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      Yea I know I would totally trust a country that killed my family, continues to bomb me, and murdered a school full of kids simply because “whoopsie doopsie the guy running the show was out of his mind”

      They can but Iran isnt going to back down for a promise.

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    This is a stated intent to destroy, or set in motion events that will destroy, much of the oil and power infrastructure in several countries .

    I really hope this is only a manipulation of the markets , because otherwise things will never be the same.

    Americans have a duty to make this not happen

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      This feels more “Full Netanyahu” to me. Putin is calculating and cold. Netanyahu seems to have a flair for cruelty.

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    Add it to the pile over there… gestures out of the window to a heap that closely resembles mount Everest