Tonight at 9:00pm Eastern, President Donald J Trump is scheduled to deliver a national address on the subject of the current military operations against Iran. The Livestream Links are below:
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Forbes Breaking News Livestream – Initiates when white house feed begins.
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Besides Iran’s status, please tell us please about firing, canceling, and perhaps prosecuting everyone appointed, nominated, selected, or picked by The Manchurian Marionette in his illegal presidency!
That includes KETANJI BROWN!!!
Kentaji is also to be placed at the feet of our “republican” representatives. THEY could have blocked her appointment. They literally let in a retarded cricket to the United States SUPREME COURT.
There is so much to rectify if we have ANY chance of surviving as a republic. Including that moronic imbecile being impeached and possibly imprisoned for not taking her job and oath seriously outside of a partisan lens.
Wait until they win the House and the Senate in November, then the White House in 2028, nuke the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court with people just like Ketanji and Sotomayor…
Once the Democrats regain unified power:
– The filibuster will be gone within weeks if it blocks them.
– Supreme Court and inferior courts expansion will be framed as “restoring democracy,” not as packing.
– First Amendment constraints will be chipped away indirectly (hate speech regimes, platform coercion).
– Second Amendment constraints will be eroded through federal administrative law and court reshaping.
And be prepared for a ride in a boxcar
Lol…I’ll stack chord wood first.
True.
Unlike Repukelicans, when Democrats say they’re going to something–I believe them.
I guess that means we go to plan B
Or Plan Bibi
Deranged much?
Pattern recognition.
If it gets to that point, I’m afraid to say …. there will be politicos, both house and senate, dropping in the streets …. that dog just won’t hunt folks. Ray’s prediction is a prelude to war.
Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
Proverbs 19:21
An encouraging word on this thread; for a change.
Amén!
Praying for the only thing will genuinely turn this country around –
REVIVAL ✝️
The Dems winning in November is NOT a given! Why talk as if it is? Unless Republicans stay home.
that is a problem; people’s mind set of giving up before the process
however, I think there is a huge problem with the midterms
rino republicans working with dems to have the dems win the house
can’t have their corruption further exposed “don’t ya know!”
which would happen if MAGA is in control
They have that habit.
Which will happen IF there are no major players arrested. And I mean dozens of them, and it MUST include Obama, the Clintons and Pelosi & Schumer etc. I suspect based on last night’s address that POTUS is in the process of pivoting now, as soon as Iran and Cuber ( a little Kennedy lingo there) are finished. Rumors of Podium Pam being fired.
Thanks for the JFK mention 😎
FILTHY LIBERALS
Just look North to the British Hellhole called CANADA.. EVERYTHING you worry about is already being enforced here.
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
You’re assuming too much. People aren’t as stupid as they sometimes seem. The Demonrats have exposed themselves during the Trump administration. They have lost a lot of support.
And if we wolverines allow then shame on us
she cant take her job and oath seriously — she cannot comprehend it
Who’s being impeached?
And every radical Judge (Shyster) seated especially those foreign born radicals and everything the Autopen ghost did and prosecute them ALL
Never mind that clown Brown, what about the hundreds (thousands?) of crooked district judges who keep blocking every move of the President.
She is only heard from occasionally, they are an everyday menace.
Add in Kagan & Sotomayor. They are illegitimate as well. BTW, there is an easy & legal way to remove every illegitimate Justice all at once. Which MUST be done when the time is right.
Put NATO on notice. You’re on your own.
“You’re on your own.”
MAObama used that line against the Republicans: “With Republicans, if you are unemployed or sick or homeless, you’re on your own!”
To which the reply should have been: “Good! Because help from DEMS is always, always fake! It never really arrives to those who need it! Their help always arrives in their own bank accounts somehow!
“For the DEMS, perpetual unemployment, sickness, and homelessness are BIG BUSINESS keeping them fat and their portfolios fatter!”
But no, RINOS, like DEMS, prefer throwing money at perpetual problems, money which eventually floats into their pockets!
NASA and now this, closest thing to a ‘rally’, in a long time…
I am really missing my Rally Buddy, Maquis…
Hey, Aggiegirl!
~yes ;^)
and
~YES :^(
Hey back at ya! I have missed you, too!
This site has had that hack/interrupt thing again lately. Bummer
A lot of those living under a bridge type.
I get a “virus” notification and then McAfee starts running some random test, or so it says.
Just lets me know how they fear Sundance and the truth.
I take it as a good sign. 🇺🇸🙏🏻 🦅
Hi Patience! ❤️
Hello, Pa❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
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Hey Patience 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
Has Maquis left the treehouse for good?
I do not know…other than maybe some health issues…
Thank you. I recall he had a falling out with the house over posting policies or something. But wasn’t sure if that was what was keeping him away or if something else.
I appreciate the follow up.
All I know for sure, is I haven’t seen him in ages…
I was pretty sure he was tired of getting red flagged and drawn into a pissin’ contest by certain individuals here that carry that huge chip on their shoulder just waiting for someone to say the wrong thing about their group.
I went through the same thing under a previous username at the same time he did.
Tell me about it! LOL
Shockingly not funny.
Wow…sorry to hear that…I hide behind Gibbs Rule #18 a lot but life is too short to get that upset about things…
Speaking of absent Treepers…Jinxy cat…?
Gibbs Rule #18?
Isn’t that the one that says ‘Never use a colonoscopist that works out of the trunk of his car’?
I Miss Jinxy too
Was out of town for a while not keeping up, when I returned I noticed Ocala homey Jinxy was absent.
I’ve missed Jinxy.
OMG, I just mentioned him before I scrolled down…yes, for a while now…
I’m really sorry to hear that.
Wish I knew. I miss him too.
I wonder about a few other names too. 🤷♀️
I miss Maquis & Dutch.😢
Yes, and Dutch, too…
We could really use his wisdom….
Dutch is still around.
He will live forever in our hearts. ❤️
What happened to Dutch – does anyone know?
Big C
I heard he passed away a few months back.
Where is Dutch?
He passed away.
Hope Maquis is doing well.
Hey, Maquis…if you are lurking, you do have a fan club….”pick up on line 4547″
Yes, Maquis please. You’re sorely missed
Hey girl.
Howdy!
💪 MAGA 💪
Please, Mr. President, DO NOT announce a ceasefire until US forces have destroyed EVERY military capability and component of Iran
ALL – missiles, drones, fastboats … ALL of it
The bombings will continue until morale (and cooperation) improves.
I am waiting for it to be revealed that China and or the Clowns In Action are the ones operating the targeting of military operations in Iran.
And recovered all that enriched uranium.
The neighbors probably heard me swearing when lowlife youtube interrupted his speech with a democrat add.
Roku yt LiveNow Fox feed
GGGGGRRRRRRR!!!!!
A-Holes did it again at 10min in. Another dem virginia referendum ad.
I shut that cr@p off.
Referendum Question 1:
Do you prefer the Democommunist Party to be a totalitarian fascist party in Virginia?
Yes or Yes.
Perhaps it’s frying pan/fire, but consider Premium YouTube. Yeah you’re paying the Beast but no more of that happening in the middle of a live feed.
Time to Rumble, don’tchathink?
Watch it on RSBN
Forget the neighbors. I heard you😎
I watched it on AP in You Tube. He looked so good!
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What gives??
Nothing on mine either.
Probably your ISP is blocking it for the usual reasons.
That is what VPN’s are for kinda like gun control.
When you have a hostile ISP>>>>> VPN
Verizon is a hostile ISP… blocked me from benign web sites on how to secure your PC systems & test resistance to hacking your system via web. GRC.com if you can’t get there to test your router for leakage…. your ISP is hostile.
“They made mistakes and I am correcting them” referring to previous Presidents. He’s being very generous saying mistakes
Trump is so genuine in his respect for our military and their families. When he talks about going to Dover you can tell he’s replaying it in his mind. He has more responsibility than I’d ever want.
Damn he’s listing years of American involvement in wars. We’re at 32 days with (potentially) few more weeks. Perspective.
Yes. That President Trump talked about how long all those wars lasted hit me hard. It was a wake up slap to those who say the U.S. is in another endless war.
Exactly!
What’s mia here? Civilian death counts from IRAN. Crickets,
Even CNN and MS Cow haven’t brought on a flaming opiner and the pages of the WAPO and NYT are a vacuum of fact.
I live on a Civil War battlefield, it keeps me grounded in perspective.
Very cool! Which one?
HEehas 60 days without out needing Congressional approval so I assume it
will end sometime in that time frame.
Western civilisation owes a big thank you to Donald J Trump and the nation state of Israel.
Yes, and Europe owes the U.S.A. a big thank you for saving their collective a$$es 80+ years ago and then protecting and supporting them since then. And what do we get in return? Not a dam thing! Thanks for nothing, Europe!
Remember Spain sided with the Nazis.
They let Islam walk all over them.
Against the Communists (by far the greater evil).
Based on the fact that the Nazis are running most of Western Europe and their BFFs in Ukraine, I’ll have to reserve judgement.
It’s slightly more complicated than that. WWI arguably would have ended much sooner, with fewer causalities and a much less contentious armistice, if the U.S. hadn’t first financed and then eventually joined the western powers’ war-effort, and WWII would arguably again have been far more contained and less apocalyptic if the U.S. had remained neutral, as most ordinary Americans had wanted at the time.
No argument that most NATO member-states are coasting on the American military budget, though.
Didn’t we sink a German Uboat just off our east coast?
It’s finally unveiling we do NoT NEED NATO any longer.
“…32 days.”
What a Boss.
God bless our Commander in Chief and all those in service under his leadership.
Promises made, promises kept!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That, still remains to be seen, but he’s done fairly well so far. However even Hillary STILL isn’t locked up.
Eww put on notice to go get your own damn oil.
All I see of the Eww and Yuck now is cowards.
Ironic that the Eww and Yuck are calling Russia a bully, when they daily verbally, and with no action towards the illegals in their countries who are committing heinous crimes, are bullying their citizens into submission
What I don’t get is why is the strait of Hormuz basically closed if we have defanged Iran and destroyed them from a military standpoint.
Having a hard time making sense of that.
All it takes is one rogue drone to hit a tanker. The military objectives are simply not yet attained. That’s why we have a few weeks to go.
According to RAV, traffic is already trending upwards, though slowly, of course.
I have to think the “ one rogue drone” scenario will forever be a possibility no matter the outcome of these current hostilities.
Because “ one rogue drone” is indeed one rogue drone.
I would think the redundancy of having a several frigates in the area, along with a CAP presence would make such a rogue attack by a severely damaged country very, very unlikely. That has to be as good as is possible.
So I go back to my original question, which I think is extremely revelant. I say this as a former sailor who spent a lot of time in the CIC of a nuke cruiser. Granted, quite a while back, lol, but very capable of engaging incoming targets.
And this was pre phalanx, which is absolutely devestating engaging incoming targets targets in a specific quadrant it/ they are pointed at.
We have to get all of them, the regime just one, so the media can lie again.
Because we want it closed.
To break the Europeans economically.
Watch UK 30 year and 10 year gilts tomorrow?
And spreads with the German Bunds?
Two more weeks is a bit dispiriting to us. It’s downright heartbreaking to Keir Starmer, I would guess.
Oh…
Thanks for the reminder.
I believe sundance covered this angle (very well, as usual).
Christine LaGarde is somewhere weeping into her Kir Royale tonight, trying to figure out the yield curve control play to keep the plates on the sticks spinning.
She does still have the plan in her back pocket of taking the civilians’ “unused savings.”
We isn’t me. Sooner the strait is open for business, sooner the markets reflect normalcy and I don’t grit my teeth shoveling gas in our cars.
The EU indeed will soon see how the green idiocity gets into wallets over there. Bout time sanity should reign over.
But that still does nothing for me.
I’m just saying what I see, just the humble opinion of nobody at all, really.
My humble opinion includes that the end goal here may be not just the complete obliteration of the globalist gameboard of choke holds (Hormuz, Dardanelles, Gibraltar, Cape of Good Hope, Greenland passage) and tripwires (India-Pakistan, North Korea-South Korea, Israel-Syria-Lebanon, China-Taiwan), but also the obliteration of the gameboard of fiat currency flows and controls.
In other words, energy is national security, but it is also money.
And if the end goal of the breaking of the world energy flows includes an end goal of breaking the fiat currencies,
(Because in a true existential pinch the next weapon the banksters use to win The Game is the Great Depression card, but this too can be jiu jitsu’d) . . .
It is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
And it may be a very long time before the world markets reflect “normalcy.”
Who knows.
Probably only PDJT.
To accomplish all that would indeed be like tearing down a “Tower of Babel.”
May it be so for the sake of God’s creation.
I wonder if people realize that high gas prices in the US are nothing but price gouging. Our prices should have not gone up, as we get zero oil that comes through the Straight of Trump. I know, I know, the oil markets bla, bla, bla. Nonsense. Plenty of oil already in the ground in gas companies tanks to see us through this little 30 day excersize.
It’s exactly what you said and not what people see or hear
The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed not because Iran maintains full military control, but its asymmetric warfare capabilities and strategic leverage. Threats—such as mines, drones, and missiles—are sufficient to deter commercial shipping, even after significant degradation of Iran’s conventional forces. Despite U.S. operations like Operation Epic Fury – destroying numerous Iranian ships and military assets by early March 2026, Iran has used naval mines, drone boats, anti-ship missiles, and fast-attack craft; to make transit through the strait prohibitively risky for commercial shipping—even if it cannot fully seal the waterway. Iran retains the ability to deploy low-cost, hard-to-detect weapons from its extensive coastal infrastructure, including fast attack boats, midget submarines, and drone launch sites hidden in tunnels along the shoreline.
Asymmetric disruption over conventional control :
Iran does not need total control – only the ability to inflict occasional damage to spook insurers and halt tanker traffic. Even with a weakened navy, it can lay mines covertly, launch swarms of kamikaze drones, or fire anti-ship missiles from near the coast, where response times are too short for effective defense.
One successful attack or mere perceived risk is enough to cause insurers to withdraw war risk coverage, crews to refuse passage, and shipping companies to reroute—rendering the strait functionally closed without physical blockage.
Economic and strategic deterrence :
Insurance and market psychology: War risk premiums have spiked, and protection & indemnity coverage was suspended by early March 2026, making transit economically unviable.
Selective enforcement: Iran allows some vessels (e.g., Chinese or neutral-flagged tankers) to pass under strict conditions, maintaining partial control without full closure.
U.S. military constraints: While the U.S. has overwhelming firepower, escorting ships through the strait would expose high-value assets to unpredictable threats near Iran’s coast, risking significant political and military costs if a warship is damaged or sunk.
Thus, military dominance does not equate to safe commercial passage, and Iran leverages this imbalance to maintain strategic leverage despite its degraded conventional capabilities.
I agree with everything you said.
But… the point you made won’t completely go away if they have the intent, even after the war is “won”
Nothing will ever be 100%.
But we by and large have the technology and assets in theatre at this very moment to make this as safe as they are ever likely to be.
I think the even remote possibility of pictures emerging from a rogue attack being successful is something the powers that be don’t want to have to deal with.
Maybe two more weeks of continued attacks will attenuate the chances, but the odds won’t be substantially lower. A enemy like them with bad intentions will always have a punchers chance.
Still maintain with the assets in theatre, and the immense capabilities, keeping mines and drones and such at bay in such a relatively finite area is well within the capabilities we have. There is more to it than that.
Yes, I agree. My guess is it’s that old excuse, “Collateral Damage.” Without that hindrance, we should have been able to completely destroy Iran in 2-3 days. If we had worried about Collateral Damage in WW II, it would have gone on for another 10 years.
So why doesn’t Israel, supposedly our greatest ally, help with the Strait of Hormuz? They are in the region.
Though Israel is a key US ally, Israel’s military strength is in air power and precision strikes. Imagine AI powered precision strikes! It isn’t imaginary when Israel uses it to score all their strikes.
However, Israel lacks the large-scale naval de-mining and escort capability operations. Geographic proximity does not equate operational capacity for securing the strait. Israel is not independently securing this Strait because of lack of large scale maritime assets – mine countermeasure fleets/escort vessels and a sustained logistical support resources held primarily by the United States and certain Gulf or Euro nations.
So is this by design? They sure have the money and resources to be able to do this.
Israeli troops are weary: https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-idf-raises-reservist-call-up-cap-to-450000-weary-troops-decry-low-haredi-enlistment/
Israel is a useful entity at this time, but it also has its own priorities.
The primary insurer for tankers, etc. is in London, so factor that in.
The US has offered to insure when London has said “no.”
Gulf nations along the Strait are seeking alternatives such as Saudi Arabia’s pipeline:
https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/smart-living/beyond-strait-of-hormuz-gulf-countries-consider-new-oil-routes-how-pm-modi-backed-corridor-could-play-a-vital-role-here/ar-AA2006Oq
They still have thousands of missiles and drones.
66% of Iran’s missile, drone, and naval production facilities destroyed to date.
Israel claims to have neutralized 70% of Iran’s ballistic missile launchers as of mid-March.
Ongoing Iranian Attacks
Iran has sustained a steady rate of drone attacks, averaging around 120 per day since the war began.
Ballistic missile launches have declined significantly, from hundreds in the first days to fewer than 25 per day recently.
Gulf states report interception rates of 80–90%, but debris from intercepted projectiles has still caused civilian casualties and infrastructure damage.
Iran drone attacks 2026 –
Challenges in Assessment
Much of Iran’s arsenal is stored in deep underground bunkers, making full assessment difficult.
A U.S. official stated: “I don’t know if we’ll ever have an accurate number” of destroyed missiles.
Experts note that drones are harder to eliminate than missiles due to their small size, mobility, and decentralized production.
How effective is US bombing of Iran’s missile sites 2026?
5. Recent Developments (March–April 2026)
On April 1, Iran launched attacks on Al Dhafra Air Base (UAE) and Jordanian airspace, both intercepted.
The U.S. has used over 850 Tomahawk missiles in the campaign, raising concerns about munitions stockpile depletion.
Iran continues to strike energy infrastructure, with recent attacks on Qatar’s LNG facilities causing significant economic damage.
Short and to the point.
A reiteration of what the next weeks hold for Iran, if there is no complete and unconditional surrender!
President TRUMP used U.S. Air Force General Curtis Le May’s phrase from The Vietnam War about what should have happened to North VIetnam to save American and South Vietnamese lives on the ground, namely…
“…Back to The Stone Age!“
RSBN giving a shout out to Mike Lindel…AND….advertising a product I was not aware of…
“My Coffee”….am going to try it…
I drink it every morning. Black.
Highly recommended, and competitively priced with a monthly subscription.
I like my coffee like my women: strong and black
Thank you for the recommendation!
So blessed to have President Trump leading our nation now. Stark difference between the national addresses given by EU leaders earlier today and that of our President.
Yeah – I got the impression they were mostly just whining.
Except for the UK, which was whinging.
Almost 15 months into his presidency and no one is jail.
Frustrating
You do realize a court has to take these cases and the vast majority are run by heinous leftists. It’s almost worse to spend the resources to get a trial and have the rat judge toss it. We have recent history showing it. Any DOJ cases taken by a DC or NY court are pre-lost.
Because sure, it’s really easy to secure the information–the hard evidence–and put together a criminal case that CAN WIN in 15 months.
What a bull shitter you are.
Only We the People can fix this! 🇺🇲
Law enforcement may do their job, but it is temporary because prosecutors and judges turn them back to our communities…bill
Is there a genuinely honest economic reason WHY gasoline prices are spiking? DJT said, straight up, “The USA has more oil and gas than anybody else.” So what? Are the goods still in the ground? If so, why? Talk like that from DJT comes off sounding pretty dumb to me.
Google “fungible commodity in a free market “ and after someone explains it to you get back to us on PDJT sounds dumb
I asked Google AI the same question…
Even though the U.S. produces a massive amount of oil, crude oil is a globally traded commodity. Prices are set on the international market, meaning disruptions anywhere in the world—like the current conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz—drive up the price of oil everywhere, including for U.S. refiners. YouTube
+4
2. The Refining Mismatch
There is a technical gap between what the U.S. produces and what it can process:
Google AI and Google anything is never to be trusted . Google says men can get pregnant .
Context ….
Google states that men can get pregnant, but this specifically refers to transgender men and non-binary individuals who were assigned female at birth and retain a functional uterus and ovaries. Cisgender men (those assigned male at birth) cannot become pregnant because they lack the necessary reproductive organs, such as a uterus.
Notable cases, such as Thomas Beatie, have documented pregnancies in transgender men, highlighting that pregnancy is determined by reproductive organs rather than gender identity alone.
Transgender men who have not had gender-affirming surgeries (like hysterectomies) can conceive and carry pregnancies to term.
The answer depends on the distinction between gender identity (man) and biological sex (reproductive anatomy).
Rely on AI much do you?
AI – Take your pick : “News from the Left”
: “News from the Right”
That, is Political bias in AI.
Either way, what one user sees as neutral, another may see as biased—making neutrality subjective and context-dependent.
AI doesn’t pick facts—it reflects patterns in data shaped by humans. If we both rely on AI, we should question which voices it amplifies and why. AI can reinforce biases it was trained on.
Users from both parties can be swayed by biased chatbots.
Transparency and source diversity matter more than algorithmic neutrality.
AI systems are not reliable arbiters of factual accuracy, despite their ability to generate confident, detailed responses. While they can summarize widely accepted information, they frequently produce incorrect or biased answers— the phenomenon of “hallucination”, and their outputs reflect patterns in training data, which may include systemic biases or skewed perspectives. Compare sources, not just sides.
Do you know AI models exhibit political bias, often perceived as left-leaning, especially on sensitive topics like immigration or social policy. In a 2025 Stanford study found both Democrats and Republicans believed popular models like ChatGPT and Gemini displayed a left-leaning slant, while a UK-based report showed over 80% of AI-generated policy recommendations favored left-of-center positions.
Additionally, AI chatbots often prioritize user satisfaction, subtly reinforcing the user’s views rather than challenging them, as demonstrated when models shift responses to align with a user’s stated beliefs.
Fact : AI does not “know” facts—it predicts likely word sequences based on training data.
It cannot verify truth independently and may cite non-existent sources or misrepresent evidence.
Try using AI as a definitive source of truth if you are in a debate and find out AI isn’t neutral – it reflects biases in its data and design. If you are onto verifiable evidence from credible, transparent sources instead, what would be your criteria to determine what makes a source transparent and credible?
What happens when you ask AI to balance right and left perspective? Takes work doesn’t it? Critical thinking highlight AI’s limits, and not superiority and AI’s authority.
You are talking about the free stuff.
The paid stuff I am using is full reasoning.
Libtard noise is not.
Free and paid – you want to start a discussion on this?
Not here. Too drift. But, I am making my own.
I pay for it to to help me write code. I have to build walls ten foot high to keep it on track. But when I get to a stopping point and ask it something more general it does tell me how smart and clever I am and how unique I am in my understanding. I bet.you get that too. Just so you know it’s paid to say that just like a hooker.
Yeah, you can disable that in your ROLE prompt.
That creeps me out. Just be professional.
Ai is a blender it makes v8 it will always make v8 as long as their are vegetables . Please enjoy the oleo for it is all that AI can make
The good models are a clean reflection of the part of you that you stimulate on its trained knowledge surface. The goal seeking resolvers of Gemini 3.1 Pro preview get better by the day.
Augumented Intelligence might be a better moniker.
Thank you. Exactly right, and its complicated. It’s understandable why folks like maxheadroom777 don’t understand why gas prices have increased in oil rich America.
from what i’ve read so far… U.S. refineries can and do produce the same end products from either light or heavy crude oil. Heavy crude requires more processes. Heavy crude is cheaper than light crude. The profit margin is greater (currently) processing heavy crude which is imported. 55% of U.S. light crude is exported (estimate).
So, what if the U.S. placed tariffs on imported heavy crude and at same time gave tax incentives to the production and processing of light crude (for domestic use)? also at the same time, struck a deal with Venezuela and a few of the approx. 130 comapnies that own refineries in the U.S. No tariff on Venezuelan imports, the companies would dedicate 2,3,4? refineries to processing Venezuelan oil and have contracts with the U.S. government to supply the needs of the oil reserve and U.S. military. At the same time, work a deal with middle east allies that produce heavy oil to assist them in building refineries to meet the demand for European countries. The U.S. would also agree to providing security (air an sea only) for a nominal fee charged to the producers (and obviously passed on to the consumers) as well as an agreement that if the U.S. had some need of the product in the future, it would have the highest priority.
Now I’ll stop daydreaming and bring in some more wood for the stove.
So what we are reading here is this:
We need to cause the oil industry to build what is necessary to refine what we produce. In this manner, we can become detached from a globally controlled price.
That would truly be ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
Because oil is priced globally. Maybe we need to change that….
Whoever corners the market sets the price.
maxxheadroom-sounds pretty dumb…..
Well I can walk to work….. It is only a 20 minute walk.
So, the regime survived. We may have degraded some of their military capacities, but they will rebuild with assistance from China.
They’re still launching rockets at everyone in the region, yet our President declares victory… and goes on a self-congratulatory tirade.
Here is a little analysis for those of you who no longer buy this nonsense and actually see things as they really are:
Based on the most recent analyses, the potential for Iran to “win” a conflict is viewed not as a conventional military victory, but as a strategic outcome where the regime survives, maintains influence, and imposes high costs on the U.S. and its allies. Analysts suggest Iran wins simply by not losing, utilizing asymmetric tactics, and disrupting global energy supplies, even while facing superior U.S. military power.
Iran’s Definition of Winning: Iran’s “victory” involves outlasting a U.S. attempt at regime change and preserving its core institutions (Revolutionary Guards, Basij), even if supreme leadership changes. CHECK!
Asymmetric Power: Iran’s strategy hinges on inflicting economic pain through threatening the Strait of Hormuz, using proxy forces, and maintaining an unconventional “war of wills”. CHECK!
What is our strategy? The president started this war he calls a “military operation” without a clear plan for what victory is supposed to look like. Then he failed to win quickly, either because he was getting bad advice or didn’t listen, which is more likely.
Now, with domestic pressure mounting and gas prices skyrocketing ahead of the primaries in November, he wants to cut his losses before achieving any war goals.
The U.S. has spent tens of billions of dollars on military operations in Iran, estimated at around $18 billion or more so far, achieving very little, if anything at all.
Classic Trump–bluster, threats, insults, braggadocio, and very little to show for it in the end.
Oh my, somebody just drank his first beer!
🎯 by Ausonius
More like three bottles of whiskey. Hick up! 😁
Or somebody on The City of New Orleans with “… the paper bag that holds the bottle…”
Lol, classic!
One thing for sure, youth is wasted on the young far too often.
And, for us who know, growing old ain’t for wimps.
🙂
Don’t forget Venezuela!
IMO Something odd has happened!
Has Netanyahu has led POTUS45-46-47 “down the garden path”?
Get off of it, would ya?
Opinions differ!
I’ve learnt to live with that!
cheers!
Then you had better prepare for:
If that happens, I will become suicidal…
If that happens, I will go to war.
…well if nothing else, ‘least I know i’d bellyache from laughter watching Press Secretary Jasmine Crockett “stand on biznez” to handle the press corps.
Where is Tim Walz?
Department of Indoctrination
I love the way no one means the same thing by the word “regime.”
“Classic Trump–bluster, threats, insults, braggadocio, and very little to show for it in the end.”
Except an Iranian terror regime, a regime that has threatened the entire world for 47 years, in ruins in spite of the stupidity of those who refuse to see it. TDS puts Covid to shame.
sounds like MSNOW or CNN talking points….laughable. This is the funniest line among many.
Then he failed to win quickly, either because he was getting bad advice or didn’t listen, which is more likely.
“a little analysis”? Without concrete context, ending with a definitive statement and judgment aka ” to each of your “analysis”?
Again, what blows my mind is do these people actually read the articles here. 26 people upvoted this? What are you doing here. This ain’t about civil discussion, these types of posts. Well, for me it isn’t……….
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/breaking-report-trump-considering-firing-bondi/
Sources:
The New York Slimes and Kaitlin Collins.
It is to laugh!
Sadly It is April Fools day..
Sources say.
CNN, NYT and Kaitlin Collins yeah trustworthy sources./s
The speech had clear informational value. Trump bringing up the length of other wars the US has been part of is quite telling. I don’t think he did that before. Seems like Trump really is in for the full ride for this war and not going to stop prematurely.
Brent went from $99 to $105 during his speech.
I am guessing boots on the ground by this weekend.
I’m guessing more BP and UK owned gas and oil infrastructure is going to go boom, up in smoke.
I took it just the opposite.
Brent Crude comes primarily from the North Sea and serves as the benchmark for European, African, and Middle Eastern markets.
I’m guessing those countries are expected to continue doing nothing to secure their own oil.
Apparently the UK is importing their oil from Finland, at a hideous price no doubt. Enough to blow a huge hole in the Rachel from Accounts ‘ Budget (the ill equipped dim bulb Chancellor).
Their Energy “Czar” BFF of Tony Blair, Ed Milleband, is a devout fanatic of Net Zero. Even in the face of what is coming, he will not be moved to allow North Sea drilling.
Because, as we all know, tiny Britain by its deprivations and harsh climate policies can alter climate for the whole world!!!
Next up…wringing of hands and accusatory finger pointing here, there, and everywhere… except at their pathetic, inexcusable unfit for purpose selves.
I was waiting for your response, Betsy, and you did not disappoint!
Please no one beat me up much, but a serious question; If the current negotiations breakdown and PDT orders strikes on civilian infrastructure such as electrical grids and the desalination plants, would the globalists attempt to try PDT for war crimes? Given how badly PDT has neutered the old globalist guard, wouldn’t they attempt a ploy like that to get back at him and regain control?
I guess it depends on who you consider the globalists. It is not the Hague, WEF, WTO, UN etc. World courts simply do the bidding for the globalists.
The globalists’ chess board is the one Trump is upsetting. The ones who run the EU, parliaments and Congresses. The ones who choose Kings and Presidents. The ones who create wars and genocides. The ones who control global capital and central banks.
They tried to stop Trump in the Kangaroo Court of US Congress. They tried to stop him by rigging the elections, they tried to stop him in Butler. They failed.
The US has not and never will sign on to the ICC. The ICC has no jurisdiction to prosecute Trump and if they chose to abduct him for this purpose they would find worse problems than it’s worth. The ICC is mostly for prosecuting African warlords. It’s a way for new African leaders to hand over old African leaders to solidity their power base in those countries. Most countries in the world aren’t participating.
It’s the same thing with Israel. The ICC ruled they can investigate and prosecute Israelis for war crimes because Palestine signed on to the ICC (but not apparently going to prosecute Palestinian war crimes). If the ICC ever decided to follow through with this Israel would make their lives very difficult.
This sort of thing isn’t partisanship. Any president who hands over a president for prosecutions to a foreign bodies is admitting that the US justice system isn’t functional.
They will do everything they can to inflict as much damage as they can on President Trump. That’s a given at this point. President Trump is engaged in a war that is largely unseen by the public, a war against the globalists.
The Strait of Hormuz is closed not because Iran wants it closed, but because President Trump wants it closed. He is demonstrating to the Europeans (and to the entire world) the folly of climate cultism, of throwing away national security before the altar of globalist tyranny.
What he is trying to do is nothing less than to save Western Civilization. This is literally an existential war between good and evil. Thank God for this man.
Brilliant! And, thank you!
Amen and AMEN 🙏 ✝️
I just finished listening to MY President deliver his address on the progress and purpose of the Iran war.
I am nearly Trump’s age, Harry Truman was president when I came into this world, so I’ve been around for nearly 1/3 of America’s Constitutional Republic and I say there has never been a man like Donald Trump in the White House in my lifetime and probably not in the past 250 years!
America is blessed to have this man and all the people who hate him are either corrupt, ignorant or utterly stupid!
Maybe all 3?
Considering that all of Trump’s speeches are good, and none are bombs, I thought that this “Address to the Nation” was not only good, but SPOT ON! He again “made the case” for Epic Fury being necessary, but this rendition was the best yet. He gave further convincing explanation and effectively sold “the case & purpose” in a superior manner!
I absolutely trust Trump. Many Americans are far too “short sided”. You can be certain that Trump has thought things out and has/is considering a wide/broad strategy on MANY fronts, not just militarily with Iran! It may appear that Iran has “held out”, but Trump IS also capable of adjusting by managing/deploying many strategies – simultaneously – on a local, regional, global scale! He & America have already Won, but there will be further Winning with long reaching, lasting benefits! I, nor any sane leader, nation or people would wan’t to go against or bet against the US with Trump as President!!
There was one main point, purpose & reason for this timely “Address the Nation” Speech which Trump NAILED!
The Crescendo Moment & Main WORD was:
P E R S P E C T I V E
It is definitely clean up on aisle 44 and 46….
Well said LTB! And amen to that 💕🙏
The FREE WORLD is also Blessed to have President Trump as the leader of Western Civilization.
Mr. President when you’ve ground terror exporter Iran into the sand of the desert, its citizens should harken to a period of rich cultural heritage, rename their country Persia and usher in a new golden age.
And that is what this is all about….Iran’s people tired of being subjugated…and standing up for themselves while placing themselves in peril…Human lives…being beat to a pulp because they could not afford to buy food etc…
Excellent speech by President Trump. I appreciated his recap of the WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq wars. Puts this operation in proper perspective.
My wife & I have been in the Philippines for the past few weeks. Gas prices here have risen from 54 pesos/liter to 100.
I have followed this site for a while and appreciate the posts. I am very worried for the Filipinos abs other Asian countries who are so called allies.
I’m wondering if the severe economic pain that is/will occur was an unforeseen circumstance?
Looking for some viewpoints
Definitely war gamed out on supercomputers.
Bessent is a key part of this team, for sure.
Sad because we have an actual Senate-confirmed Treaty with the Philippines, unlike some of our other “allies”
We’re heading Thailand in 2 weeks. I get to see how much trouble they’re I
…Oh yeah. Was that when the Pilipino nay-sayers went out to dig up dirt and all they could show us were Imelda’s shoes?
All of Asia is screwed… Japan, South Korea, Philippines, right across the board…
“South Korea to Sri Lanka: How the Iran war impacts you if you live in Asia”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1450zj6n48o
Rubio comment…
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE WEBSITE:
President Trump’s Clear and Unchanging Objectives Drive Decisive Success Against Iranian Regime
The White House
April 1, 2026
Tonight, President Donald J. Trump will address the nation on Operation Epic Fury — a decisive campaign of American strength that is systematically dismantling the Iranian regime’s ability to threaten the United States and the free world.
Under President Trump’s leadership, the U.S. military is executing this mission with unmatched power and precision. From day one, the objectives have been clear and unwavering: obliterate Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal and production capability, annihilate its navy, sever its support for terrorist proxies, and ensure the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism never acquires a nuclear weapon.
Since the launch of Operation Epic Fury, the Trump Administration has repeatedly and unambiguously reaffirmed these core objectives:
President Trump (March 2): “Our objectives are clear. First, we’re destroying Iran’s missile capabilities… and their capacity to produce brand new ones — pretty good ones they make. Second, we’re annihilating their navy… Third, we’re ensuring that the world’s number one sponsor of terror can never obtain a nuclear weapon… And finally, we’re ensuring that the Iranian regime cannot continue to arm, fund, and direct terrorist armies outside of their borders.”
Vice President JD Vance (March 2): “Whatever happens with the regime in one form or another, it’s incidental to the President’s primary objective here — which is to make sure the Iranian terrorist regime does not build a nuclear bomb.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio (March 2): “The United States is conducting an operation to eliminate the threat of Iran’s short-range ballistic missiles and the threat posed by their navy… That is the clear objective of this mission.”
U.S. Central Command Commander Admiral Brad Cooper (March 3): “Our military in the Middle East is undertaking an unprecedented operation to eliminate Iran’s ability to threaten Americans, as they’ve been doing for nearly half a century.”
Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby (March 3): “I think I can lay out once again the objectives of the military campaign… which are focused on addressing the ability of the Islamic Republic to project military power… And that’s primarily the missile forces of the Islamic Republic, which had obviously been growing substantially and posed a very serious threat… as well as the ability to produce that, and then the Iranian navy.”
Secretary Rubio (March 3): “Our objectives remain, as they’ve been identified from the beginning and the President laid out clearly yesterday. Iran can never have a nuclear weapon and we will not allow Iran to hide behind the immunity of a massive short-term ballistic missile inventory, or the ability to make them or launch them… As well as the destruction of their navy.”
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (March 4): “The mission is laser-focused: obliterate Iran’s missiles and drones and facilities that produce them, annihilate its navy and critical security infrastructure, and sever their pathway to nuclear weapons. Iran will never possess a nuclear bomb.”
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (March 4): “The Operation was again launched with clear military objectives designed to dismantle Iran’s ability to project power outside of its borders, both today and in the future. First, we are targeting and eliminating Iran’s ballistic missile systems to prevent them from threatening the U.S. forces, partners, and interests in the region. Second, we are destroying the Iranian navy, degrading its capacity capability and ability to conduct operations… Third, we’re ensuring Iran cannot rapidly rebuild or reconstitute its combat capability.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (March 4): “At the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, launched last weekend, President Trump laid out clear objectives to the American people on what the U.S. military seeks to accomplish through these major combat operations. Number one, destroy the regime’s deadly ballistic missiles and completely raze their missile industry to the ground. Number two, annihilate the Iranian regime’s navy… Number three, Operation Epic Fury will ensure the regime’s terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the free world and attack our armed forces… Number four, this mission will guarantee Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon.”
Admiral Cooper (March 5): “We will systemically dismantle Iran’s missile production capability for the future, and that’s absolutely in progress…”
Press Secretary Leavitt (March 6): “We are well on our way to achieving those objectives — annihilating Iran’s navy… taking out the ballistic missile threat that Iran posed to the United States and our troops and bases in the region… ensuring Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon, as well, and significantly weakening their proxies in the region.”
President Trump (March 9): “We’re achieving major strides toward completing our military objective… Most of Iran’s naval power has been sunk… We continue to target Iran’s drone and missile capabilities… We’re also annihilating the manufacturing base that the regime uses to build drones and missiles.”
Secretary Rubio (March 9): “It is important to continue to remind the American people of why it is that the greatest military in the history of the world is engaged in this operation. It is to destroy the ability of this regime to launch missiles both by destroying their missiles and their launchers, destroy the factories that make these missiles, and destroy their navy.”
Secretary Hegseth (March 10): “[Our objectives] are straightforward and we are executing them with ruthless precision. One, destroy their missile stockpiles, their missile launchers, and their defense industrial base — missiles and their ability to make them. Two, destroy their navy. And three, permanently deny Iran nuclear weapons forever.”
General Caine (March 10): “The joint force remains focused on three military objectives: continue to destroy Iranian ballistic missiles and drone capability in order to prevent attacks on the U.S. and others throughout the region. And this means attacking launch sites, command and control nodes, stockpiles before they can threaten our personnel, our facilities and our partners. Second, we continue to strike the Iranian Navy and their capabilities in order to do things like sustain movement through the Straits of Hormuz. And third, we continue to start working on and going deeper into Iran’s military and industrial base in order to prevent the regime from being able to attack Americans, our interests, and our partners for years to come and project power outside their borders.”
Press Secretary Leavitt (March 10): “Moving forward, the stated objectives for Operation Epic Fury remain the same: destroy the terrorist regime’s ballistic missiles, raze their Iranian missile industry to the ground, ensure their terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region, and ensure that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.”
Secretary Hegseth (March 13): “I serve God, the troops, the country, the Constitution, and the President of the United States and answer only to those, all in service of victory on the battlefield and the military objectives that we’ve laid out from day one: defeat the missiles, missile launchers, and defense industrial base, which I laid out today; defeat the navy; and deny Iran the ability to have a nuclear weapon.”
Secretary Hegseth (March 13): “We define success — again, 13 days in — by reaching the military objectives that we’ve laid out: launchers, missile launchers, defense industrial base, their navy, the ability to project power on the naval sense, leading toward denying them to get a nuclear weapon.”
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller (March 18): “The American military objective is to neuter the regime — to render them impotent. That is what President Trump is doing. Day by day, the regime is being rendered impotent in terms of being able to wield instruments of national power against the world… President Trump will not allow this regime — this bloodlusting regime — to hold us hostage with energy blackmail, with missile blackmail, or with nuclear blackmail.”
Secretary Hegseth (March 19): “Our objectives, given directly from our America First President, remain exactly what they were on day one. Destroy missiles, launchers, and Iran’s defense industrial base so they cannot rebuild, destroy their navy, and Iran never gets a nuclear weapon — our objectives from day one.”
General Caine (March 19): “U.S. Central Command remains on plan to achieve our military objectives and remain unrelenting in our pursuit of Iranian missile capabilities, UAV capabilities and their navy, and as the secretary said, their industrial base.”
Admiral Cooper (March 21): “U.S. forces continue to take bold action and remain on plan to eliminate Iran’s ability to project meaningful power outside its borders… Iran has lost significant combat capability over the last three weeks. We are taking out thousands of Iranian missiles, advanced attack drones, and all of Iran’s navy… Their navy is not sailing, their tactical fighters are not flying, and they’ve lost the ability to launch missiles and drones at the high rates seen at the beginning of the conflict.”
Vice President Vance (March 26): “The Iranian conventional military is effectively destroyed. They don’t have a navy. They don’t have the ability to hit us like they could have even a few weeks ago… The most important American national security objective that exists for any Administration at any time is you don’t want the worst people in the world to have a nuclear weapon. That’s why the President is doing this.”
Secretary Hegseth (March 26): “Operation Epic Fury is not an endless war. It’s a decisive campaign with clear objectives to destroy Iran’s offensive military capabilities and ensure they never obtain a nuclear weapon… Our objectives are clear: no nukes, no navy, and a complete dismantling of their missile program and defense industrial base.”
Secretary Rubio (March 26): “[President Trump] defined very clearly on the first night of this operation what the goal was. We were going to destroy Iran’s navy, and that is happening… We were going to destroy their missile launching capabilities. We’re well on our way to achieving that goal. We were going to destroy the factory so they couldn’t make more missiles and more drones, and that is moving forward. Every single objective the president clearly laid out on the first night of this operation is being effectuated.”
Vice President Vance (March 28): “That was fundamentally the President’s goal. He said, ‘Look, this country, they’re threatening us in all these ways. They’re still trying to build a nuclear weapon. We need to neuter them for a very, very long time,’ and that’s the purpose.”
Secretary Rubio (March 30): “We’ve destroyed their navy. We’ve destroyed their air force. We are well on our way to destroying the majority of their arms factories. And we are well on our way to significantly degrading their missile launchers. When those objectives are achieved, we will have achieved the purpose of this operation.”
Secretary Rubio (March 30): “This is about very specific objectives. The President laid them out on the first night of the operation… Here they are — you should write them down. Number one, the destruction of their air force. Number two, the destruction of their navy. Number three, the severe diminishing of their missile launching capability. And number four, the destruction of their factories so they can’t make more missiles and more drones to threaten us in the future. All of this so that they can never hide behind it to acquire a nuclear weapon. That was our objective from the beginning; that remains our objective now.”
Press Secretary Leavitt (March 30): “As I’ve said repeatedly and as the President has laid out, the objectives of Operation Epic Fury are as follows: destroying the Iranian navy, destroying their ballistic missiles, dismantling their defense industrial infrastructure that produces those weapons that have long threatened the United States and our allies, and then, of course, preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon.”
Secretary Hegseth (March 31): “Our core objectives from this podium, from day one — from me, from the Chairman, from the President, from the Vice President, from Secretary Rubio, and others — have been clear. Defense missile production and missile programs, so their entire missile program, defense industrial base, and production ability to build, and navy and power projection… And then of course, wrapping it all is Iran’s never going to have a nuclear weapon.”
Secretary Rubio (March 31): “We were going to destroy their air force; we have largely done that. We were going to destroy their navy, which we have largely achieved that. We were going to destroy a significant percentage of their missile launches; we are well on our way to achieving that. And we were going to wipe out their defense industrial base… We are on our way to doing that. Those were our four objectives because those were the four things they were going to hide behind to then develop a nuclear weapon.”
Admiral Cooper (March 31): “Now in our fifth week of the campaign, it is my operational assessment that we are making undeniable progress in eliminating Iran’s ability to project power in meaningful ways outside of its borders. We don’t see their navy sailing, we don’t see their aircraft flying, and their air defense and missile defense systems have largely been destroyed
Iran has become like the abominable snow man – without teeth – but still thinks he can scare bad (theological) miss policies upon the world etc.
(and there have been prior tyrannists, and are currently others too… )
But, what happens when a bully is confronted – with truths…?
[ people prefer freedoms, people have fortitude, virtues etc. ]
Senator Rand Paul
@SenRandPaul
President Trump is right to strongly consider leaving NATO.
Cont reading thread…
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2039486950755688776.html
Carter was a Democrat. Trump is a Republican. Only Democrat Presidents can unilaterially withdraw the US from treaties / sarc
“Frosty” White
@JohnW666777
He can withdraw completely, Jimmy Carter did it previously. SCOTUS approved.
Cont…
This not a settled issue. The SCOTUS in the Carter-Goldwater case found it nonjusticiable, meaning they felt they had no jurisdiction. They punted on the issue of cancelling the treaty. I find it very unlikely that the activist court we now have will not decide it one way or the other, and probably to the disadvantage of the Executive.
For once Rand Paul is making sense. What a jerk he has been to our President Trump!
To Republicans…..ask Markwayne Mullan.
His address was all over the map. How does telling other countries to buy USA oil reduce prices for Americans? How does saying we don’t need middle-east oil reduce prices? None of this adds up.
I’ll bet nothing adds up for you.
Explain to me how this nation can become the worlds oil supplier and thus lower the cost of gas for Americans. Explain how we can just ignore what Iran is doing in blocking oil shipping, and still lower the cost for Americans. Yeah, those statements DON’T ADD UP!
The groundwork has been laid. Putin was told to stockpile when they met in Alaska, so he is now able to release at much higher prices. We are now an energy exporter, and Venezuela is coming back online. Plus, it’s up to us whether the Strait of Hormuz stays closed or is open. Whenever we decide it’s advantageous to stop squeezing the Europeans to get them to give up on Ukraine, we can do what is needed to get the Strait up and running.
‘none of this adds up’ ?
kind of like how the u s a (with help from other countries) can not accurately count votes?
[ the evidence piles up, while the pretenders continue to say there is no evidence … for 5 years …]
And the House passed the SAVE America act… and the on vacation, Senate ponders for 10 months…
p.s.
The U.S. produces and uses energy,
and Venezuella has become a more friendly country (without mad uro miss ruining things).
There is an all the above options (coal, oil, nuclear etc.) , energy policy underway…
imho
Love thy neighbors
True, but gas just hit $4.30 cents a gallon. Up from $2.85.
GB News
@GBNEWS
‘Trump doesn’t need legislation to abandon NATO…’
Former Conservative advisers Oscar Reddrop and Charlie Rowley on Donald Trump’s threats to leave the NATO alliance, and whether he could unofficially withdraw to bypass legal hurdles.
Video linked….
For starters, out of Ukraine.
Their problem.
I gotta believe, that is coming, along with Cuba……….
For the most part, this country forgot all about the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, and the hostages that were taken by Ahmadinejad and held for over a year. Not to mention all the damage IEDs have done. I am not tired of winning, but I would like to see some winning in this country as far as the entire government full of traitors. I would like to see Trump actually get to that. If he dumps Bondi, I am confident that he won’t be able to find a really good AG that he can get through the Senate. AGs seem to be his kryptonite. Our domestic enemies have been embedding themselves in every aspect of our government since 2009, with the sole purpose of working in concert to destroy this country. If we don’t put them down, they will put US down. There are way too many who stand apart from The Lord, and that is why we are where we are. The world hated Jesus first.
I would like to personally thank President Trump for what he is doing.
During combat tours in Iraq I and many others had to face Iranian bombs and many paid a terrible price.
Iran has been at war with us for 47 years, striking wherever they could and killing thousands.
Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, and diaper man never fought back.
Trump is the first to go on offense. He is evening the score and then some.
Thank you President Trump.
MAGA
Thank you for your service, sir. The country honors your commitment and sacrifice.
I have noticed that PDJT often seems short of breath while speaking…not good…
All will be for nothing if we don’t remove the enriched uranium ourselves for safe keeping.
How woukd we even know if they have preemptively passed it along to China or NK?
Isn’t there a nuclear signature attached to radioactive substances?
That is something I’m unaware of, although assuming that’s the case, must the uranium be in possession of the analyst?
We know Iran has enough enriched uranium to make eleven bombs at some time in the not too distant future, according to their own untrustworthy words.
It’s at 60%, it needs to be 90% for nuclear weaponry I’ve heard. I believe SoS Rubio stated this.
A radiation detector could pick it up.
Gamma is much harder to block then alpha or beta radiation.
See movie “Sum of all Fears”.
GB News
@GBNEWS
‘European nations, including the UK, have been freeloading off the US in NATO for decades now!’
Retired British Army Officer Richard Kemp says Donald Trump is justified in his criticism of NATO and Britain’s position on the war in the Middle East.
Video linked…
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 BREAKING: NATO SecGen MARK RUTTE will travel to meet President Trump in Washington next week — WSJ
This comes as Trump has been VERY tough on useless NATO allies not pulling their weight
Rutte KNOWS Trump means business and has told off Europe thinking they’re ANYTHING without the US:
“If anyone thinks here that the European Union or Europe can defend itself without the US, KEEP ON DREAMING! YOU CAN’T! We can’t!”
Cont reading…
It’s time Europe accept “they need to dance with the one that brung them”, meaning if the US asks for assistance in any way, they’d best provide it with a smile.
…and one of my favorite sayings…’
Does that mean Russia gets all their oblasts back?
Imho PDJT will no longer pay them for our presence to protect them.
They will pay USA for protection whether NATO remains or not.
These countries are a part of why we are indebt.
Behind the Isfahan strike: US moves to bury uranium, avoid risky ground operation
Analysis: Trump shares unexplained blast footage as US drops bunker-busters on Isfahan, likely targeting underground uranium sites while avoiding a ground operation, with satellite images showing prior uranium transferYesterday | 08:11
https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/h100nb11fjwl#autoplay
That speech was depressing. Ugh.
Dear Mr. President STOP offering our energy to everyone else.
President Trump got us most favored nation pricing on DRUGS OK, great, super, whatever.
Mr. President, how about most favored nation on something we actually do need: ENERGY.
Offering our domestic oil to Europe simply raises the price for all of us AMERICANS.
F*ck the E.U. American Energy for AMERICANS !!!!!
PS Please bomb Sacramento next- Californians are your countrymen and they need your help!
Millions of us voted for you repeatedly.
If you need an excuse, CA has “Political Morons of Mass Destruction”, which is much worse than nukes.
It is interesting that there are eyes in the sky regarding the Iran stock pile (s) of 60% enriched nuclear dust- and that missiles are sent to uhhh…discourage various entities away etc.
hmmm…
Maybe there are some other more reliable, dependable alliances around the world?
and / or
Maybe some of the nato alliances will (honestly) mull things over?
( out of fear, not love, have they been lulled into blind acceptance of the multi-task coercions that iran deployed for 47 years ? hint, the C c p, does it too…
Does someone’s recall the c-virus coercions, manipulations ? etc. If not, see the bran done jab or job speech of Sept. 2021… )
How is that decades long climate change fear coercion coming along?
Does (or can) the ‘green’ energy meet the current or future demands? (ans. no)
hmmm…
… abraham accords …
… trade deals …
… tariffs …
..U S A liberty and equal opportunity to pursue happiness in the USA – can be available for the world, if one seeks the whole truths
(and can ignore – and yet love them for some people, not all, are maybe sssslowly learning that dishonesty does not pay in the long run – the every day games people (nefarious c-dems, media, tyrannist$ etc.) play on people) …
Love thy neighbors…
Holy week…
(the Lord helps us to see some of the good (of some) and the bad (of some) of human nature… and some can turn a new leaf along their faith life journey … it is written… for others to read, and to try to comprehend…)
Ugh.
Old establishment uni-party senators….
We don’t have to officially leave NATO. We can just lower our presence in our European bases. Bring 70% of our armed forces home and 50% of our equipment. Just don’t hand over the bases to the European countries.
Our congress cannot micro-manage the President’s deployment decisions.
“Our congress cannot micro-manage the President’s deployment decisions.”
Amen, but I wish it really were “our” Congress, rather than a traitorous tool supporting our enemies!
Right. Just wait until he sets up military tribunals to try the traitors in our government and deep state.
They have no say and McConnell is done. Even Rand Paul get it right…………
“Senators”??? Don’t you mean “Presidents”?
Besides the decision is up to president boasberg anyway…
Since the end of WWII there has not been a NATO member strong enough or willing to militarily attack an adversary outside of the NATO orbit and then ask members for assistance. The practice of negotiation and compromise prevailed.
Until President Trump I and President Trump II stepped in to declare “We’re not pretending anymore”, harkening back to Henry Kissinger and realpolitik.
Pantywaist EU members are getting the wakeup call. The chess master has smacked the timing clock.
President Trump needs to take a 24 hour break and refresh his body and mind. That address made him look tired. Rehashing the things we have heard over the last several weeks was not impressive, nothing new was mention if you are tuned in daily.
“nothing new was mention if you are tuned in daily.”
if
p.s.
… the fog of war …
Some are tuned in daily to miss information – no thanks to the u.s. miss media.
As such, a brief nationwide address helps to share the truth. (and counter 4 weeks of miss information from media )
And yes, the frequent discussions with the media (q & a) also help – but the miss media filters out what it wants, and substitutes its narrative.
[ it’s been going on for decades…and many still believe the miss media and miss tune in regularly. ]
imho
Yes. I agree.
I still support DJT…but honestly…I can no longer listen to his speeches for more than a few minutes.
I could have written a better speech, and his delivery was poor. I was glad that he reviewed the terrorist history of Iran, but his war talk was all over the map and much of it made no sense. I think our military grossly underestimated the capability of Iran, and now the world is paying the price for that mistake.
It’s past time for him to stop saying “they’ve never seen anything like it” about his wins. A little bit of modesty never hurt anybody that I know of. And he has no idea what people have “seen or not seen.”
Give Him a break, He’s going to be 80 in June. Wish He was younger but age will catch up to the best of us.
Getting to the war in Iran, some opine that Netanyahu convinced Trump to do it and that this is Israel’s war. Most of those opinions come from Mearsheimer, Col. MacGregor and Sachs. I do think Trump is looking for an offramp. IMHO we should have been out of the middle east and NATO a long time ago. Bring the troops home and stop the overseas meddling in other nations affairs. Seems we missed the “No foreign entanglements” admonishment of President Washington.
Got a question: England has been pushing the Ukraine war– sending in equipment and “advisors” who know how to run the sophisticated equipment. This costs money. What is England getting out of this? Or should I say, who in England is benefiting financially with this (follow the money). And then when it comes to something England needs, (oil), they won’t lift a finger to help and wouldn’t even let American military use airbases in England for a stopover point. Why the apparent difference in posture?
“To those countries that can’t get fuel … I have a suggestion, Number One: buy oil from the United States of America. Number Two: build up some delayed courage.”
~ President Trump on Iran
NO….do not buy from the USA. America First.