Donald Trump deflected responsibility for misleading Americans about the length of the Iran war, dismissed low poll ratings as “fake numbers” and refused to rule out the possibility of declaring a state of emergency before the midterms, in a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine.

When confronted with questions about the length of the Iran war, the US president blamed the media for reporting his remarks in which he said the conflict was projected to last “four to five weeks”, in March.

“ … I think the press fed it to them,” Trump told Time when asked whether Americans misunderstood him.

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    Having the luxury of mulling over whther to declare a state of emergency is a clear indicator that whatever it is, it is not an emergency.

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      Always with the ‘liberals’, usually coming from the same people who actively voted for this shit, or enabled it by refusing to do nothing in 2024.

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    This is why Hegseth fired 20% of the military command staff. Conservatives need leaders who will carry out violence on non-conservative citizens when the time is right. Looks like that time is upon us.

    It’s time to properly finish Sherman’s work. Lincoln stopped him early and now we have concentration camps and an infestation of conservatives. We need to actually finish the civil war completely or they will kill us all.

    As long as conservatives continue to live, they will never stop trying to kill the normal people. Never.

    Act locally. Be discrete. Do not humanize an enemy that cannot humanize you.

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        Lol. Don’t be an idiot, kill two killers instead of one. That’s how count of killers is going down

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        Pretty much every comment out of that user is some permutation of “I want to kill conservatives”

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          I’m shocked. With a username like burn_the_right I thought he’d want to play footsies with conservatives.

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    Donald John Trump is still a raging pedophile rapist pile of shit. That never changes. Never forget.

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        They would have had to infiltrate the states’ voting systems because they’re all different. Not saying that it isn’t out of the realm of possibility, or that they won’t just focus on key locations.

        Big Ballz and fElon did get a lot of personal information so their disinformation targeting will probably be pretty accurate.

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      Ironically, the guys who have tried so far have all been right-wing nutballs as well.

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          The one actual attempt was real enough for the two guys in the stands behind Trump that took bullets. One died, the other did survive. The second “attempt” was some nut that managed to sneak onto the Mar-a-Lago golf course before getting caught. Trump was certainly happy to play up the part of the victim, big wad of gauze over the nick on his ear, “Oh, look at how bad people treat me!”

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              Could have been from that easily enough. Their job is to drag the president down and cover him, and not worry about taking time to do it gently.

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          pretty much. he had a fake ass bandaid on his ear, then less than a week later, he was fully healed. An old oaf like him would NOT heal that fast. It was fake as fuck.

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            What hebis in peak physical health his doctor has never seen anyone so healthy.

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      What? Don’t kill him! That’s evil. Just cripple him to the point he cannot do anything for himself, and has to be cared for by people whose lives he destroyed. Maybe have him linger on for another decade or so, and forfeit his govt benefits. And give him a persistent itch.

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          I don’t wish death upon evil people, but years of torment, indignation, and a slow miserable death that they’re perfectly aware is happening to them…seems appropriate. Hopefully they’re fully conscious when someone takes pity on them and pulls the plug but they’re not capable of letting anyone know it’s not what they want and they suffer terribly as the life slowly ebbs from their body. A poetic and sadistic, end to a deserving ghoul.

          A fast death is not what they deserve.

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        What’s the point in making him a cripple? he already wears a diaper, doesn’t know how to drive, has never ridden a bike in his life, doesn’t exercise, doesn’t walk while cheating at golf, and probably already got himself some special presidential license plates that let his limo driver park across several handicap spots. his quality of life would probably improve as a crippled martyr. Think about the endorsement deals he could get as a cripple. What company? Depends.

        he should be getting death bed reminders that the world is going to take his name off everything he graffito tagged and forget about him. Instead of destroying the man we need to start destroying his legacy before he loses the remaining marble. Right now if you shook his head it would sound like a can of orange spray paint. One lonely marble bouncing around. We need to make sure that marble knows that the celebrations of his death will greatly outweigh any celebrations of his life.

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          Wreck his hands so he can’t play golf. That would hurt him only thing he lines doing.

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      It’s a stupid question.

      Nobody is stupid enough to rule out an emergency.

      If anyone would, it would be him. He just needs a map and a really big sharpie.

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      Most of them aren’t. I thought I had a filter for stuff with his name in it but apparently I don’t.

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    A bunch of red states already did…

    They’re cutting restrictions on red diesel and letting trucks run overloaded to make less trips.

    The red diesel is the big one tho, we need that shit to harvest crops here in a little bit, allowing it on road is going to burn thru the reserves that already wasn’t big enough.

    trump is gambling on trying to get UK or other “allies” to give us their reserves, but they need that shit themselves, because of the war trump started.

    It’s going to get much worse before midterms too. Which is why using reserves now is so stupid. Probably 2-3 weeks before election Iran is going to really tighten the screws and make gas prices skyrocket. I really could see them shutting off the whole tap to influence midterms against trump.

    Maybe even flat out saying “if republicans win this won’t stop”. And with the Houthis controlling one major straight, they can hold it for literal decades

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      The red diesel is the big one tho, we need that shit to harvest crops here in a little bit, allowing it on road is going to burn thru the reserves that already wasn’t big enough.

      Red diesel is not some fancy fuel, it’s literally just diesel with red die in it.

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        Buddy …

        It’s different because it’s tax free and for agriculture…

        We need that for agriculture, if we use it now what the fuck are we going to harvest crops with?

        I understand you couldn’t think of that yourself…

        But why the fuck wouldn’t you ask me what you weren’t able to get from the context of my comment?

        Edit:

        Someone else tried explaining this, and you just could grasp it…

        And most of your post history is you arguing with anyone who ever tries to help you understand anything.

        You’re just gonna have to stay wrong bro, eventually you’ll need a new account as well, because I’d bet a shit ton of other people have blocked you as well

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          It’s different because it’s tax free and for agriculture…

          Yes that’s what I said

          We need that for agriculture, if we use it now what the fuck are we going to harvest crops with?

          LOL you just die more fuel red. Why is that so hard to understand? Why couldn’t you think of that yourself? Why can’t you grasp this?

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        that is true, but it will still be needed to used to gather in all the autumn crops and plant the spring ones not too far away

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          No. It isn’t. You just need diesel. If there’s not enough red diesel, you just get regular diesel and put red die in it.

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            ok, but then that has extra tax attached (assuming, as I’m not in the US, that is like the UK where red diesel doesn’t have all the road tax attached.) Here in NZ it is all ‘white’ diesel and Road User Tax is separate

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              Not correct. Putting in the red die is just an indicator of how it is taxed.

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                the red die is to indicate untaxed, it will stain fuel filters on road vehicles to show that untaxed diesel has been used, at least that is how it us used elsewhere

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                  Yes that is what I said. Again, there is nothing special about it. You just get more die and make more red diesel. It’s all the same supply.

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    Trump brushed aside the likelihood of Democrats winning, telling Time magazine that, so long as he campaigns with candidates, Republicans could perform well.

    Trump might not trust the polls but I bet he trusts polymarket, and it’s currently showing 63% chance of Democrats taking the Senate and 93% of Dems taking the House.

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        He’s the new W, but far more petty and vindictive than W or any of his accomplices ever were.

        He’s an albatross - he has the worst favorability ratings of any President, and that includes W. The cons could barely even talk about Bush once his Eight Year Debacle was up…

        They’d all drop him like a hot rock if he didn’t command so much influence (money) still.

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          Nah. Conservatives hold both chambers of congress. They can fix this shit any time they want. They will never, ever do that because they approve of it all. Conservatives are quiet not because they disapprove, but because they know the normal people are unhappy about it. They will NEVER stop on their own. Never.

          Trump is conservatism incarnate. He is the perfect reflection of ALL conservatives, even the ones who are embarassed by their own reflection.

          Conservatives and their leaders need to be dealt with as one big infestation. We need a permanent cure or the infestation will just get worse.