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gbg111 Mar 31, 2026 +251

Trump is deliberately not calling the Iran conflict a “war” and instead calling it a “military operation,” likely to avoid legal and political consequences, and critics are mocking the wording. Saved you a click.

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New-Anybody-6206 Mar 31, 2026 +85

He has already called it a war more times than not, though.

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Nevarian Mar 31, 2026 +37

Sure, but he's President Goldfish of the goldfish pond. Two days ago is a distant memory.

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Interesting_Study998 Mar 31, 2026 +13

He can’t remember 15 seconds ago. “Who shit my pants!?” -Donald Trump

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Sweet_Cupcake2804 Apr 1, 2026 +1

Lmfao! Not really... Truly sad for all Americans and all of the world pays the price: financially or with lives.

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psychrolut Mar 31, 2026 +6

I have a distant memory of Putin invading Ukraine and calling it a “special military operation.” Oh wow it’s still called that in Russian media 🧑‍🎨 what are we? communist Russia? 🤡

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ImpressiveMethod8624 Mar 31, 2026 +3

Do I think trump is an ignorant ass who's been given everything in life who's also in the beginning stages of dementia absolutely. Do I think everyone who is watching from the military leaders to the supreme court justices to the people in the streets know that he is setting up a condition so he can't be tried for the crimes he's guilty of committing absofingloutely.

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Simmery Mar 31, 2026 +14

It's OK, the Supreme Court doesn't care.

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lactose_cow Mar 31, 2026 +8

if he says two contradictory statements, the correct interpretation is always "what is most rhetorically preferable in the moment"

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mddeskins2468 Mar 31, 2026 +1

According to his niece he is a mythomaniac, someone who has a compulsive tendency to tell lies. He tells so many he can't keep his stories straight.

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scarabflyflyfly Apr 1, 2026

It’s just an excursion, maybe an incursion, a bit of smashy-smashy dalliance but not in the fun way—unless that keeps you from thinking about the war because there’s no reason to think about the war, so go for it!

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Prize-Bumblebee-2192 Mar 31, 2026 +16

Too late. He’s been calling it war since day one. It’s on camera

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rat_penis Mar 31, 2026 +11

He's done a lot of dumb and illegal shit on camera but it doesnt matter because the people that own the cameras make it go away.

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OnDrugsTonight Mar 31, 2026 +11

>Saved you a click. That's always welcome with Daily Beast c***.

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XSinTrick6666 Mar 31, 2026 +4

This is a bigger indictment of Congress than dementia Don.

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Skraelings Mar 31, 2026 +3

porque no los dos?

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XSinTrick6666 Mar 31, 2026 +3

It is both, but Diapereena has been impeached before - he's a known quantity. Congress has refused oversight responsibility multiple times now -- despite his open admission of crimes, war profiteering, and budget-busting.

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Kohounees Mar 31, 2026 +3

Typical dailybeast quality.

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NurglesGiftToWomen Mar 31, 2026 +2

It seems like the problem isn’t so much that he’s saying the quiet part loud as much as he’s saying “and what are you going to do about it?”

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TheAskewOne Apr 1, 2026 +2

Jesus, how he names it isn’t a secret plot and doesn’t make it legal or illegal. So fed up with those DailyBeast headlines.

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VelvetTeaser Mar 31, 2026 +1

Dementia is real, he has been calling it war since inception.

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rat_penis Mar 31, 2026 +2

Does legality even matter anymore if there's no one to enforce it?

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chrisk9 Mar 31, 2026 +1

You'd think laws are written like legal documents where key words are explicitly defined. It shouldn't matter what you choose to call a thing, the meaning should be explicitly and unambiguously stated.

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DungPedalerDDSEsq Mar 31, 2026 +1

Maybe he can jazz up the name a little; something special. He should call it a Special Military Operation.

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Defiant_Survey2929 Mar 31, 2026 +1

I seem to remember somebody else calling their conflict a special military operation, that person's name and country escape me at the moment, also I think it was said it would be over in a matter of days but 4 years on it is still going.

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treesarethebeesknees Mar 31, 2026 +1

But then why is the department of war involved???!!!

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Maoleficent Mar 31, 2026 +1

Wars require Congressional approval. I thought the not-a-war was an 'excursion'? They had no plan, the felon was instructed to use American soldiers and money to blow stuff up or bibi would release the files. There is no strategy. bibi doesn't care - he has already said none of their soldiers or money will be spent. Only Israel has everything to gain from all of this except the felon gets a c***** with his name on it built over bone and ash.

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complete_data75 Mar 31, 2026 +1

Until it’s over and boasts about ending another” war”

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TheMrCMo Mar 31, 2026

Here’s what you’re missing: it’s stupid, illegal and unconstitutional. Here’s what we’re missing: a way to do something about it.

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TheMrCMo Mar 31, 2026 +112

Trump: “I won’t use the word ‘war’ because … you’re supposed to get approval, so I’ll use the word ‘military operation,’ “ At least Putin called it “Special”. Shouldn’t the proper words be “stupid” and “illegal” and “unconstitutional”?

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legomaximumfigure Mar 31, 2026 +14

I bet Putin calls Trump 'Special' too.

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DistractedPhoenix Mar 31, 2026 +3

I’m sure Putin drops the R word when referring to Trump

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surlysurfer Mar 31, 2026 +13

I've been told by MAGA it's not nice to call Trump a pedophile, so instead I call him a child rapist.

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sturgill_homme Mar 31, 2026 +22

Calling a war a “military operation” sounds super woke to me guys

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RedLanternScythe Mar 31, 2026 +7

Genius. Trump administration is to woke to say "war." He's just dumb enough to fall for it

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NoCoffee6754 Mar 31, 2026 +23

Calling it “politely borrowing” from a bank instead of “robbing” - police hate this one simple trick.

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Loa_Sandal Mar 31, 2026 +10

They were just handing me this money in a bag, who am I to say no? The fact that I was pointing a gun at the teller while wearing a balaclava is purely a coincidence. If anything, this is entrapment!

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starliteburnsbrite Mar 31, 2026 +1

If you're the head of the police, it would be a good trick. If nobody would arrest or stop you anyway, who cares what you call it?

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StabbingHoboReturns Mar 31, 2026 +9

I'm so f****** sick of hearing what this narcissistic, misogynistic, racist, xenophobic, homophobic, transphobic, war criminal, fat, pedophile says. Congress needs to stop enabling this shit but they won't. Really hoping for the biggest blue wave ever this November.

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CelticSith Mar 31, 2026 +6

His Covid quote from 2020 works for him too: "It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear" And what a glorious day that will be for the world 🎉

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User4C4C4C Mar 31, 2026 +8

He doesn’t have the authority to define what is a war or not. Congress decides.

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FrogsOnALog Mar 31, 2026 +3

He “gets” 60 days.

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User4C4C4C Mar 31, 2026 +5

Right. The law that a previous Congress passed says he gets 60 days and then needs to draw down or ask for permission from Congress. The time limit can also be his way to get out of this war by saying he had no choice, then blame it all on Congress.

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FrogsOnALog Mar 31, 2026 +3

TACO April

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Smaynard6000 Apr 1, 2026 +2

That is also f****** insane. The President shouldn't have the ability to decide, all by themselves, to go to war for 2 months for any reason they choose.

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TranquilSeaOtter Mar 31, 2026 +2

Not this Congress. Every Republican in Congress is perpetually on their knees for Trump.

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TheGardenBlinked Mar 31, 2026 +2

He’s also meant to abide by the constitution. Look how that’s going.

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User4C4C4C Mar 31, 2026 +1

Right. He loses in court a lot too. I think it’s a good thing to remind people what is normal even if our moron in chief doesn’t respect our laws.

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SoftHazee Mar 31, 2026 +6

I’m just confused by all of this. It feels like there’s always some new scandal or plot in the works

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cwk415 Mar 31, 2026 +6

That's by design. It's a technique they call "flooding the zone" it's meant to overwhelm and exhaust us and unfortunately they're exceptionally skilled at it.

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ChromaticDragon Mar 31, 2026 +3

The effect is the same. But it may be an overstatement to consider this is "by design". That... well... seems to ascribe more intelligence, foresight and planning to Team Trump than may be warranted. It could just be sheer, unadulterated chaos and confusion... and the way that Trump lies is more akin to someone who will say *anything* to gain approval or support (or fun) with no attention to consistency whatsoever.

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cwk415 Mar 31, 2026 +2

Team Trump may be sitting in the engine car pulling the whistle giddily, but imo they're just along for the ride (and of course the market manipulation) but it's the Heritage Foundation/project 2025 who are really turning the wheels.

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WavyGravy04 Mar 31, 2026 +3

Trump 79 blows Bubba to distract from illegal war

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BrockVegas Mar 31, 2026 +11

Fun Fact: The US hasn't formally declared war since WW2. Trump sucks but this tradition goes back long before he came to be of any concern.

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Ok-Detective3142 Mar 31, 2026 +2

This is no different from our previous major incursions into the Middle East, all undeclared as wars, all referred to as wars by the media and political class (Gulf War, Iraq War, and the War in Afghanistan).

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FrogsOnALog Mar 31, 2026 +2

So the AUMF’s didn’t happen?

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v-komodoensis Mar 31, 2026

Trump is basically the same as other US presidents, he's just more honest about it.

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FrogsOnALog Mar 31, 2026 +2

That’s bullshit though lol

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v-komodoensis Mar 31, 2026 +3

He's far worse don't get me wrong but the US has been a terrorist country for decades now and no president has ever came close to stopping it, it just gets worse and worse.

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FrogsOnALog Mar 31, 2026 +1

Absolutely, but some president have tried to stop it. Obama and Biden took us out of the wars that Bush took us into. Libya campaign was backed by UN, and now Trump is blaming Europe for not backing him in Iran.

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OpeningOccasion9663 Mar 31, 2026 +2

This is a disaster for anyone still hoping for a peaceful resolution. You can't have a State Department pretending to negotiate in good faith while the President is on stage bragging about a secret plot for regime change. He just handed the Iranian hardliners exactly the evidence they needed to stay in the fight. This wasn't just a slip of the tongue; it was a total collapse of U.S. diplomatic credibility on the world stage.

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Wrath_Ascending Mar 31, 2026 +4

The US lost all credibility internationally when Trump was not impeached in a joint session on January the 7th, 2021.

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i-read-it-again Mar 31, 2026 +2

Now I’m confused. Iran is defeated. Nothing left . Trump has won the war . So why does he need help ?

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CozyHazee Mar 31, 2026 +2

This story sounds so bizarre what’s really going on here? It’s hard to tell what to believe anymore.

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PunfullyObvious Mar 31, 2026 +2

And, straight up saying that you are targeting civilian target, and targeting civilian targets, is a war crime. Why TF is congress not taking him to task for that? I guess I know the sickening answer to that question. But, why TF is the world not taking him, and us, to task for that? For that reason, as well as many others, the US should, at the least, be under profound economic sanctions.

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TheBatemanFlex Mar 31, 2026 +2

I mean. He also continues to call it a war, while joking about why he feels he has to call it somehting else, in order to feign legality. I am not sure why then he even bothers.

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pasterhatt Mar 31, 2026 +2

Prosecutors are the Hague hate this one simple trick!

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arkencode Mar 31, 2026 +2

The US taking lessons from Russia on how to justify an illegal war. Never thought I’d ever see that.

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Autumn_Ridge Mar 31, 2026 +1

I know he blew Bubba, but who's Plot? Kristi Noem's husband?

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Andovars_Ghost Mar 31, 2026 +2

What he calls it doesn’t f****** matter! It’s the introduction of troops into combat operations that starts the clock running, NOT whether it is called a war, or an action, or intervention, or expedition. F****** moron!

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Mordrim Mar 31, 2026 +2

He can call it Tiffany's birthday party for all I care, as long as he leaves early.

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writeinfreedom Mar 31, 2026 +2

I'm really sick and tired of having every story about him and everyone being confused just because he communicates with lies and fuzziness. Though many people have recollection of the failures of impeaching him years in the past, and though Congress is how they are and the parties are how they are and the people are how they are...his removal from office is really the only story I want to hear about him. If he uses military force, the individual branches or Caine will speak on it. Hegseth is an unnecessary lie machine too. Press secretary also. Just ignore them all honestly. Iran is a more accurate source of information from their conflict too. OSINT trackers locate certain motion of equipment or people. Just get on with it already and stop hanging on his every word.

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trisul-108 Mar 31, 2026 +2

Nothing that a thousand more lies will not fix ...

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isekai_cheese Mar 31, 2026 +1

under trump pedophila seems legal

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therealvladimir_0 Mar 31, 2026 +1

So we are at the point of acknowledging a war is occurring but do want to say the word?

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Brozhov Mar 31, 2026 +1

Trump blows war. All you needed to say.

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Judgeman2021 Mar 31, 2026 +1

Pedophiles say what?

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Old_Channel44 Mar 31, 2026 +1

Congress hates this one simple trick

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supercali45 Mar 31, 2026 +1

The market still following his lies … his only advisor is the stock market

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AmaroWolfwood Mar 31, 2026 +1

The US has been doing this for generations. We haven't had a "war" since World War II. Trump is just too stupid to understand nuance so he says the quiet part out loud.

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Ellusive1 Mar 31, 2026 +1

How many US troops need to be slaughtered until the Epstine class has enough justification to use nukes on Iran?

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hamilton280P Mar 31, 2026 +1

Must be nice to do or say whatever you want, meanwhile I have to draft up an email to send to two people for review before apologizing to a director for not copying over a cell of data that was just monitoring an employees time (aka micromanaging a salaried employee).

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Bruschetta_Bout_It Mar 31, 2026 +1

Secret? He set his Truth Social account to private or something?

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DrSpeckles Mar 31, 2026 +1

Wasn’t the whole Korean War called a “police action”? Some strange distinction that no one believed either.

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PippaTulip Apr 1, 2026 +1

He is not confused, he just doesn't give a damn about circumventing the law. Typical narcissist.

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ineededtosaythishere Apr 1, 2026

Stop putting his f****** age.

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