Reporter: ‘Mr President, are you actively aiding and abetting Vladimir Putin? Are you compromised?’
Trump looks out of window, suddenly points at something outside: ‘Hey look, is that a decoy?’
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quad_damage_orbb3 days ago
+90
He actually does this, he just starts randomly talking about he ballroom
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sumregulaguy3 days ago
+35
He did it when asked to comment on the death of Charlie Kirk, so bizarre.
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9uYx3QemUHKy3 days ago
+17
And then the reporters move on and don’t ever return to the topic
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shaneh4453 days ago
+22
"NASTY QUESTION" "insert's 3rd grade name calling"
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WaffleHouseGladiator3 days ago
+19
It really seems like he doesn't care who dies as long as his ego continues to be fed.
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tweek-in-a-box3 days ago
+14
He was busy helping Putin protect his little parade.
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Tammer_Stern3 days ago
+9
\*\*rolls out the Red Carpet for Putin \*\*
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Desert-Noir3 days ago
+6
“CIA says that he did that, I spoke to Putin, he assured me he didn’t offer the Iranians drones to kill our troops. What reason would I have not to believe him? The CIA is deep state and I’ve no reason not to trust Vladimir”
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IngloBlasto3 days ago
+5
Westworld reference.
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SquooshyCat2 days ago
+2
Lets lift sanctions and get troops out of Germany.
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Spiritual-Matters2 days ago
+1
“Why are we still talking about Ruzzia? I’m building a ballroom. Some say the best anyone’s ever seen. A lot of people are saying it.”
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TemporarySun3143 days ago
+233
but sure the US should continue lifting sanctions on russian oil and threaten ukraine to surrender to russia.
im sure US soldiers will love being attacked by Russian tech, while a picture of putin hangs in the white house.
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Zlimness3 days ago
+111
If you didn't know better, you'd think this claim is hyperbole or some sort of distorted angle of a complex and nuanced historical event.
But no. The US removed sanctions on Russian oil while Russia aided Iran to kill American soldiers. This is a thing that actually happened. This is real.
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[deleted]3 days ago
+14
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azhillbilly3 days ago
+30
It’s true ish. It’s a picture of Putin and Trump together.
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Zlimness3 days ago
+19
It's also true:
[https://www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2F4723907c-cb90-4ed7-baa8-7967ba85b82c.jpg?crop=459%2C574%2C1939%2C796](https://www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2F4723907c-cb90-4ed7-baa8-7967ba85b82c.jpg?crop=459%2C574%2C1939%2C796)
And this also happened:
[https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5c3e10b2f92c694343cc71b9/16:9/w\_1280,c\_limit/Rosner-Fast-Food-Trump.jpg](https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5c3e10b2f92c694343cc71b9/16:9/w_1280,c_limit/Rosner-Fast-Food-Trump.jpg)
There's going to be a cage fight happening on The White House lawn soon.
[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/06/trump-white-house-ufc-fight-dana-white/89966103007/](https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/06/trump-white-house-ufc-fight-dana-white/89966103007/)
I think you are going to have people in the future denying any of this ever happening. Like the moon landing and holocaust. It's so crazy and unthinkable it had to be made up.
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GAdvance3 days ago
+4
Some more true things, Russia paid for bounties on US and NATO troops being killed in wars across the middle east, this helped draw in not just Jihadi's but local and foreign mercenaries and opportunists looking for quick cash payouts for a successful IED attack
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DesecratedPeanut2 days ago
+1
Thank god those NATO troops were cowering in the rear lines then. ^/s
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j03ch1p3 days ago
+12
I have no idea how Trump supporters justify any of this
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Koala_eiO3 days ago
+15
Oh it's easy. Their pea brain is wired to shout "fake news" every time they are presented with a fact they dislike.
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Sherwoodfan2 days ago
+2
the level of brainwashing is extremely sad and depressing tbh
it's self feeding, with short form content being the new norm. it's literally quantity over quality because that's what reaches the most people. don't need to spend time fact checking your shit, because while you take the time to do that, you missed an opportunity to post 15 slop videos.
this media loop in turn feeds the brainwashing.
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Treestwigs3 days ago
+2
They never see this news.
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cxmmxc2 days ago
+1
It's a cult/religion, and those have never operated on logic.
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Menethea3 days ago
+1
Karma bites, doesn’t it?
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NateTheRoofer3 days ago
+1
Because Trump sees Putin as a closer ally than his own people.
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BorntoBomb2 days ago
+1
The president is a traitor and should be in prison.
So should his cabinet
All traitors
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ZasdfUnreal3 days ago
+12
Lifting sanctions on Russian oil while Ukraine obliterates Russian oil infrastructure is a troll move only Trump can pull off.
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RandomPantsAppear3 days ago
+3
One of Ukraine’s allies (almost certainly the US) also asked Ukraine to stop hitting Russian oil infra while the Middle East crisis was ongoing.
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vba72 days ago
+1
> im sure US soldiers will love being attacked by Russian tech
they seem to like it, because they repetitively vote for Republicans
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el_goate3 days ago
+50
Surely the corrupt pedophile in the White House won’t stand for this
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IdiotBOT12343 days ago
+8
Can the fiber go beyond 50 km?
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marshalist3 days ago
+9
Probably less so they would only be useful if the US put its forces within range.
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cb_243 days ago
+11
One of the main reasons Russia was able to advance quicker in 2025, besides help from the US, is the development of an operational range strike campaign (often beyond 50km) against Ukrainian logistics to cut off areas like Pokrovsk. So yes, Rubikon have deployed fiber optic drones beyond 50km.
Ukraine has successfully implemented its own mid-range campaign, with [strikes this week against Mariupol](https://understandingwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ukrainian-Forces-Are-Conducting-Battlefield-Air-Interdiction-Missions-Against-Russian-Logistics-at-Operational-Depth-May-8-2026-1583x2048.webp).
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Jerithil2 days ago
+2
Fiber can be functional for over 100 km but I highly doubt you could put more then 10km of fiber on water without it stopping the drone as currents and waves are going to put a lot of force on that fiber.
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Round_Year_85952 days ago
Both sound terrible for the environment and living things 😞
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Beginning_Ad_66163 days ago
+13
Trump and republicans love to gobble the d*** of their enemies.
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LegendCZ3 days ago
+6
This is the same Russia which your president adores and say they are not enemies but allies? The VERY same Russia? Which your president loves their dictator? Hmmm ... Well ... Up to you.
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paulsteinway3 days ago
+6
Trump: It's okay, They're just suckers and losers anyway.
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misfitgarden2 days ago
+2
This can't be true as we can trust Putin not to go against us, right?
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st_Paulus2 days ago
+2
I love how US citizens make surprised Pikachu face every time these deals hit the news. After years and years of supplying Ukraine with arms, Intel and comms. What did you expect? (:
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Gh0stPeppers3 days ago
+4
So I know there are a bunch of hot takes are going to act like this is a big deal. This weapon is completely worthless in the current conflict as it will only be useful in the event of a ground invasion, which is not coming.
If this conflict resumes, the only thing that will happen is more bombings, no troops on the ground.
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canspop3 days ago
+2
What about ships in the strait? Easily in range of FPV drones.
If the US were to start escorting tankers again, the IRGC would have a choice of targets, military & civilian.
I've no idea how well sections of ships are kept sealed, but it only takes a small opening for a drone to get in and start looking around for something to hit. I can't imagine they'd do any serious damage to a ship, but any personnel who get in the way are a lot more fragile.
Is for civilian tankers, I can imagine a door or window on the bridge open, that could allow a few drones to get in & effectively disable it.
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Caymonki3 days ago
+3
You don’t know what this Admin will do. They don’t even know what they’re doing beyond market manipulation and self enrichment.
It’s still a big deal, to be lessening sanctions on Russia, praising Putin from the Oval Office while Putin offers Iran the option for weapons to use against America troops? That is huge. If it was a Democratic administration you would agree but you don’t see similarities you just thrive on hypocrisy.
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cb_243 days ago
+2
Nobody has ruled out a ground invasion and even if they did why believe it. Fiber optic drones have been used for a while by Russia and now Ukraine too to attack enemy logistics. Command posts, bases, warehouses, ammo depots, and manpower concentrations as well. This is what has been occurring throughout the spring in the Middle East as well and why bases were evacuated.
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Halbaras3 days ago
It's relevant because the US was apparently seriously considering boots on the ground earlier in the war. Capturing Kharg island, capturing islands like Abu Musa in the Strait, the insane idea to try and seize uranium in Isfahan and coastal raids near the Strait were all seriously discussed by the US military. You don't bring marines in from East Asia unless there's a plausible threat of you using them.
The US is getting increasingly desperate, as evidenced by the aborted plan to e***** ships through last week (which was an enormous strategic humiliation because the Saudis denied their airspace). Iran really doesn't want US boots on the ground because it's likely to become a forever war and regime change attempt when it doesn't work. The prospect of FPV drone footage of US marines getting finished off showing up in CENTCOM's twitter replies is fairly good insurance against it happening, and costs very little.
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Flexerrr3 days ago
-6
They can attack ships with it. Another typical listnookor expert with no understanding.
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NMS_Survival_Guru3 days ago
+6
Depends on the size of drone and munitions
Most fiber optic drones are antipersonal unless equipped with a shape charge for armor they're not really that effective at disabling a ship
I've been following the developments of drones in Ukraine since the war started and im a commercial drone pilot so I understand their capabilities
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cb_243 days ago
+3
Most of those drones are designed to take out logistics targets rather than personnel. They were an innovation developed by Rubikon who were tasked with cutting off Ukrainian logistics in areas like Kursk to start, and then used in Pokrovsk and other areas of the front.
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maddprof3 days ago
+1
You know there’s personal who work on ships and a lot of those jobs are above deck exposed to the open air…
Not to mention plenty of exposed munitions and air craft…
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NMS_Survival_Guru3 days ago
+1
Unless actively armed on aircraft they don't keep munitions above deck or in spots that a drone could even hit as thier storage is designed to resist larger weapon hits
As for people on the deck that could be an issue but addressed by limiting the time frame they're exposed or deployment of other tech to identify and counter them
Knowing our military they'll be unprepared for a few of these fiber drones but will adapt quickly to counter them like we did for IEDs in GWOT
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cb_243 days ago
+3
There are more valuable targets than weapons above deck such as sensitive electronics and sensors. Often radars, antennas, WiFi equipment are higher value targets in Ukraine.
The last time the US experienced anything similar were kamikaze attacks in the pacific, which led to massive PTSD as well. Ukraine has been able to adapt quickly because it’s fighting an existential war and doesn’t have the luxury of years long development cycles typical of major US defense contractors.
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Gh0stPeppers2 days ago
+2
They’re pretty much worthless for anti ship purposes. Pretending otherwise is laughable.
What makes this funnier, is after your hot take you’re then trying to play it off as only Listnook experts with no understanding would disagree?
That’s nothing more than self projection there. Because that’s all you are🤣🤣🤣
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Flexerrr2 days ago
+1
Sure it can destroy a tank, but cant ignite oil tanker
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Gh0stPeppers2 days ago
+2
Someone is confusing damage with destroy. 🤣🤣🤣
Not helping yourself buddy.
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TheArcticFox4443 days ago
+2
>Russia Offered Fiber-Optic Drones to Iran for Potential Attacks on US Forces
Ah! A con man gets conned!
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Constructive_Product3 days ago
+5
No, similar to Putin with his own people, Trump does not care about American lives.
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steve_ample3 days ago
+2
"It's just locker room talk from Vladdy"
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soonnow3 days ago
+1
Grab them by the fiber optic drone. When you're a dictator they let you do it.
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remer_1z1013 days ago
+2
How would attacks happen and where ? These drones have short range
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Glyn10103 days ago
+2
But, but, but Putin is a good guy /s
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ghost_n_the_shell2 days ago
+2
It’s honestly embarrassing how some folks (obviously not all) in the US can’t see that Trump is clearly comprised in some manner by the Russians.
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surg3on2 days ago
+1
Dont russian troops kinda need those drones ?
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visiBleBreak02 days ago
+1
This feels like what Orwell meant in 1984, a perpetual war between everyone with shifting alliances that never make sense
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Livid_Virus29722 days ago
+1
IMO there are no fewer than 50,000 fibre optic drones in IRAN already. IP exchanged for Shahid plans.
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ballzsweat1 day ago
+1
Doubtful, they can’t even put up against Ukraine!
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linkardtankard3 days ago
Oh great, more pollution
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Karate-Schnitzel3 days ago
Good thing Trump sucks Putin’s d***?
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justlurkshere3 days ago
If this keeps up then the US should consider giving Stingers to the Taliban to down Russian helicopters.
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LiabilityJim3 days ago
-2
That's not very cash money of you, Russia
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Flexerrr3 days ago
-2
Cant they attack ships with them?
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temporarycreature3 days ago
+1
Not in the amount necessary to take down a US warship.
The loss of the Iranian Navy fleet changed the math with the IRIS Shahid Bagheri (ine of the primary vessels they used to launch drone swarms from) and the rest of the surface vessels out of the picture.
Launching a massive swarm from a fixed land position is a different beast entirely because the US Navy can track the launch from much further away, much easier.
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Flexerrr3 days ago
+3
Not talking about us warship. Only about oil tankers.
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temporarycreature3 days ago
+2
Sure, just disable the rudder the same way Ukraine is doing it the Black and Caspian Sea against the Russian shadow tankers.
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Dio443 days ago
-4
Watch people get mad when the US has been giving billions to Ukraine for years of attacked on Russia
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