Sánchez to Trump: Spain won’t ‘applaud those who set the world on fire just because they then show up with a bucket’

That's how he thinks he's acting.  In reality, he's Fredo.

The thing is, Trump is such a narcissist and loves talking so damn much that he's basically stated exactly how he thinks about everything over the years, though often in terms of accusations. For years while Obama was president, he went on and on about how Obama would start a war with Iran to distract from the economy and win the re-election. And look, that's exactly what he thinks he's doing here.

The mob's tactics made them money. Trump couldn't keep casinos afloat

You read the book to know your enemy. Trump sees that book as an extension of himself. It defines his very way of life. The book articulates exactly how he negotiates and the maximal tactics he enjoys using. He’s never really strayed from the strategy articulated within it. Knowing the book means you can stay several steps ahead of him and break the cycle of being shocked by his actions. Of course he raised the stakes to nuclear war when he felt he was losing the negotiation. He doesn’t back down on a position until every possible bluff has been called. If there is even a small chance it could work, he won’t hesitate to try it, because he would kick himself if he didn’t at least try. It’s his greatest weakness and ironically it’s why he is famous. It’s not smart to publish your life playbook if you’re gonna have enemies.

The Stone *Ages*

It stops being a bluff when you start to actually kill people.

dude threatened to wipe out a civilization. there's enough proof for his sexual exploits. It doesn't matter, he is seemingly completely immune. His epstein crimes pale in comparison to what he did just last week.... At this point i dont think it's about distractions anymore. He has two motivations at this point imho: Insider trading and his legacy i.e. putting his name on everything he can. Im calling it now, there's going to be a golden trump statue in front of the white house before his term is over.

The genocide of Iran is called off for two weeks. Lets get back to getting those Epstein files out

I mean, while a great distraction it has impacted one of the few things that gets Americans focused on politics, fuel-prices/cost-of-living. So he may have prevented people applying more Epstein pressure, it has basically taken a shotgun to the knees of Republican chances in any and all upcoming elections.

And the ghostwriter is now very anti-Trump.

Words befitting a world leader

Their president has bars while our president belongs behind bars

Stolen bucket with holes in it

No that would have taken away from a great quote

Oh this is gold

Why is the other guy saying "no"? It's exactly what trump does

It’s pretty obvious that was his negotiation strategy once he realized he was wrong about it being easy: Bring us to the highest possible point of escalation as quickly as possible, in order to scare Iran into capitulating. “I will commit genocide” is where Trump got to. …the problem is that’s such an outrageous threat that Iran knew Trump wouldn’t follow through. At best, the USA could accomplish a Pyrrhic victory with that approach. …so Iran didn’t capitulate…and Trump had to back down and extend his annihilation deadline *again*

He backed himself into a corner with Iran. He figured it would be a quick thing with a regime change like Venezuela. Instead, Iran played a different game. They attacked stuff in the region. So, pretty much any attack or threat is countered by Iran with attacks on US interests in the Middle East. You hit our bridge, we hit your best buddy's data center. Iran knows that can't stand up to the might of the US military, but they are betting he won't do it. So for the time being they can be defiant and call his bluff. The Iranians have also been playing the game "oh, you told the US you aren't going to help? Your ships can go through the Strait." That keeps the neutral/unaligned people happy. In a lot of ways, they have limited his options. If he drops a nuke, then he loose all face/position on the world stage and will turn the US into a pariah state. If he sends in a land invasion, he'll have to do it largely alone against a fairly well armed and trained army. They aren't some Jihadists hiding in caves like we have fought for the last 20 years, but they are a fairly capable military. He also can't just walk away because Iran has done enough damage to regional allies and his rich buddies where he has to do something. Iran doesn't have to win, they just have to make it hurt and they have a bunch of ways to do that. Don't get me wrong, they Iranians are not the good guys by any stretch of the meaning. They just played Trumps game better than him so far.

At this point, every time I go to bed, I'm expecting to wake up and read that a nuke was dropped.

Yeah that explains his frustration and recent rant against NATO.

From what I read, we (UK) have been allowing the US to take off and bomb missile sites in Iran as "defensive actions". I'm a bit annoyed by it, but then I also don't know whether the BBC journalist is actually accurate.

I’m the biggest bucket that ever lived!! Yes, yes, that’s what they all say hmmm. And by the way dont you know …. *maniacal tangent*

well Sanchez has held on to power because any other coalition basically hates everyone else, its either franco-fascists wannabees or independence absolutists that want to split up from spain...and in the middle sits the reasonable sane guy who doesnt actually win election but has enough votes to govern...its weird

I am Spanish living in Spain and it sounds pretty accurate 😂 The right is really isolated as the majority of people are not crazy conservative nazis so they really need to get a lot of votes themselves (PP + VOX) to form a government.

I'm guessing they mean, invert the relationship between the EU and its constituent nations in the same way that the US did when the Constitution was ratified in 1788, so that Europe can act as a unified body and be a legitimate force on the world stage.