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ResponsibleDesk2516 Apr 6, 2026 +3926

The incompetence displayed by this administration is only outdone by their depravity

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ballthyrm Apr 6, 2026 +676

Sometimes I wish i was this stupid so I wouldn't have to suffer through this.

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_BreakingGood_ Apr 6, 2026 +378

I often think about how amazing it must be to be able to get home, turn on Fox News, and just believe literally everything and be told everything is going great.

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Anderson74 Apr 6, 2026 +208

“Ignorance is bliss” except that group of people are in a perpetual state of rage.

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Medallicat Apr 6, 2026 +60

For real man, what is crazy is when you see two of these idiots rage at each other in the supermarket over something trivial like manhandling the fruit or squeezing a loaf of bread. It’s almost always some old white guy between 55-75 that seems to think he has the authority to lecture someone else around the same age (both probably on TRT) then they go at it like two kangaroos scratching each others face because they can’t fight for shit

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liquorfish Apr 6, 2026 +25

I never see people fight at the store.. ever. Where is this that fights are common?!

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AwfulMouthful Apr 6, 2026 +27

Guy you're replying to might be just talking out their rear, but I'm from a smaller town in the midwest and people were way, way more likely to get into fights there than any city I've ever been to. It was so normal growing up that it didn't register that it was weird to see a slap-fight at Walmart or a shoving match outside a restaurant. It wasn't until I went back for the first time after being away for a while that it was like "wait, what?". I suspect it's a combination of (a) everybody knowing each other and therefore naturally being f****** up to here with some of them and (b) lots and lots of drinking.

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AlcibiadesTheCat Apr 6, 2026 +7

I see you've never been to Waffle House.

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gishnon Apr 6, 2026 +20

Manhandling the fruit is actually really annoying, though. Especially people who dig their fingernails into the fruit to "test" it. I also see cherry pits in the cherries. I think people sample them, and then spit the stone back into the bag. That is disgusting, and if someone wants to rage on that, I'm taking their side.

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ChocoMcChunky Apr 7, 2026 +5

Usually with veins popping and eyes bulging too

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slcrook Apr 6, 2026 +10

But with a bit of "Everything is Awesome!"- singing along merrily t a kicky tune to drown out the absurdity of building something that never gets finished... BRB, gonna go invent the LEGO Sisyphus set. Boy, it's gonna have a lot of pieces.

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Ian_Hunter Apr 6, 2026 +4

You might just need the two.😏

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seejur Apr 6, 2026 +6

Are probably planning to shoot up a pizzeria because of the Dems pizza gate (or maybe not since they found Trump is in the Epstein files. Pedofilia is ok nowadays apparently)

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Quieskat Apr 6, 2026 +40

Despite the brainlessness they do always seem to be so incredibly upset. Even when they get what they claim to want. So I don't think deep down it's anything but moments of joy drowning in a sea of self loathing. Happy people don't care about makeing others suffer this much, they are too busy being happy.

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binzersguy Apr 6, 2026 +8

I hope they at least hate themselves for how gullible and stupid they are. It’s embarrassing, and I don’t wish it on anyone, but take some f****** responsibility and don’t believe everything the oligarch tells you.

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Quieskat Apr 6, 2026 +5

Given the p*** preferences and the loneliness epidemic, it's pretty clear the ways in which they love themselves isn't overall healthy at least mentally.

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Jasonrj Apr 6, 2026 +10

I'm not sure it is very amazing. I used to be conservative and live in a conservative area. Most people that I know, work with, in my neighborhood, and most of my family are conservative. The most striking thing to me is how susceptible to fear and rage baiting they are. They spend a great deal of time being very unhappy. Fox News is a large part of that along with all the stuff they get in their algorithms telling them who's roadblocking their path to greatness today. They're not all that way but I think probably 80 or 90% of them are. And I don't think they necessarily realize it but any time they get the chance they start talking down about other people and groups. They've always got someone they don't like. I don't have anybody I don't like, it seems weird to me. I don't think they are happy.

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mimisiku159 Apr 6, 2026 +23

They’re not happy either. They’re constantly told that all of the “others” are ruining their way of life. It’s a constant state of anger, fear, and anxiety.

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MaxGoldFilms Apr 6, 2026 +21

A virus has taken over their minds. I was at the post office, and some shipping rate had been increased, and the lady in line started yelling "oh, Hillary needs more money!!" And she was MAD. Mind you, this was last week, not a decade ago. I literally don't know what in the hell she was thinking, but it was completely irrational.

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Simple-Fortune-8744 Apr 6, 2026 +10

Anger is the fuel though. You don’t want to always be angry for no reason.

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OhFuckNoNoNoMyCaat Apr 6, 2026 +6

I miss being a "dumb" adolescent and never watching the news and sticking to my fiction novels for entertainment or a game or listening to a sports game broadcast on the radio. People say we've been in a downward spiral since 9/11. I'd argue we've been in a downward spiral since Reagan.

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Anderson74 Apr 6, 2026 +4

100% this kicked off with Reagan’s Presidency

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jimmycarr1 Apr 6, 2026 +13

You'd still be suffering you'd just be angry at the wrong people for it

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40to6inthe4th Apr 6, 2026 +7

Honestly, you dont even have to be stupid, just apathetic / disconnected. Ditch social media (including listnook), stop reading the news, tune friends / family out when they bring any current event up. All you have to do is embrace the "ignorance is bliss" mentality and you'd honestly not even realize 99% of whats happening is happening. Obviously this is easier said than done for certain demographics than others, especially in the USA. Like, being an LGBTQ+ immigrant woman that is not white-passing would make it significantly harder to disconnect from due to the societal risks and pressures you'd face out in the real world outside of the media sphere, when compared to a hetero-cis white male. My point is, you dont necessarily have to be stupid to not suffer through the non stop media blitz of ineptitude; just disconnected.

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smokeweedNgarden Apr 6, 2026 +3

The biggest problem with people that have that mentality are they generally aren't helpers. And there's a ton of overlap with being selfish and conservative views. So tuning out willingly doesn't make anyone stupid. Just selfish, by definition.

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Chillow_Ufgreat Apr 6, 2026 +156

Trump be like "who knew insurgents could just keep the guns you give them?"

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fretkat Apr 6, 2026 +80

Especially because the US has used and dumped the Kurds several times. I guess we are seeing the mirror image of US exceptionalism reflecting back at them. Apparently, they never realised that the rest of the world didn't see them that way.

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Mechasteel Apr 7, 2026 +13

> US has used and dumped the Kurds several times. Ah but now the US has publicly announced that they gave a bunch of guns to the Kurds for anti-Iran reasons, and that the Kurds owe those guns to other people.

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WafflePartyOrgy Apr 6, 2026 +26

There had to be a small fragment of Trump's brain still aware that it was terrible optics to reveal they had an arms-to-"Iran" deal turn south on them on them but then he forgot completely about that when he realized he had an opportunity to act tough and threaten someone.

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FaceDeer Apr 6, 2026 +14

I'd give 50/50 odds that this is a real moronic deal that Trump got suckered on, or that this is something that his melting cheese brain just confabulated right now and never actually happened.

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daniu Apr 6, 2026 +149

They're kind of taking turns with the lead

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Mmaibl1 Apr 6, 2026 +85

No lol. This is basic stuff. Trump takes the lead unless the publicity is negative, then he pawns it off on a subordinate. Hegseth would attempt to do the same. Weak people divert responsibility so they are able to hide their incompetence. When that individual has used up all the goodwill the public has managed to stomach, you fire the scapegoat, and repeat. As a system, it works, until a critical mass of people are able to see through the lies

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Winter_Tone_4343 Apr 6, 2026 +33

Pete’s getting fired within a month. Gnna pin it all on him. Lol

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PaidUSA Apr 6, 2026 +12

Literally what the recent firings have shown. It all gets pinned on the originals in an effort to somehow save his midterms.

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Winter_Tone_4343 Apr 6, 2026 +13

I think the focus is stealing or not allowing midterms.

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peepee2tiny Apr 6, 2026 +41

And also their braggadocio about being so inept. If I supplied clandestine weapons to the enemies of my enemies, and they stole them. I wouldn't go about talking about it. America is such an embarrassment.

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epanek Apr 6, 2026 +21

We keep running this foreign policy sequel on loop: arm the good guys, watch them turn into the bad guys, then rebrand the old bad guys as the responsible adults and arm them too. It’s less strategy than a weapons loyalty program.

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HoratioPornBlower Apr 6, 2026 +22

The arms manufacturers are happy though.

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Fumquat Apr 6, 2026 +9

The end goal being to “fight them over there so we’re not fighting them over here” …. if “them” is never defined it can go on forever. And of course who would be fighting us here if we weren’t exporting f***-ton of violence?

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Glittering-Age-9549 Apr 6, 2026 +15

He probably dreamed the whole thing. I doubt US sent any guns to anybody in Iran.

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Menamanama Apr 6, 2026 +41

I suspect that they sent them to the kurds who had previously been hung out to dry. So maybe they went 'thanks for the guns, but we're not going to invade as it doesn't look as though the Iranian people are uprising.'

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BronzeDragon29 Apr 6, 2026 +23

One report basically said, "We asked the Iraqi Kurds who would have transferred the guns to the Iranian Kurds what they knew, and that was the first they'd heard of anyone getting guns from the US lately."

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bard329 Apr 6, 2026 +11

Kurds have learned their lesson. Don't trust the US.

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ash_ninetyone Apr 6, 2026 +565

I miss the days when scandals like this would be enough to end a government

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HobbesNJ Apr 6, 2026 +118

But this is just a typical Monday afternoon for this despicable crew. Hard to focus on any one scandal when there's a new one coming in a few hours.

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GoodIdea321 Apr 6, 2026 +12

It seems like it could be easy, frame it as a scandal machine administration. That's what they are doing with our tax dollars, creating scandals constantly to push through the previous scandal.

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hesh0925 Apr 6, 2026 +17

When the head of the snake is a pedophile, and it continues to slither, there's basically nothing that will take this government down. The only thing people can hope for is an internal implosion.

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Key-Rough-8346 Apr 6, 2026 +1014

What is wrong with this guy? He shouldn’t be allowed within a hundred yards of a position of authority (or school, for that matter).

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musashisamurai Apr 6, 2026 +458

Republicans could remove him at any time. They've had 3 elections to vote for something else.

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Jay-Dee-British Apr 6, 2026 +103

In some cases I think they are scared of his base. He could tell them to do bad things (don't want a ban..) to his own party and he knows some of them would do it without question.

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musashisamurai Apr 6, 2026 +91

Either way, it shows the total cowardice, stupidity, and extremism that has gripped a massive chunk of America. This is a failing government and a failing society.

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Rinas-the-name Apr 6, 2026 +16

My bio dad is MAGA and completely convinced of things like the microchips in vaccines thing (because he is so important tracking him is essential), Bill Gates made the vaccine to make people stop believing in god (what would that accomplish?), democrats are importing immigrant children for rituals of various depravities (as proved by… facebook posts). So he fully believes J6th was justified and that he would join in. I can see why those politicians are afraid - they played along until it was far too late to do anything else. Propaganda is a helluva drug, and a lot of people are hooked.

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Carbonizzle Apr 7, 2026 +4

He probably carries a smartphone everywhere he goes? I wasn't a believer before getting the vaccine. The last thing I've honestly got nothing...

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Rinas-the-name Apr 7, 2026 +3

I actually brought that up. “You carry a GPS capable device with you everywhere you go. It would be much easier to just turn the GPS on.” He said ”It’s about control.” So I also asked how knowing that he goes to work and to the grocery store will control him. He seemed put out that he wasn’t interesting enough to track. Not that he got vaccinated. I didn’t believe before either so I‘ll happily take the vaccine in exchange for my nonexistent belief. The last one baffles me too. But once you believe in microchips and mind altering vaccines I guess not much else is off the table.

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SomeBaldDude2013 Apr 6, 2026 +40

I mean, they’ve already tried to kill them on Jan 6th lol

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TheCrimsonDagger Apr 6, 2026 +54

They tried to hang Pence for not doing something he didn’t have the authority to do.

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nvidiastock Apr 6, 2026 +22

Authority is relative. I support Pence not doing it, but if this administration showed us anything is that checks and balances don't work. If you do something wantonly, very few people will try to hold you to account. You can replace slates of electors while fomenting a riot when your opponent is about to be confirmed as the w*****, and nothing will ever happen.

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Morgannin09 Apr 6, 2026 +16

A lot of them are waiting for him to lose control of his cult. Unfortunately they are a doomsday cult who think he's the Messiah, so they only hold on tighter the closer he takes us to the brink.

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captHij Apr 6, 2026 +9

It is even worse. These people bought the hat and wear it in public. Once you get someone to make the investment and wear the hat, it is officially their identity and their way of life in perpetuity. The genius is only outweighed by the stupidity.

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Talonsminty Apr 6, 2026 +3

They already tried to do said bad things to members of congress once. That was over a lost election imagine how much worse it'd be if he was removed mid-term.

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pete_68 Apr 6, 2026 +10

Why would they? He's doing exactly what his base wants. Pissing off liberals. They don't care if the country turns to shit (which it's well on its way). They'll burn the whole thing down if that's what it takes to make liberals miserable.

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sarcastic24x7 Apr 6, 2026 +46

It's more than this association, as well. Seeking asylum = insane asylum crazy people coming in. There are other good ones escaping me now without looking, but it's wild.

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Great_Detective_6387 Apr 6, 2026 +11

He literally thinks asylum seekers are people who have been let out of mental “asylums” in other countries and are coming here in search of newer, better, American mental asylums. Once I realized this, his statements on undocumented immigrants started to make much more sense. I’m sure somebody has tried to explain this to him at least 4 different times but it just doesn’t take.

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SirTainLee Apr 6, 2026 +40

He thinks Obama and Hillary are around every corner, too.

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Puzzledandhangry Apr 6, 2026 +62

I find his obsession with Obama really weird. It’s vile.

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srone Apr 6, 2026 +39

Trump is vile, and that is his most redeeming quality.

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Heisenberg_235 Apr 6, 2026 +15

I think you’ll find it’s “Barack HUSSEIN Obama”

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sirhackenslash Apr 6, 2026 +12

It's because he's a racist piece of shit and a black man running the country broke his brain worse than it already was.

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Bent_Brewer Apr 6, 2026 +3

And making fun of him at that [small gathering...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHckZCxdRkA)

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talino2321 Apr 6, 2026 +12

Probably reminds him of a tenant back in the days that he tried to evict and failed.

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redwildflowermeadow Apr 6, 2026 +4

He was sued by the Nixon DoJ for refusing to rent apartments to black people. They sent in undercover agents and found they were marking the apartment applications with 'C' for 'colored' to be rejected later.

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JODmeisterUK Apr 6, 2026 +4

Certainly not a school......

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BlipBlapBloppityBoop Apr 6, 2026 +15

What’s wrong with the American system and people! They have a maniac at the helm and they’re either like, “yeah he’s meant to be there. We put him there.” Or they’re like, “I didn’t put him there. What do you want me to do about it?”

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Igmuhota Apr 6, 2026 +407

“Don’t blame us, we’re stupid” is quite the defensive strategy.

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dredbeast Apr 6, 2026 +42

“In my defense, I was left unsupervised”

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motorcycleboy9000 Apr 6, 2026 +3

"That's why Mr. Burns made me chief bee guy."

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steve_ample Apr 6, 2026 +252

He makes Operation fast and furious look like ocean's eleven.

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ElderSmackJack Apr 6, 2026 +39

And I fully expect those same people to be livid over this too. (What’s that? Oh, they won’t be? Huh.)

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guyincognito121 Apr 6, 2026 +13

Well it's not like this is Jade helm or something. Now that was a scandal!

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ElderSmackJack Apr 6, 2026 +4

Nothing was more scandalous than the tan suit. I may never recover.

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RaisedByWolves9 Apr 6, 2026 +9

Operation Epic Fuckup

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BOPSurfcasting Apr 6, 2026 +263

The Kurds deny recieving any guns, of course they could be lying, but there is no verified proof that the US actually sent guns, only that they were in talks with the Kurds.

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throwawayboingboing Apr 6, 2026 +94

Could be they weren't given a choice. Just air dropped a bunch of guns at them expecting them to do something with them. I wouldn't touch the airdrops as you know the expectations and demands that would come attached with them.

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xclame Apr 6, 2026 +19

"Please give to the Iranian protestors, k thanks."

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hobard Apr 6, 2026 +133

The Kurds may be lying. Trump is definitely lying. I’ll take their word for it.

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ToCityZen Apr 7, 2026 +17

Just the Kurds paying back the Americans for abandoning them four times over in their search for independence. In 1975, the U.S. backed Kurdish rebels in Iraq, then pulled support after the Algiers Agreement, leaving them to be crushed. In 1991, after the Gulf War, the U.S. encouraged Kurds to rise up against Saddam Hussein but didn’t protect them when he retaliated. In 2017, when Iraqi Kurds voted for independence, the U.S. opposed the move and stayed out as Iraqi forces took back disputed areas. Then in 2019, after Kurdish forces helped defeat ISIS in Syria, Donald Trump pulled U.S. troops, allowing Turkey to attack them.

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SwagarTheHorrible Apr 6, 2026 +10

Right this is sorta like when Iran and Trump contradict each other. Sadly, Iran is a little more reliable than Trump.

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Tenkehat Apr 6, 2026 +38

Well, the Kurds should have absolutely zero respect for Trump or feel obliged to honor any agreements in any way. And nobody could blame them.

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adidasbdd Apr 6, 2026 +5

They explicitly said they won't be roped into this bullshit. For one because they wouldn't make a difference but also because the US has fucked them over in huge ways twice over the last 2 decades

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Be_quiet_Im_thinking Apr 6, 2026 +11

I mean Iran might go after the Kurds if Iran thought they could be a problem with guns.

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BOPSurfcasting Apr 6, 2026 +9

Yep and the Kurds know they are well and truly overmatched by the IRGC, it's near suicide. The response from Iran would be immediate.

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deadsoulinside Apr 6, 2026 +6

I am willing to bet Trump and Israel thought they were prepping up some people, got swindled like idiots and the Iranians that went into protest were already backed by israel and the US... Why else do you think Trump was getting upset about iranians killing their citizens during protests, while they turn a blind eye to the US doing the same thing This was a setup from day 1.

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idleray Apr 6, 2026 +40

If I were the Kurds, I would absolutely make empty promises to the Trump administration and then take freebie firearms and then basically tell them to get bent. Actually letting yourself becoming the US's pawn again so they can backstab you again would show every one for all time that you are utter chumps. What goes around comes around right?

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Oxbix Apr 6, 2026 +9

I bet Trump forgot, and they of course didn't.

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Electrical-Lab-9593 Apr 6, 2026 +9

Trump has lost all Soft power, they can see how he Treats NATO powers, how can they trust him.

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Saerdna0 Apr 6, 2026 +77

The civilians are the ones paying the “big price”. Not the ones in power..

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2xfun Apr 6, 2026 +16

It was always a class war my dude… unfortunately people are blind AF

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DarthTyrium Apr 6, 2026 +93

>"I sent a million quid to a random group of people and confirmed that I wanted to do this action, but I didn't want to do this. It's not my fault. I'm going to express my annoyance on TV. Thank you for your attention to this matter." - President Nonce

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Fuck-WestJet Apr 6, 2026 +10

President nonce has a nice ring to it.

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keep-i Apr 6, 2026 +83

This is insanity. Why is our president allowed to do this!? Who talks like this? He is a psychopath.

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Aerhyce Apr 6, 2026 +34

\>Why is our president allowed to do this!? Because the only thing restraining presidents is their own morality and respect for the office. Every single "bad" president resigned, none ever got impeached or convicted of anything. Turns out there is actually no consequence for anything. Impeachment is a nothingburger, felonies don't matter, Nixon et al would have come out completely unscathed if they didn't resign of their own free will. Trump will keep going until someone stops him. Nobody is stopping him. There are no working systems in place to stop him. Everything is some sanctimonious nonsense like 'sanctity of the office' or tradition, which is to say that it's completely useless if the president decides to just ignore it.

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BoldestKobold Apr 6, 2026 +22

> Every single "bad" president resigned, none ever got impeached or convicted of anything. Nixon resigned solely because he believed the votes were there to remove him. The GOP could remove him if they wanted to. They don't want to. They are happy to get their tax cuts and insider deals.

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Illustrious-Job-6390 Apr 6, 2026 +16

Because you idiots voted for him. Trumps supporters stormed the capitol.... Why arent you people storming the capitol to get rid of him?

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jpiro Apr 6, 2026 +404

Wild to go on TV and actively cop to your administration being so stupid that it gave weapons to terrorists in order to foment an uprising in another country, then the terrorists just kept them.

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NutsyFlamingo Apr 6, 2026 +199

Kurds as terrorists is pretty slanderous, but I guess depends where you personally sit on that dispute

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Most-Resident Apr 6, 2026 +19

I agree with you about the kurds. Who knows where the guns actually went. Maybe to the kurds. Maybe to some group that paid jared. The suppression of the Iranian protestors was brutal before the war. I don’t get the mentality that sending some guns is going to enable a rebellion after civilians were bombed. People who weren’t fans of the government will rally around the flag. People who lost family, friends or hole will too. Even if the guns got to the Iranian protestors they would most likely stash them and keep quiet until they were less likely to be lynched or executed. I think the fantasy was they could kill some leaders and the Iranian government would come tumbling down. Maybe with a few guns. All of the flailing, changing objectives, changing rhetoric is because they had no plan except for their fantasy.

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Ecomonist Apr 6, 2026 +54

\^Agreed. A regional people being pushed around by various occupiers on multiple sides; hard to call them terrorists if they're just running defense for themselves. Hope the guns help them hold their own.

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SirTainLee Apr 6, 2026 +110

The Kurds are not considered terrorists by the US. They work together.

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patchgrabber Apr 6, 2026 +208

If by work together you mean use them as pawns then abandon them to the wolves when convenient you're absolutely right.

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Dougalishere Apr 6, 2026 +81

if by abandon you mean literally give their positions to their enemies who then bombed them , yeah.

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Loki-L Apr 6, 2026 +13

The US occasionally uses the Kurds for their own ends only to abandon them when push comes to shove. It happens like clockwork every few years. They work together only to the degree that Charlie Brown and Lucy work together to kick that football.

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SARMS86 Apr 6, 2026 +21

Doesn’t sound like they worked well together in this case.

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One-Monkey-Army Apr 6, 2026 +14

They US gov did it with the Taliban too, so they’ve got a track record of this particular type of f*** up

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talino2321 Apr 6, 2026 +27

One countries rebels is another's terrorists. Just ask the Turks, Syrians, Iraqis.

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wahoozerman Apr 6, 2026 +6

Remember how much shit they gave Obama during the Fast and the Furious scandal? I bet suddenly nobody cares.

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thalassicus Apr 6, 2026 +4

He saw Tom Hanks do it in Charlie Wilson's War and thought "how hard could it be?"

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flesjewater Apr 6, 2026 +8

The YPG and YPJ were instrumental in defeating ISIS, what are you on about calling an entire population terrorists

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PapaTizzy1 Apr 6, 2026 +12

To be fair... Russia, the Assad regime, and a bunch of other groups were also instrumental in defeating Isis. Syria was a weird time back then. There were about 6 different sides and factions that hated each other, but everyone communally hated ISIS.

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BangkokRios Apr 7, 2026 +3

Russia did almost nothing to defeat ISIS. They did kill tens of thousands of anti Assad and anti ISIS rebels though.

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AtrociousMeandering Apr 6, 2026 +67

So, arming rebels in Iran would have made sense as a CIA op after the mass protests and killing of protesters. But it's an unofficial gamble, not official policy or some sort of treaty. It's pretty absurd to complain your smuggled armaments aren't being used like you thought they'd be.

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snksleepy Apr 6, 2026 +34

When the US and NATO arms and funds rebel groups in other states it's called fighting for democracy. When countries we dislike do it it's called sponsoring terrorism. These groups that we fund often overthrow governments heading towards stability and replace them with extremist authoritarian ones.

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the-awesomer Apr 6, 2026 +5

also, we used to have a lot more and deeper connections in the area but we have repeatedly sold out the locals and lost a bunch of assets or agents in Pakistan, China, Russia and Iran during trumps last term. (There were rumors about China breaking cia communication and/or trump admin giving the info directly to russia) This sound like instead of some big highly specialized operation where we thought we knew what we were doing and had some sort of leverage, we instead just gave weapons to first guys who told us they would help - while also openly telling them we wouldnt have their back

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pte_omark Apr 6, 2026 +25

Remember how even back in the 90s in the Balkans and Africa we had satellite images of mass graves when even a few hundred were massacred...... Given that every available satellite is over Iran right now why has there been no evidence to support the 15 thousand 30 thousand 40 thousand killed..... I don't deny they did massacre AT LEAST a few thousand across the country I - there is evidence of hundreds of dead at multiple locations and more we haven't seen. But why all of of a sudden is there no evidence of the mass graves for the 40 thousand dead claimed by trump

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Pale-Acanthaceae-736 Apr 6, 2026 +7

It is Muslim custom to bury the dead within 24 hours if possible. The body is cleaned and wrapped in white cloth, and laid on its side in the grave facing Mecca. Cremation is forbidden. Only 3 possibilities: there's either mass graves somewhere, or they're scattered all over buried somewhere private by their families, or it's a fabrication.

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Nari224 Apr 6, 2026 +5

We know a lot more people died Covid in the US but I doubt you’re going to find many satellite images of mass graves. Why would the Iranians need mass graves? There’s some major differences between Africa, the Balkans and Iran.

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cammcken Apr 6, 2026 +6

Because they decided not to dig mass graves? You can keep your skepticism — in a media blackout situation we all have to maintain at least a little — but this reasoning doesn't disprove anything. Although western journalists do not have enough access to independently confirm the counts, the 2nd- and 3rd-hand accounts they do receive would not be printed if they thought it was total BS.

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RodneyMcIroncock Apr 6, 2026 +14

Remember when Dan Quayle misspelled "potato" and that was intolerable? We owe him an apology.

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Jman1a Apr 7, 2026 +4

Didn’t one guy have a weird laugh and it ruined him?

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Feeling-Ad-2490 Apr 7, 2026 +4

Are you thinking of The Dean Scream

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Duplonator Apr 6, 2026 +13

I don’t understand how people still follow him… even if I want hate and suffering for others I would still want a somewhat cohesive and sane person to lead me… I don’t get it.

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PersonalHospital9507 Apr 6, 2026 +8

The insanity is a feature and not a bug. This is a cult and Trump is a stand in for God.

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Character_Monitor948 Apr 6, 2026 +13

“Lets give a bunch of guns to a previously friendly militia, who we just so happened to sell out and leave for dead, and ask them to pretty please smuggle them into Iran for us” Can’t see any fault in that plan

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VonHinterhalt Apr 6, 2026 +12

Haha, the irony of Trump sending Kurds guns meant for the Iranians a few months after he abandoned the Kurds in Syria, only to be shocked that they kept them. Maybe if you hadn’t been an unreliable ally to the Kurds a few months ago (again, after Iraq 1991, Iraq 2003 and all the other times we promised to help them in they helped us only to not follow through) then the Kurds would have been a more reliable ally this time. Shit if there was a Kurdish state you’d definitely have an ally with a land border with Iran to use as a jumping off point. Instead you abandoned the Kurds (again) for an Iraqi government that was eventually totally penetrated by Iran, a Syrian government run by a former Al Qaeda member, and a Turkish government with ties to Moscow. Keep the guns Kurds. It’s the least we could do. The Kurds are probably our best ally in the Middle East. Sadly they’re just not a strong ally, relatively speaking. Mostly because we seek intent on keeping it that way.

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Moist_Grapefruit187 Apr 6, 2026 +19

Idiot

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AbraxasTuring Apr 6, 2026 +10

I just hate it when I supply guns and my middleman rips me off by keeping them. Just kidding, I'm not a gangster, nor am I grossly incompetent.

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ddrober2003 Apr 6, 2026 +9

So either he lied or he was so incompetent that he armed the wrong people. And this is the person 70 million people have sworn absolute fealty to.

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Argented Apr 6, 2026 +9

When the US sends guns to Iranian revolutionaries to fight their government, isn't that literally state sponsored terrorism?

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Mrrectangle Apr 6, 2026 +8

Y’know, if this is true, for the amount of times we screwed over the Kurds when they have been our closest ally I say we just chalk this up as a gift and apology

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isthereadrwho Apr 6, 2026 +14

Wait wait! wait - you sent weapons to this wrong people? I mean there's incompetence and then there's you guys

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timoumd Apr 6, 2026 +7

Operation Slow and Furious

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Onefortwo Apr 6, 2026 +7

Isn’t this just Iran-contra again?

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Reason_Choice Apr 6, 2026 +8

The party of Reagan following his plans right down to protecting an old man with diminished capacity.

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Threecatproblem Apr 6, 2026 +7

The Iranian regime severely reacted to the recent protests, killing thousands, and one of the excuses they gave was that "external forces had supplied guns" to the opposition. Turns out, they were right. Doesn't excuse mass killings, but...they were correct in their assessment.

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Particular_Ticket_20 Apr 7, 2026 +7

Couple things here... First off, Trump, by his own admission, knew providing weapons was a mistake but his crew did it anyway. So, he's a bad boss for letting them make a really bad foreseeable mistake, or his subordinates ignored his amazing advice. Either way, terrible leadership. The other thing here, and I dont say this like betraying the Kurds is anything to be proud about, but since the early 1990s the US government has been able to repeatedly negotiate assistance from Kurd groups. We almost inevitably fucked them, but we're able to go back and do it again. Thats pretty skillful negotiations and war craft. Mr. Art of the Deal goes to the Kurds, negotiates a weapons deal, and the Kurds ride off with the guns. He manages to be the first to get fucked over by them. He tells us everyday he's the Globetrotters but he just got beat by the Washington Generals.

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emDems Apr 6, 2026 +6

What a staggering idiot and a embarrassment to all.

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Caymonki Apr 6, 2026 +6

I saw a few weeks ago, an interview between a representative of Iran and a flabbergasted Fox News host. The Iranian claimed the CIA armed Iranians to overthrow the government and those are the deaths reported from the protests, the students killed were armed by the Americans to overthrow the regime. I understand it could be propaganda but I have seen that man speak before and he’s obviously highly intelligent and it doesn’t seem he would risk his platform to outright lie, like our administration absolutely loves to do. So, allegedly Trump got those students killed then used it as an excuse to invade Iran. He never cared about the people he has had it out for Iran since his first term, he wants their land and resources, so he can make money.

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EddieCheddar88 Apr 6, 2026 +6

Remember when MAGAs were so upset about leaving behind equipment in Afghanistan even though the entire withdrawal was Trumps plan?

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NoBSforGma Apr 6, 2026 +5

Is this the real life or is it just a Monty Python movie? Oh, how I WISH it were a movie but sadly, it IS real life. Every day there is something new coming out of "Clown College" and it just gets more and more bizarre. There's 945 more days until the next Presidential election and I HOPE we can survive this idiot until then. Maybe the midterms will make a difference, but since he completely ignores Congress when it's convenient, I don't hold out much hope. I am 85 years old and my goal right now is to live 946 more days!

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Prestigious-Worry-14 Apr 6, 2026 +4

Whoops! Hate it when that happens

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SweatyTax4669 Apr 6, 2026 +5

If I had a nickel for every time an illicit international arms deal from the U.S. to Iran went sideways, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.

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Large_Spinach6069 Apr 6, 2026 +4

Listen. Strange men lying in their own filth distributing guns is no basis for a system of government.

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id10t_you Apr 6, 2026 +4

Remember when maga complained wildly about decrepit old equipment being left in Afghanistan after Trump “negotiated” with the Taliban during our exit? Gonna show the same fervor here?

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SpiderSlitScrotums Apr 6, 2026 +3

So are we now going to attack the Kurds and Iranian opposition?

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GaulzeGaul Apr 6, 2026 +3

Can you imagine if Biden did this? He would be immediately impeached by both parties

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Indifferent9007 Apr 6, 2026 +3

So we’re threatening the Kurds now?..

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boilerdam Apr 6, 2026 +3

Well, seems like this is a toothpaste-out-of-tube situation... what can they do to reign it back in or control the impact? The defense contractors already made their money and there are bigger fish to fry in Iran. This is the price they(we) pay for not doing any due diligence and just openly mailing them guns. Moreover, the Kurds say they never even got the guns. But isn't the bigger problem that this guy is openly talking about aiding another country's coup? One would think it's a closely guarded strategy in a normal timeline. Either UPS delivered to the wrong address or the Kurds are lying or Mr. Orange is lying. I'd place my bets on UPS and this guy.

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Scottamus Apr 6, 2026 +3

That nigerian prince is going to pay a big price if I don't get the money he promised me!

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thefunkygibbon Apr 6, 2026 +3

>And the only reason they’re not out protesting — you know that — is because they were informed that if they protest, like the wrestler and his friends, if they protest, they will be shot immediately. errr wrestler??

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Needle_Bearings Apr 6, 2026 +3

Apparently, if you think this guy is off his nut you have "TDS". Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at 83 and he was in much better shape than Trump. This clown just has no filter anymore. I would love to play P**** with him.

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Azhz96 Apr 6, 2026 +3

Can someone get rid of this Pedophile already? I’m so sick of his existence affecting everyone in the world…

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BassMaster516 Apr 6, 2026 +3

So they’re admitting that they started the riots that killed people that is the justification for the war?

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Infidel8 Apr 6, 2026 +3

Whenever I see Trump or Hegseth, I hear the Benny Hill theme playing softly in the background.

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xclame Apr 6, 2026 +3

>And the only reason they’re not out protesting — you know that — is because they were informed that if they protest, **like the wrestler and his friends, if they protest, they will be shot immediately**.” Did I miss something? WTF is he talking about? >But the Iranian people will fight back. As soon as they know they’re not going to be shot, Dude... you are BOMBING them and threatening to bomb them some more. Who do you think works at those desalination plants you have been threatening to destroy. They aren't soldiers, they are just regular engineers, mechanics, maintenance, office workers and other regular people. This rant sounds like Trump heard yet another conspiracy theory on FOX/OAN and decided to run with it without any checking or confirmation.

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CactusZac098 Apr 6, 2026 +3

Dementia Donnie over here straight up talking about war crimes and no one's doing a f****** thing about it. Our political system sucks ass. Our politicians suck ass. Everyone in the current administration sucks ass.

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OnCallPartisan Apr 6, 2026 +3

They were never sent. The Kurds didn’t even want to be a part of this joke. I don’t believe there are any open resistance groups in Iran. Were a bunch of college kids and professionals going to just pick up some guns from the Kurds? It’s so ridiculous on multiple levels.

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hollyglaser Apr 6, 2026 +3

Hello Cabinet, it’s 25A time

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Pravi_Jaran Apr 6, 2026 +3

Translation: I stole more of your money, America! What are you gonna do about it? Not a f****** thing!

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AnomalyNexus Apr 6, 2026 +3

Was about to say it's been a couple hours since the last insane Trump comment... He needs to get his pomodoro timer checked.

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turningsteel Apr 6, 2026 +3

So its like Iran Contra but worse?

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ceciltech Apr 7, 2026 +3

"I said it would happen" Yet he approved the shipment?! He is too stupid that this makes him look worse?!

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SpecialistAssociate7 Apr 7, 2026 +3

This is f****** hilarious, so Trump gives the Kurds, basically Iranian fremen, weapons to share with people they don’t really like and they end up keeping said weapons for their own use? Hahaha 😂

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ThunderChild247 Apr 7, 2026 +3

He sent guns to a militia group on a pinky promise to pass them on, didn’t he? 🤦🏻

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Bobaximus Apr 7, 2026 +3

It’s the “backing into your own garage door” version of Iran-Contra.

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PWL51 Apr 6, 2026 +5

Every time he opens his mouth it proves just how dumb he really is as well as the people that believe him.

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RNG_Helpme Apr 6, 2026 +7

Imagine if China sends weapons to pro-CCP group in Taiwan to do an ‘armed protest’. Alex Pretti was shot because he is armed, but US is fine with arming protesters in other countries

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Carbonga Apr 6, 2026 +7

Was it just me hallucinating or was there a party going on in the back while he spoke?

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subliver Apr 6, 2026 +4

Anyone else remember all the trolls arguing about Eric Holder and the ‘Fast and Furious’ in 2016? They were big mad back then.

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bard329 Apr 6, 2026 +3

"imagine if Obama" works for any situation this admin has gotten themselves into. It's crazy

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TreacleSmooth4271 Apr 6, 2026 +2

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Remarkable_Watch_321 Apr 6, 2026 +2

F****** idiot

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Dancing_Cthulhu Apr 6, 2026 +2

Lunatic ramblings and - if not an outright lie - the implication of gross incompetence in executing the sort of operation the US has a notoriously poor track record with? Just another day in Trumpland, I guess.

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dover_oxide Apr 6, 2026 +2

But I thought more guns made everyone safer? /s

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GrendelsFather Apr 6, 2026 +2

Oopsie poopsie

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asdhjasdhlkjashdhgf Apr 6, 2026 +2

many will not agree, but it confirms or suggests they armed a group, which is the basic message here. Means it is posture while also distancing from what ever comes out of it.

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j1ggy Apr 6, 2026 +2

It's quite concerning when the President of the United States is less competent than some random Joe Blow off of the streets.

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farfanseaweevil Apr 6, 2026 +2

What a f****** idiot.

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SeeMarkFly Apr 6, 2026 +2

Who did YOU give the guns to? YOU gave the guns to the wrong people? The "wrong" people "kept" them? How does that work?

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Dr_SlapsMD Apr 6, 2026 +2

Twisted way to spin "we gave weapons to people we shouldn't have". Ol... "I didn't forget to wash the dishes, you forgot to remind me to do them" ... Headass

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amx-002_neue-ziel Apr 6, 2026 +2

Americans, because you’re within your borders, you need to stand up to this. For the sake of humanity and for the future of earth, can you please revolt? Trump needs to be apprehended, impeached, removed from presidency and tried for war crimes. This isn’t right.

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SneeKeeFahk Apr 6, 2026 +2

Hahahaha this f****** clown and his administration are going down in history but not for the reasons they hope or think. There will be scholars that dedicate their life's work to fully understanding the level of incompetence this administration has demonstrated on a daily basis.

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zztop610 Apr 6, 2026 +2

Wait…what?????

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CopiousAmountsofJizz Apr 6, 2026 +2

This dude is so allergic to saying anything remotely useful publicly.

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GanacheLoud4854 Apr 6, 2026 +2

I cannot believe anything that comes out of his mouth.

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OcieDenver Apr 6, 2026 +2

When does the wolf finally show up to eat the crying shepherd boy?

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redditobserverone Apr 6, 2026 +2

He hates his opponent. He hates the allies. He hates his predecessors. Is there anyone he likes who can dig him out this quagmire?

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Skinnybet Apr 6, 2026 +2

Operation epic failure is a huge failure. Like nobody has ever seen before.

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Apyan Apr 6, 2026 +2

What can the US do? Abandon them a third time after using them as cannon fodder?

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