Donald Trump on Sunday threatened military action against Colombia’s government, telling reporters that such an operation “sounds good to me.”

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    What’s interesting for me is the last 20 or so years of hearing people talk about how Iran or NK or whoever should never have nuclear weapons because, you know, their leaders may just be crazy enough to use them. (When historically nukes have proven to be the best deterrent against the belligerent aggression of major world powers.)

    And here in the US, we’re on our third admin in a row run by someone with evident, public mental illness and travels with an arsenal of nukes at his fingertips.

    The world has a breaking point where they won’t put up with the US’ shit anymore, and we may find out what that is in 2026.

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      No one will believe this:

      20 years ago, eating lunch behind Taco Bell, George Bush is President, listening to Limbaugh (I know! It was a long time ago.)

      Rush is going off about how it’s none of America’s business to police Iran’s nuclear capability and that Iran has the right to develop not only power stations, but weapons, for the same reasons you outline. He argued for some time on the subject.

      I’d kill for a recording of that because I’m pretty certain he flipped the script once Obama was in and trying to limit Iran’s nuclear ambitions.