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United States President Donald Trump has denied being dragged into war with Iran by Israel as he faces increasing criticism over the conflict, including from segments of his own base.

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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 96 points 3 months ago (6 children)
[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My money is on bribery because it's the only thing he consistently responds to

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago

They dangle bait, but not hard cash, more promises of real-estate opportunities on the rubble of Gaza.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago

They probably didn't even need to, he's so easily manipulated. "Look! Airplane! And I like your idea of attacking Iran!"

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[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 59 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Obviously Israel talked him into the war and told him to deny it.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Worse.

They talked him into a war and it's obvious to everyone except trump and maybe Joe Biden.

I think they both legitimately still see Israel as "the good guys", because their brains are mush.

[–] MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also they have all the hard copies of the Epstine files and he's just dancing for them to keep them hidden.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

They do, but that's not it.

He's letting Kushner handle everything with Israel, it all flows thru him like Cheney had everything run thru him with GW.

Kushner is a zionist, he wants what Bibi wants.

So instead of America negotiating with Israel, Bibi tells Kushner what he wants, and Kushner frames it as the best and only option to trump, usually with Ivanka greasing the wheels.

Just like Cheney told GW the Irag war was the only possible option, Kushner says anything Bibi wants is the only possible option.

I legitimately wouldn't be surprised to find out they've been diverting food from US naval ships to send to Israel at this point.

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[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago

Trump: Israel didn't talk me into it!

…soooooo Israel talked him into it.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Translation: Netanyahu talked Trump into it, but Trump was too stupid to know he'd been played.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

In all fairness, "This is false, Trump is lying" is by far the most likely thing when he says anything that makes him look better (or at least less bad).

IMHO the most likely scenarion is that Trump was played by Netanyahu, later figured it out or was told that he had been played and now is lying about not having been played in the first place.

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[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 26 points 3 months ago

The man is so simple I almost feel bad for him. Then I remember what he's done.

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So it was not about alliances? You just started a war unilaterally, because you had a bad day.

This guy is begging to be impeached.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Israel wouldn't want him impeached, so Schumer will never let impeachment happen.

He could nuke Iran, kidnap refugees, and personally execute them on live television without getting impeached. There is no mechanism to really threaten him.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Trump is so easy to manipulate, and he doesn't even realize it.

[–] GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 months ago

That is the reason it is so easy

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago

No. They manipulated him into it. Trump is rather thick after all and easily sells his love and trust for shiny trinkets.

[–] CyroSignal@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"American first" has become "Israel first"

[–] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

It always was.

[–] yuknowhokat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

He probably has already forgotten that Netanyaho talked him into this.

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

“Look people, this incredibly bad, self-destructive, unpopular, and poorly planned operation was all my own creation. Don’t you dare hang any responsibility for this disaster on anyone else but me.”

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Of course not. Trump has been crazy trying to find some war that can let him cancel this year's US elections since his attempt to phish a civil war failed last year.

Israel probably talked him into Iran in particular, though.

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They're rigging the elections not canceling them.

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)
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[–] AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Cool story bro but your fucking lying

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

Because they don't have to convince him of anything. They just give him his marching orders and he follows like a good boy.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's exactly what someone who Israel talked into starting a war would say.

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

He is calling it a war, Donny you dropped some bombs on people and now it's the worst possible shit show it could have been.

The war with Iran ...pfffh

[–] Huschke@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It must be exhausting to be Trump. Netanjahu calls you to do X, but then Putin calls you to do the opposite of X, so the Netanjahu calls you again and you do X again and the cycle continues...

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In this case both called him to do it. Israel gets to steal some more land, Russia gets sanctions lifted and weakened US.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

You can be sure that Putin and Netanyahu have some mutual interests and have worked out a plan to tag-team Pig Boy.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Israel told him to say that, obviously.

[–] msage@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago

"Trump says" well I don't care.

[–] Vince@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

It's inception, except they didn't need to go into his dreams, they probably only needed to mention it once in passing. "I heard the bestest Presidents go to war with Iran."

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When has Trump ever realized he's being played?

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[–] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Israel talked Trump into Iran war confirmed.

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[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, Israel went "What's wrong McFly? Chicken?" and Trump pressed the red button.

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I don't know, I kinda see Trump as Biff Tannen, not Israel.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Mossad Agent Epstein never gave Netanyahu any proof of my pedophile rapes, and all of the Zionist money funding my election to "finish the job" of genocide, helps me understand that everything bibi ever says is always true, and so no bibi didn't force me into war, only demonic Zionist supremacism as the truth, did. The dotard, is incapable of admitting that he failed to see through bibi lies that 5 previous presidents (1 of them him) had enough qualified advisers to not do stupid.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Well now that's news!

/s

[–] richardwallass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

If if say so, just trust the opposite.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Trump says "I don't even know anyone named Izrali" .

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They didn't talk him into it, they ORDERED him. He's a moron who'll do anything a dictator tells him as long as they word it like he's the most specialist widdle piggy evah.

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