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There is a particular indignity that comes from living in America, derived from the experience of waking up in the morning to see reports that Donald Trump has said something profoundly evil, and then needing to type "truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump" into your web browser to see if he actually said that. Once there, you can see a post in which Trump did indeed threaten to wipe out the entire civilization of Iran, stacked on top of an ad for a sketchy herbal supplement of some sort:

A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!

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[–] dellish@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The only way to know for sure is if a large bet is placed on Polymarket for "nuke dropped on Iran".

Seriously that's what the world has come to. We only know what's going to happen if evidence of insider trading is found. Unbelievable.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I haven't followed that part of current events, but apparently several similar bets were placed when the required info was only available to WH insiders.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Polymarket took it down, but I think some other sites still have it listed. It was up to $800k on Polymarket before it went down this weekend.