The article says "partly joking", but it would be insane to not take the US President seriously when he says stuff like that.
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Yep. He's "partly joking" about everything right up until the second he isn't.
That's what we call sane washing. He's one of the most powerful people on the planet, his words have weight, this is not some crazy guy on the street corner.
suggesting an aircraft carrier could be positioned offshore after the conflict in Iran.
Don't worry, the "conflict" in Iran isn't ending any time soon...
After the conflict with Iran?
The conflict that you're currently "winning"?
He has won it and ended it completely at least (checks notes) 17 times now! Nobody has ever ended the same war that many times in all of history!
I got worried for a second.
Remember when we "couldn't" help Puerto Rico after Maria because Puerto Rico is an island, surrounded by big water, ocean water?
Trump on Friday said the disaster relief effort in Puerto Rico is complicated because it is “surrounded by water.” “This is an island, surrounded by water. Big water. Ocean water,” the president said during a speech in Washington on his tax plan.
In other news: the US is runnig out of ammo. Yeah sure, let's open up a new front.
Dementeid old fool.
don't worry... he already forgot that he is at war with Iran. he has to be reminded of it hourly.
the US is runnig out of ammo
If I had a dollar for every time I read the "American military running out of ammo" story, I'd be richer than a Lockheed executive.
Americans are so easily gaslit on this shit. You can jump out behind a corner shouting "We don't have enough tomahawk missiles!" and they'll reflexively hand you $20B.
Not the same kind of tools would be used in a war with Cuba. In this scenario, the US has already the homefield advantage by controlling the gulf of "America".
Remember when our heads felt so quiet, because we were not constantly bombarded by the shit coming out of the president of the united states mouth? I miss that blessed time.
Gotta distract from the failure of his pointless war in Iran by starting a new pointless war with a country that's more vulnerable...
Fucking fascist.
So now we're off to murder a whole bunch of innocent Cubans for literally no reason beyond that probably the president was paid by someone to do this, after which we'll break our nose bloody again and fail, after which we'll look like even bigger losers to the entire world, after which we'll just declare victory and leave.
The US, ladies and gentlemen
A three day special operation?
A quick adventure. In. Out. Nobody will even notice 👍

Because a communist country minding its own business while trying to provide for its people is evil, while a capitalist country bombing country after country non-stop for decades while trying to provide for a handful of billionaire sociopath pedophiles is good.
When you put it like that ... :)
Trump will do anything to distract from the fact that he's all over the Epstein files.
The Evil Empire is overextending.
I hope Europe and Nato start working together with all smaller countries to form a new Nato to protect against American imperialism and American aggression. Cause together, diplomacy is better than force
Peace President keeping up the peace with yet another war.
You can almost hear Hegseth's glee on the wind as life comes back to his whisky dick at the thought of an opportunity to mass murder more civilians.
after the conflict in Iran.
Sounds like they're safe then.
He lost to Iran, if he loses to Cuba, that is going to be insane
OK grandad.
he thinks he will outlive us