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Coldwater

(1,217 posts)
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:10 AM 10 hrs ago

Trump warns some Americans may die amid US strikes in Iran

WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States had begun "major combat operations" in Iran, warning that there may be U.S. casualties.

The strikes, which Trump said were aimed at destroying Iranian missiles and annihilating its navy, follow repeated U.S.-Israeli warnings that they would strike Iran again if it pressed ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

Interesting quote from 2012, considering trump has some of the worst polling numbers of any president in US history.




Link


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-warns-some-americans-may-die-amid-us-strikes-in-iran/ar-AA1XfRlk?

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Trump warns some Americans may die amid US strikes in Iran (Original Post) Coldwater 10 hrs ago OP
predator Whip-poor-will 10 hrs ago #1
Yep, that is exactly correct Walleye 10 hrs ago #6
War with Iran will not improve Trump's poling numbers PJMcK 10 hrs ago #2
Agreed Coldwater 10 hrs ago #3
Some Americans' will die? bdamomma 10 hrs ago #4
Our troops Coldwater 10 hrs ago #5
Let's start with the Trump family Walleye 10 hrs ago #7
Apparently a girl's school was bomb killing about 40..................... Lovie777 10 hrs ago #8
Please, no. Everything about this man seems to target women and girls. Baitball Blogger 8 hrs ago #16
it was funny when Lord Farquaad said it because it was so farcical. Girard442 10 hrs ago #9
This quote? William Seger 7 hrs ago #17
He didn't finish the sentence. calimary 4 hrs ago #22
You got it! Norrrm 3 hrs ago #30
FUCK THESE FUCKING FUCKS spanone 10 hrs ago #10
No confirmation re casualties - but the 5th fleet command center was hit. harumph 10 hrs ago #11
In the last hour they're claiming ZERO casualties or major facility damage since it all began WarGamer 3 hrs ago #28
Well, The Psychopath-In-Chief Certainly HOPES So! ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #12
..... Tanuki 10 hrs ago #13
Damn it! SergeStorms 6 hrs ago #20
Iran strikes US military base in Bahrain as explosions heard across Gulf Coldwater 10 hrs ago #14
keeping Americans from dying in a war with Iran was his actual job here bigtree 10 hrs ago #15
Yep, some Americans will die, the he can bluestarone 6 hrs ago #18
The Big Orange Fascist Pig...... SergeStorms 6 hrs ago #19
As ever, War is a Racket: Magoo48 5 hrs ago #21
Some Americans will be captured and/or die. Marcuse 4 hrs ago #23
Hurry up, my diaper is full. ChicagoTeamster 3 hrs ago #27
"Our shock-troops might shoot them in the face or in the back struggle4progress 4 hrs ago #24
Their deaths will be on you. You blockeheaded wannabbee general. Ping Tung 4 hrs ago #25
Well, at least they'll die to protect trump from the Epstein files. Turbineguy 4 hrs ago #26
Did he say some Americans might die, or DID HE SAY WHAT HE MEANT SOME SUCKERS WILL DIE? usaf-vet 3 hrs ago #29
Trump wants your kids to die for his sins Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 3 hrs ago #31

Whip-poor-will

(8 posts)
1. predator
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:18 AM
10 hrs ago

If you rape 13 year old for fun imagine the pleasure of raping a country ......then comes the snuff part where he gets off

PJMcK

(24,974 posts)
2. War with Iran will not improve Trump's poling numbers
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:20 AM
10 hrs ago

He’s going to get worse numbers if Americans start dying.

He’s the worst and he’s stupid and he’s evil.

Coldwater

(1,217 posts)
3. Agreed
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:25 AM
10 hrs ago

An evil old man set in his ways and hopped up on Adderall - not a good combination

bdamomma

(69,465 posts)
4. Some Americans' will die?
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:26 AM
10 hrs ago

our troops or here????? He's such a sick bastard. He needs to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lovie777

(22,559 posts)
8. Apparently a girl's school was bomb killing about 40.....................
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:40 AM
10 hrs ago

hopefully, the girls and staff were not there.

Claiming this school had Iranian military occupying that area.

Girard442

(6,858 posts)
9. it was funny when Lord Farquaad said it because it was so farcical.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:49 AM
10 hrs ago

Still farcical. Not funny anymore.

harumph

(3,185 posts)
11. No confirmation re casualties - but the 5th fleet command center was hit.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:57 AM
10 hrs ago

From video footage (several sources) - it looks serious. It would not surprise me if some navy personnel and contractors were
killed. This is very bad.

WarGamer

(18,420 posts)
28. In the last hour they're claiming ZERO casualties or major facility damage since it all began
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:15 PM
3 hrs ago

bigtree

(93,897 posts)
15. keeping Americans from dying in a war with Iran was his actual job here
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 08:07 AM
10 hrs ago

...as successive republican and Democratic presidents achieved in their terms.

Averting war with Iran was the task at hand, the move most Americans support,and Trump predictably screwed that up to serve his own petty interests in covering for his own election interference which far outstrips anything Iran accomplished.

SergeStorms

(20,366 posts)
19. The Big Orange Fascist Pig......
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:24 AM
6 hrs ago

will sacrifice as many lives as is necessary to draw attention from his endless fuck-ups elsewhere.

Rally around the "war president," Amerka!

Magoo48

(6,714 posts)
21. As ever, War is a Racket:
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:53 PM
5 hrs ago

the unimaginative tool of the super rich and their political minions. On both sides, poor folks and subjected workers suffer and die on and off the theaters of battle.

struggle4progress

(125,899 posts)
24. "Our shock-troops might shoot them in the face or in the back
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:50 PM
4 hrs ago

if anyone calls them terrorists --- but yall should be used to that by now"

Turbineguy

(39,950 posts)
26. Well, at least they'll die to protect trump from the Epstein files.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:59 PM
4 hrs ago

That's some solace that MAGA's can be happy about.

usaf-vet

(7,784 posts)
29. Did he say some Americans might die, or DID HE SAY WHAT HE MEANT SOME SUCKERS WILL DIE?
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:19 PM
3 hrs ago

USAF Medic 1965-1969

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