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orangecrush

(30,501 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:31 AM Sunday

I hate to break this on Easter day...


If the fact that a sitting President can say this publicly and isn't rapidly removed indicates to me that no one will stop him when he decides to launch nukes.

Dear God help us.

No one else is


I'm cringing with embarrassment that an American president wrote this. Absolutely cringing.

Michael J. Stern (@michaeljstern.bsky.social) 2026-04-05T13:43:42.452Z



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I hate to break this on Easter day... (Original Post) orangecrush Sunday OP
It is plain to see that there are no guardrails anymore. NONE. dalton99a Sunday #1
I believe he's going to launch a nuke orangecrush Sunday #3
Then, why are we waiting to put him on one? (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sunday #24
you are usually a little "ahead" of me on the paranoia scale Kali Sunday #37
Mutiny unlikely bucolic_frolic Sunday #2
The U.S. Congress in its current term is mere decoration dalton99a Sunday #6
Won't happen... some_of_us_are_sane Sunday #4
i call it barbtries Sunday #34
Precisely malaise Sunday #5
The Constitution is a worthless piece of paper leftstreet Sunday #7
+1. His bootlickers might very well approve emergency powers dalton99a Sunday #10
I don't agree about the Constitution. Just because it is wnylib Sunday #30
This is REAL??? GaYellowDawg Sunday #8
100% real. dalton99a Sunday #11
100% real. orangecrush Sunday #12
Yup. I had to check because it does read like a parody, but it's quoted in the WaPo. femmedem Sunday #19
He is in 25th Amendment territory. The Wizard Sunday #9
It's going to get much worse orangecrush Sunday #13
Like cancer. Trump is a walking malignancy. dalton99a Sunday #15
Checked out the FEMA head lately? paleotn Sunday #27
Or where and when your next teleportation adventure will happen. BattleRow Sunday #31
(I realize we're not supposed to post "imagine if Biden said" comments), but imagine if Joe had posted sop Sunday #14
Or imagine if Obama said that. dgauss Sunday #33
Trump is the crazy bastard. Klarkashton Sunday #16
the problem is... he ran on crazy and won. A ratio of Americans want crazy. WarGamer Sunday #17
He is removing the opportunists orangecrush Sunday #21
Easter message of love Whip-poor-will Sunday #18
He's totally lost his marble -misanthroptimist Sunday #20
From the lost and found department. usonian Sunday #22
Don't worry, Putin's monitoring the situation. Didn't he just send a delegation that was AnotherMother4Peace Sunday #23
Unfortunately, it may take something like that to finally end the bastard. paleotn Sunday #25
There is one crazy bastard involved in this situation. tblue37 Sunday #26
Hopefully, he's moved on from Killing School Kids Day. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sunday #28
Voting for krasnov. punguin54 Sunday #29
The guy is a lunatic debsy Sunday #32
I've been afraid of that (and retaliation) COL Mustard Sunday #35
Same here orangecrush Sunday #36

dalton99a

(94,365 posts)
1. It is plain to see that there are no guardrails anymore. NONE.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:32 AM
Sunday

The world is ruled by a crazed demented monster

orangecrush

(30,501 posts)
3. I believe he's going to launch a nuke
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:35 AM
Sunday

Creating a "national emergency" and will only leave power on a gurney.

Kali

(56,845 posts)
37. you are usually a little "ahead" of me on the paranoia scale
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:31 PM
Sunday

but I believe that is what he wants to do. absolutely. I do still maintain some hope (fantasy?) that he will be stopped somehow, but he wants to do it. oh yes.

bucolic_frolic

(55,278 posts)
2. Mutiny unlikely
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:35 AM
Sunday

It would require Republicans to grow a spine, ditch fear, abandon the cash, act morally, become patriots.

Like I said. Unlikely.

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,262 posts)
4. Won't happen...
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:36 AM
Sunday
because TRUMP lowered the IQ and the ambiance of the entire UN-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. He's an UN-read, UN-educated moron.

leftstreet

(40,887 posts)
7. The Constitution is a worthless piece of paper
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:38 AM
Sunday

I'm more afraid of Congress at this point than Trump

wnylib

(26,121 posts)
30. I don't agree about the Constitution. Just because it is
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:40 PM
Sunday

being violated constantly by the regime in power does not mean that it is worthless. It is an inspiration and rallying cry for Americans who oppose the regime now. May it also be an inspiration and rallying cry for resistance against the dictatorship that is just around the corner.

As long as there are people who support its values and are willing to back them, it is not worthless. It inspired Minneapolis. Let it inspire the rest of us as our turn comes -- and it will come.

femmedem

(8,562 posts)
19. Yup. I had to check because it does read like a parody, but it's quoted in the WaPo.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 12:13 PM
Sunday
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/05/trump-iran-strait-hormuz-easter-threat/

"President Donald Trump escalated his threats to target Iran’s infrastructure if it does not open up the Strait of Hormuz, warning the country will be “living in Hell” in an expletive-filled message on social media Sunday.

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform. “There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell — JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”

The profane threat, which landed Easter morning a few hours after Pope Leo XIV issued a call for nations to choose peace, heightens earlier warnings from Trump over a vital shipping route Tehran has effectively closed since the United States and Israel launched their attacks on Iran about five weeks ago. Gas prices have risen sharply as Iran limits the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, ramping up the political pressure on Trump to end the conflict he started . . . "

The Wizard

(13,759 posts)
9. He is in 25th Amendment territory.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:40 AM
Sunday

Too bad his Cabinet and congressional Repubics are spineless punks.

orangecrush

(30,501 posts)
13. It's going to get much worse
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:46 AM
Sunday

He is ditching the opportunists and installing full blown lunatics.

paleotn

(22,281 posts)
27. Checked out the FEMA head lately?
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:28 PM
Sunday

He swears he was "teleported" to a Waffle House. Really?

Normally, that's called drunk or drugged off your ass when you have no idea how you got to where you are.

BattleRow

(2,482 posts)
31. Or where and when your next teleportation adventure will happen.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:53 PM
Sunday

Hopefully no pesky TSA lines or issues to deal with.
Now if the government grifters can just figure out how to privatize teleportation...

sop

(18,729 posts)
14. (I realize we're not supposed to post "imagine if Biden said" comments), but imagine if Joe had posted
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:47 AM
Sunday

"Praise be to Allah" on Easter. The religious right would be totally losing their shit.

Klarkashton

(5,332 posts)
16. Trump is the crazy bastard.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:54 AM
Sunday

This whole thing is shit from top to bottom.

There is a whole propaganda thing going on about that downed plane and crew. They had no goddamn business being there and bombing Iran in the first place. Of course they don't want that to cross your mind.

orangecrush

(30,501 posts)
21. He is removing the opportunists
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 12:31 PM
Sunday

Because there was a remote chance one of them might covertly stop him.

Ala Bondi reportedly giving Swalwell a heads up on the DOJ investigation.

He is going to install hardcore lunatics.

The crazy voters are going to get their wish in spades.

AnotherMother4Peace

(5,144 posts)
23. Don't worry, Putin's monitoring the situation. Didn't he just send a delegation that was
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:03 PM
Sunday

received with open arms by some members of Congress? Putin's got this. Actually I believe he's got power of attorney, but that might be only between him and tRump. Something that might be a surprise to the rest of us.

debsy

(971 posts)
32. The guy is a lunatic
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:54 PM
Sunday

This is what happens when there are zero boundaries set ever in one’s life.

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