The dementia is kicking in and he speaks the truth. It was never about ridding the world of a bad guy. It was always about oil. Now he's painted himself in a corner and wants someone to bail him out. Wasn't this the same guy that said he knew more about war than the generals?

He's a stable genius. He has brilliant, creative solutions to any problem.

For covid, bleach down the gut and UV light up the other end.

For hurricanes, just nuke 'em.

For Iran, don't do wimpy things like negotiating inspections to prevent them from developing nukes. Show the world and Obama how to be tough by single handedly bombing them. Cakewalk to own them and their oil after a few attacks. The world will be so impressed with such courage and power that they will rush to help if called on. Only a stable genius could outdo the .military in such great strategic planning.

One is already a big tell, but six?

voters that he's a brilliant businessman who is "one of them."

Well.....more of a skilled con man than genius.

...stumbling over each other to kiss his feet, tears in their eyes.

I fear that his lashing out will go beyond the usual tantrums as the world stubbornly refuses to comply with his delusional fantasies. Fantasies born of his malignant narcissism and cruel and violent psychopathy. As nightmarish as the world has been with the felon in power, I fear for the extremes that are yet to come as the "usual" mechanisms he uses to protect his eggshell ego and delusions of brilliance and power fail him.

political or military sphere has the wisdom and courage that General Milley showed on J6 to prevent an enormous world disaster.

I know that Bob Wodward is not popular on DU, but in his book, Peril, he describes in detail how Milley worked behind the scenes on J6 to calm the concerns of China and to drill the military staff on checking with him before complying with any orders to launch missiles or nukes.

He could end the war any time he wants - at least for America - by just stopping.

The Israelis could continue to bomb on their own - but that would not be us and if the old man really didn't want to be involved any more, he could stop supplying Israeli arms.

The Iranians might continue to hit US installations in the area - but they would be smarter to not incite renewed attacks.

Basically, the old man could stop the war any time with a word or simple inaction. That IS his power.

But I'm betting he won't until he sees it is in his best personal interest to do so. Or he gets bored and attracted by another shiny ... Oh!

At least that's how he thinks.

And they say Biden was a terrible communicator.

But it’s too late for them
Pretty sure they ain’t happy to hear him say we shouldn’t even be there

Because idiots in the USA voted for a depraved con-man to be their president?

Suckers always double down.

Totally corrupt evil running our country 😡

Jesus, trump is stupid.

stupid magats knew that when they voted for their beloved antikkkrist.

His diplomacy skills always suck. He's never learned to ASK for anything his entire life, not that it would do him any good this time.

It will be interesting to see if rethuglican candidates will start backing away from him. November will be a blow out for Dems.

You don't put Americans in peril because of how your bone spur feels on any particular day, then change your mind after the Advil kicks in.

We sure shouldn't be there. If we had a POTUS who wasn't a "fucking moron," we wouldn't "be there at all."

for their reporting on Rapist.

So he thinks the Persian Gulf is European territory? He's getting worse by the second.

"You died for nothing."

this is all so fucking disgraceful!!!!

Every time I think we have to be nearing the bottom of where he can possibly go both morally and intellectually he somehow manages to find new depths in which to sink.

Starting a war of choice in which civilian children and U.S. Service members have already died, failing to even try to bring in allies before the fact and now berating them for not doing your bidding, and then dismissing the whole thing as something we really don't need to be doing in the first place is some serious dredging of the Mariana Trench of his depravity.