General Discussion

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His firing of Noem and Bondi was damage control before the midterms because of the widespread opposition among his voters due to the tactics used by both of those cabinet members. Independents and moderates who voted for Trump disapprove of the ICE extremism and murders of harmless citizens. His base is angry over The Epstein files. He had to blame someone and make it look like he was fixing the problems.

Now he needs to "fix" the problem in Iran because his base feels betrayed by Trump for starting another Middle East war. He is stuck because Iran has him boxed in and his base wants out. Also, he now looks weak to the world because he botched the war badly. That's why I think that he will follow through on his threat to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure. It's a twofer for his base who will see the bombings as a show of strength and power and it will make them happy that it is his parting shot as he leaves Iran. (He can, and probably will, go back to Iran after the midterms because he still wants their oil.)

He can do the infrastructure bombing with impunity and he knows it. Nobody will hold him accountable.