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pat_k

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21. The "risk" of walking away is personal humiliation. As long as he's in the WH, there is NO WAY OUT.
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 12:37 PM
Wednesday

When allies pushed back on Greenland threats, he "walked away."

There is no walking away on Iran.

He is incapable of negotiating.

His demands will never be met.

The Iranian regime cares not for the suffering of it's people. No amount of bombing will "win" this war as long as IRGC and Basij with jet skis and cheap drones can inflict damage on neighbors, oil tankers, and container ships.

The only "out" is surrender and reparations -- and epic humiliation, which he will NEVER allow.

The magnitude of the damage to this nation and the world done by his criminal Iran insanity will escalate every week as the year progresses.

Republicans are in denial. They have their fingers in their ears, singing "la la la." The creatures are hanging on to the fantasy that the felon's criminal war on Iran will magically came to an end and things will "snap back" to some sort of tolerable trumpian business as usual.

But that will NEVER happen with the felon in the White House. There is no out with Trump in power.

He IS the crisis.

The ONLY way to end the crisis is if he leaves.

If enough of them wake up and see this reality we'll see an effort to push him out. A push to resign for "health reasons" or some face saving bullshit.

Resignation is not outside the realm of possibility.

If that does come to pass, they'll find they left it to long. It's too late. Many, many Republican careers are over. The party can't "live down" this level of chaos and destruction. And they only have themselves to blame.


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Save us Whip-poor-will Wednesday #1
I think he may have a mental age of about 10 muriel_volestrangler Wednesday #5
Didn't Iran already have a no nuclear weapons deal and Trump tore it up? Botany Wednesday #6
Yeah, but that was a "woke" deal made by a Black guy with the middle name Hussein Submariner Wednesday #9
That "bad deal" was brought about by Ernie Moniz. Sec. of Energy, PhD in Physics from Stanford, Chair of .. Botany Wednesday #10
Fixed it for Ya! NEOH Wednesday #18
Thanx Botany Wednesday #22
One thing about Trump Dan Wednesday #13
Think about it this way. A LOT of voters... ananda Wednesday #15
Brent crude - 114/bbl Blues Heron Wednesday #2
Lol enjoy that while it lasts..my bet is that by july 4th the futures price will match the spot price. Volaris Wednesday #25
And a "mere" $98 last Friday. Bengus81 Wednesday #34
Oil companies are loving that. The pump prices are starting to hit. Bluetus Thursday #41
shithole and the republican party are bankrupting the USA.............. Lovie777 Wednesday #3
I can't believe we don't have one patriot at the DOJ who will leak the remaining Epstein Files. travelingthrulife Wednesday #7
He's an idiot. highplainsdem Wednesday #4
"he assessed" - FFS barbtries Wednesday #8
At first glance, I thot it said "possessed". sprinkleeninow Wednesday #37
There goes the U.S. economy and the world economy. We are so screwed. Fil1957 Wednesday #11
Yesterday he claimed that Iran admitted it was in a state of collapse and wanted the Strait reopened OnlinePoker Wednesday #12
And there aren't that many neurons to choose from. reACTIONary Wednesday #14
Lies. Lies. Lies. Justice matters. Wednesday #27
You've got a nice country there... Pesky1 Wednesday #16
More grist for the mill come Nov. midterms. paleotn Wednesday #17
I had a cussing fit when I drove by the gas station and saw the price yesterday Mysterian Wednesday #19
The Congressional vote to let him continue this mess is already in the bag then Bayard Wednesday #20
The "risk" of walking away is personal humiliation. As long as he's in the WH, there is NO WAY OUT. pat_k Wednesday #21
Can I say it Whip-poor-will Wednesday #31
The difference is us -- the opposition. pat_k Wednesday #32
Trump should prepare for oil to keep climbing maxsolomon Wednesday #23
Gas is flirting with $5 here now. NEOBuckeye Wednesday #35
I was paying $4.70 for premium before he fucked everything up. maxsolomon Wednesday #36
He's going to take them all down with him. This is his ego, not the Nation or World's best interest. ChicagoTeamster Wednesday #24
Add Pakistan, India, France and the UK to the list of countries with A bombs. Justice matters. Wednesday #28
Yes, but they're not as directly involved in the Hormuz or Ukraine ChicagoTeamster Wednesday #33
In other news, Trump met with oil company executives to discuss the Iran "conflict". Midnight Writer Wednesday #26
They "donated" him a billion on his request. Justice matters. Wednesday #29
So they all went out and bought EV's? Queso Delicioso Wednesday #30
A long hard slog. Lasher Wednesday #38
WELL, At LEAST that's a better strategy than escalating to attacks upon Iran's Jack Valentino Thursday #39
Right, because he doesn't know what to do except punish us with his endless stupidness. GoodRaisin Thursday #40
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