Beware the Ides of March - Trump Thread #156

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Do you think The Friend of Epstein is au fait with Roman history?

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5488504-name-a-better-trio-than-onion-garlic-ginger-trump-thread-155

^ and when it all goes tits up, it will somehow be Obama's fault for not attacking Iran earlier...

I’ve already read that!

I never really watch tv news, but just had Sky News on. I'm loling at how much I suspect they regret having just had Daniel Levy on. Levy called it straight.

I suppose that being the most powerful man in the world has an energizing effect upon him. I fear that he has somehow transmogrified into an immortal being😢.

Lobotomy perhaps, big hat to hide the bandages ?

Maybe a batch of dodgy orange face paint, she he is going facial commando ?

Denmark refuse to supply his Botox ?

Or maybe the alien that lives on his head disguised as his hair has finally had enough and has been beamed up by it's alien Scotty?

No idea, but he looks different for sure.

He's got mounjaro face!

Any rare severe / fatal side effects of MJ we should be praying for?

This is a strange one. To me anyway. From Sky news feed:

At least nine killed in protests at US consulate in Pakistan

At least nine people have been killed during protests at the US consulate in Karachi.
Earlier, we reported that Shiite Muslims angered by the killing of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had breached the US compound in Pakistan.
According to a provincial government official, security at the consulate building opened fire on the demonstrators who breached the compound's outer wall.
Summaiya Syed Tariq, a police surgeon at the city's main government hospital, said initially six bodies and several injured people were brought to the facility.
But she said the death toll rose to nine after three people critically wounded died.
The US embassy in Pakistan wrote on X that it is monitoring the incident.

I think it's odd, to me, because I can't really think of this happening to any other nation in recent history. Shooting at protestors outside.

PC Yvone Fletcher of course in 1984.

But beyond punches thrown etc, opening fire on people?

What is "normal" doesn't apply any more...

Sadly, I believe it only leaches the orange from your skin and hair.

They might have been concerned about a repeat of Benghazi? I have no idea if the protesters were armed or not but I can imagine the security at an American Embassy would have instructions not to let people breaking into the compound get any further. Not saying that it's right. Just that it's not that surprising to me they shot people if it's true they got through the outer wall.

Though it's surprising because normally the US embassies are fortified so heavily In surprised the protesters managed to get in.

Also, grimly ironic that they started the war with Iran in response to Iran shooting protesters.

Fatigue, diarrhea, vision blurriness.

For sure Benghazi. That they tried to put on Clinton.

And yes, any US diplomatic buildings I have seen are like fortresses. The London Embassy even has a moat.. in London FFS.

But this is just a consulate "compound", and it appears to have armed private contractors. I assume contractors because if it was Marines doing the shooting.... that would be an act of war.

Like yourself, I am not commenting on the rights or wrongs of the situation, but the irony sure is thick.

ICE, consulate security, US cops, they sure do like shooting.

I am flying long haul next weekend.
For various reasons decided to not book to hub through Dubai or Doha
now very glad of my choice
by by golly the Azerbaijan air corrisor will be crowded

The footage of the Shaheed drones hitting Dubai
is bringing home to many
what Ukraine has faced every night for the last few years

Ahem. Have you forgotten about Azerbaijan/ Armenia war that Trump fixed ?

I should try get an earlier flight :-)

Or go the other way round ?

Flights are booked
I am not hoing all the way to Oz so the other way round is a LOT longer !

Sorry, don't you mean Aberbiiibon?

We need a laugh emoji :-)

I actually think it will be the Iranian people’s fault in Trump’s book - ‘we gave them the chance, they didn’t take it, they were ungrateful’, and it will end up being one of those countries he tries to shame.

However, it will be a while before any sort of outcome is seen/understood so a while before his blame game starts.

I heard an Iranian lady, living in the U.K., on LBC and she was so happy and another lady said there are big celebrations going on in London I think it was - I really, really hope that there will be better times for them all, but I can’t see this is the way to get them but I would like to be wrong.

First US service people confirmed as killed in action.

Did Marge say what the US regime poll on acceptable losses result was ?

The goal of any military action is to ultimately degrade your enemies ability to fight a war.

If you can't do this, the war can't be ended militarily.

Even with boots on the ground, and a bombing campaign that made WW2 look like a dinner party, the US never once even came close to stopping the North Vietnamese and VietCong from fighting.

Afghanistan could also be mentioned. After 10 years, the USSR hadn't even scratched the Talibans capabilities. And then 20 years later, in 20 years the combined might of NATO the US proved incapable of preventing the enemy from waging war.

The first primaries of the mid-terms are this Tuesday, kicking off the 'real' primary season. Voters in Arkansas, North Carolina and Texas head to the polls. (Reminder for our non-US friends, this is where each state's political parties selects their individual candidate to run against each other in the general election in November.)

Texas will be interesting. They have two pretty opposite choices. One is more 'centrist' and one is more 'radical'. There has been discussion of "As Texas goes, so goes the party" when it comes to the Dem Party future, but I'm not too confident on that.

And so:

"Let the 238th Hunger Games begin. And may the odds be ever in OUR favour!"

I'm now off to 'backtrack' on our thread to catch up the overnight traffic lol

Trump is actively creating a State of Emergency so that he can cancel Midterms l