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TACO walks back his threats to bomb Iranian energy infrastructure (lemmy.ml)
submitted 5 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 37 points 5 days ago (5 children)

This is all probably made up. Trump does these posts all the time and the other side comes out and says we have agreed to shit. There just for his base to go wow what a negotiator! And so he doesn't look like he's just TACOing like usual.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

That's my take... last time he said the USA was negotiating with Iran, Iran came out to say they have talked to nobody

I am willing to bet my last $100 that this is just a childish attempt to cool down the jitters in the market

[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

“Immediately after power plants and infrastructure in our country are targeted, vital infrastructure as well as energy and oil infrastructure across the entire region will be considered legitimate targets and will be irreversibly destroyed."

There's the "very good and productive conversation" right there 🤣

(Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/22/iran-says-will-hit-regions-energy-sites-if-us-israel-target-power-plants)

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Just scrolling through lemmy I passed a headline that Iran stated there were no talks.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I saw a thing that Meidas Touch was sharing that said there were no talks, even through intermediaries.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 days ago

Probably, but for some reason it still fucks with the market.