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Trump honestly wished he had the excuse of 9/11 to go forward in invading any country he wants. My theory on this asshole is, he's warped himself back into the 2000s way of things in terms of corrupt politics. He saw how Bush handled everything in the 8 years he's had office and was quietly inspired, telling himself "I'll do better than him one day" and now he's had his chance.
The problem with his thinking is that, Bush had his made-up excuses and a 'War on Terror' platform to jump off from to do this extensive war shit. Bush's administration was corrupt but correlated with eachother, far better than Trump and his administration is.
I'd like to believe all of this is part of Trump's dementia. He wants to Make America Great Again, to a point in time of the past of which he can't fully remember or even execute properly.
It's not about 9/11. It's not that he needs a good excuse (clearly he doesn't). Excuse or no, he can't just steamroll Iran. He's realizing he fucked up and isn't prepared to see it through, so he's just bullshitting and hoping things will work out somehow.
Bush's administration was fucking MENSA compared to this shit show.
Just blindly groping for that lost age that doesn't actually exist.
I think Trump has a lot of experience blindly groping for lost ages that no longer exist.
See the Epstein files for context.