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Has Trump tried paying Iran in his crypto currency yet?
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2026
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Well it accomplished something... just nothing that's good for anyone. Even enriching MIC and tech oligarchs is not good for them, it enables their self(and everybody else)-destructive hoarding behaviour that collapses societies for no universal gain. So, it accomplished various types of destruction, which is objectively worse than nothing.
Not nothing, he depleted anti aircraft missiles which makes military complex and Putin extremely happy
He's announced a Peace Deal at least 30 times. Usually he's manipulating the markets, but this time it was so he could announce at his Big Stupid Birthday Party® that he has negotiated "PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST!" and the crowd will go wild!!
It isn't even in a Peace Deal, it's a Memorandum of Understanding, which is essentially just an agreement that they'll book an appointment to talk. That's all, except that supposedly they agreed to open the Strait while we talk.
It isn't even getting signed until Friday, so what are the chances that either Trump says something really stupid, or Israel sabotages it with attacks, and pisses off the Iranians? Pretty close to 100%?
It was always just about being able to make a big announcement at the Big Stupid Birthday Party®. They don't really care if there's a deal after that.
IF the Strait opens, it will be closed again by the end of the week, and that deal won't get signed. Iran wants to keep this going until after the Midterms, at least.
If what's been reported is actually in the deal, Iran doesn't need to keep this going.
Then they've essentially won the war.
No more sanctions, US pays reparations, Iran gets tolls for the Strait of Hormuz, they keep their enriched Uranium, ...
Keep in mind the US war goal going in was regime change.
Israel, on the other hands, needs more, so no deal.
Trump is such a great dealmaker, he expects Israel to just agree with the deal.
Even though they aren't signatories to it, Israels government has publicly stated they don't see themselves as part of it, and the opposition is clamoring for war even louder.
So... he accomplished pretty much the same as the dumbass sitouts who allowed the insurrectionist rapist back into office as a strategy to stop that other middle eastern war?
Hows that one working out, btw?
Wasted billions of dollars, caused mass murder of civilians, caused fuel shortages and rising prices around the globe, killed dictator only to be replaced by his son as new dictator, and nothing changes regarding nukes, which was the stated purpose for the war.
That’s an absolute failure and presents a risk for the future security of the US by putting the weakness of the US military on the global stage.
BREAKING NEWS: Evil Person Doesn’t Do The Good Thing He Said He’d Do
He's such a fucking stupid manchild. The only people on this planet dumber than him is the people who voted for him.
Sitouts: am i a joke to you?
This is the tale of the Donald Admin.
He shits the bed and wants credit for putting the sheets in the wash, and everyone's just going to ignore the stains left on the mattress.
He shits the bed and wants credit for putting the sheets in the wash
I'm stealing that metaphor. Yoink.
Please do. Cheers.
Donald is a baby that shits and vomits all over your car. You can get a detailer to clean up the mess, but it will never be the same again, and always have that faint smell of crap.
He shits the bed and tries taking credit for the maid staff who put them in the wash, then replaced them with his-branded sheets at 47x the price of luxury bedding he used taxpayer (note, he doesn't pay taxes anymore) money, while complaining about how Biden ruined the economy
It is actually less than zero. The end will be a richer and more powerful regime than before the most stupid American war ever.
Critics of Donald Trump took to social media to trash the president’s bragging about his “great deal” with Iran that no other president before him could have accomplished.
Well its true. I certainly don't think any other president could have "accomplished" this.
Ooh how do you do that weird formatting thing?
Greater than symbol. Used to quote articles or comments.
Greater than symbol
Philosophical question: when an ego is overfed, does it belch?
It’s not nothing.
He’s given Iran the world’s most valuable tool both.
Toll booth
I like this almost symmetric picture of empty-eyed confusion. I want him to be remembered and depicted like that, even in sculpture. Make it a modern cliché, a mask in a traditional theater, an archetype no one would follow.
I remember being angry about Bush2, no one could be dumber than that. Oh how naive I was.
Have no fear, the dems will step into the breach and cover trumps arse like they always do. Anything and everything the thieving zionist cultists want, they get from our government. Including this failed war.