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In the political space that โweโreโ in, there is a surplus of enemies and not very many friends. It's not worth burning bridges with others over petty pedantry when things can be easily rectified.
Third worldists like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens are basically a panacea to Russian active measures.
They're so aggressively retarded that they turn Russia sympathizers into Russia hawks and antisemites into Zionists.
It would be genius if it wasn't unintentional.
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Trump agreed to consider focusing first on halting North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, while pursuing denuclearization as a long-term goal, South Korean president says
When the evidence changes, policy should too. President Trump's @US_FDA just lifted restrictions on testosterone replacement therapy thanks to the latest science-based evidence.
This is nuts. Ben-Gvir just wants endless killing with no real endgame. Stuff like this makes Israel look bloodthirsty and proves exactly what its critics say.
My logic here all starts with his seemingly rogue comment about Iran keeping rockets and missiles, which has freaked out many, particularly Israelis and their supporters.
I'm betting the Gulf States are really uncomfortable, like Israel is, with that statement. They're not stupid. They're also targets, like Israel is. Less, but a lot, and the IRGC are crazy bastards. Makes me think Trump made it for them.
The thing is, they didn't do their parts and aren't yet. And Trump's definitely pissed at them because they straight up didn't help during the war (so farโฆ). They wouldn't even let us use their airspace and tried to close down our own military bases. Trump didn't like that and didn't forget. No way.
So Trump letting them feel some legitimate heat that can be resolved by accomplishing his primary goals makes a lot of basic sense.
If we remember Trump's goals and work backwards, it's actually a little easier to see how this makes sense, even the MOU with it's big carrot/big stick arrangement that basically nobody believes will stick (thus terrifying Israel but, I'll bet, also those Gulf States). So what are Trump's goals?
1) Expand Abraham Accords;
2) KSA allying formally with Israel, which was happening until October 7 disrupted it, thus restoring a pre-10/7 peace agenda;
3) Increase their overall security dependency on US and Israel, thus shifting some of their "hand" in the region to us;
4) Standard Trumpism 101: Make them active participants in their own security arrangements, just like what he's doing with the EU and Pacific countries (no more America carrying all the weight).
The MOU itself creates conditions by which Iran becomes agentic in this. If they behave (they won't), they get rewarded, which they actually want, bigly. If they misuse that (everyone expects they will), they get a well-deserved stick. Everyone in the region feels this fear and is vigilant about it. If they misbehave (they will), they bring hellfire on themselves. This breaks the strangest force in the known universe: responsibility never sticks to a Muslim who behaved badly, never.
It's very high-risk, but this is a very high-stakes game, one of the highest in decades. The fears people have are real and justified, but Trump's got them priced in, I think. He knows he holds cards (B-2s, specifically) that let him adjust later if things don't work right, and by the number of times he's said so in the last 36 hours, I think he's well aware he'll be playing those cards at least sometimes. Tough shit for Iran.
I think we need to stop freaking out and let this develop. We need to see how it cooks and how the chef does with it.
Plus, I think he just hosed JD, and that's alright too.
Itโs a batshit timeline watching Loomer and Gage drop good positional upgrades lately. I genuinely donโt give a fuck if theyโre doing it purely out of spite for their rivals. Doesnโt matter. The Overton Window got yeeted so hard itโs smoking. Common sense is back, and itโs taking names, clowning midwits, and laughing at every regime-coping faggot who spent years mainlining denial.