Of course, the way he said it gave the NY Times the vapors, and allows them to fearmong
Trump Says He Won’t Send Troops to Iran But Leaves Wiggle Room
President Trump asserted on Thursday that he had no plans to commit ground forces to the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, even though he has acknowledged he is contemplating moves that could drag the military into land combat operations.
Mr. Trump’s comments still left some room for him to reverse course.
“I’m not putting troops anywhere,? Mr. Trump told a reporter who asked about using ground troops. “If I were, I certainly wouldn’t tell you.”
Yeah, that’s not about leaving wiggle room, that’s simply Trump being Trump. One would think the NY Times would understand that after not only being president for a term, winning a non-consecutive term, and all those years covering Trump when he was just a big, brash, NYC businessman. And doing the TV shows. And running for office. But, TDS is a hell of a thing.
Besides, why in the hell would he tell a reporter?Was FDR supposed to discuss the D-Day invasion of Europe, or island hopping in the Pacific?
The president has spent several days alternating between threats to escalate strikes on Iran — which at times he has insisted are an “operation” or an “excursion” instead of a war — and promising that the hostilities are on the brink of completion.
His latest comments come just two days after Mr. Trump said that he was “not afraid” to put U.S. boots on the ground.
Really, this is all about keeping the Iranian regime, what’s left of it, and their military guessing. With an added benefit of tweaking the noses of the Credentialed Media.
He said on Thursday that while he hated to attack Iran, he felt it was necessary, even though oil prices would rise and the economy might “go down a little bit.”
“I thought there was a chance it could be much worse,” he said. “It’s not bad, and it will be over with pretty soon.” He provided no further explanation.
Democrats would prefer that Trump, the U.S., and Israel lose against Iran. That they just stop and give up, because they hate all three. Meanwhile
Gulf states press US to neutralise Iran for good as Hormuz crisis deepens
Gulf Arab states did not ask the U.S. to go to war with Iran, but many are now urging it not to stop short by leaving the Islamic ?Republic still able to threaten the Gulf’s oil lifeline and the economies that depend on it, three Gulf sources told Reuters.
At the same time, these sources and five Western and Arab diplomats said Washington ?was pressing Gulf states to join the U.S.-Israeli war. According to three of them, President Donald Trump wants to show regional backing for the campaign, to bolster its international legitimacy as well as support at home.
The ME nations have had to deal with Iran since 1979. The terrorism, the backing of extremists, intimidation, and more. Not just Israel. They would love to see the regime ended and Iran de-radicalized. That’s not what the leftist media and Democrats want, though.
Lol
Teach
Really ??
You believe the words that Trump says are true?
Well he did say prices will drop and that is partly true. McDs starting in April will drop some prices the new “Meal Deal” will cost 4 dollars. McDs is dropping their prices because Americans can no longer afford to spend 5 bucks on lunch
He’s not putting troops in to Iran….until he decides we need troops in Iran. Just because it would be an ENORMOUS mistake doesn’t mean it won’t happen.
I wake up every morning, have my coffee and open my notebook to read. Always thankful I don’t have TDS.
Teach equates trump with FDR and the Iran invasion with WWII!!! LOL.
William: “..; why in the hell would he (DJT) tell a reporter? Was FDR supposed to discuss the D-Day invasion of Europe, or island hopping in the Pacific?”
Trump Deity Syndrome…
I stated that the only thing I would support were troops inserted to seize all of Iran’s fissile material, and our nattering nabob of negativism decided that meant I was in the “cult.”
Now our sufferer of Trump Derangement Syndrome has decided that a perfectly reasonable statement that President Trump would not disclose whether there was an attack planned is qualitatively the same as President Roosevelt not disclosing the date of D-Day means that our esteemed host has “Trump Deity Syndrome.”
I don’t know if our phantisizing pharmacist has any drugs that can bring him back to normal — admittedly a major task! — but if he does, he needs to start popping those pills right now.
Actually, President Trump did President Roosevelt one better: the Nazis knew that there would be an invasion of Europe, but didn’t know where or when, while, despite our obvious buildup, Mr Trump kept everyone guessing whether there would be an attack, or if it was another one of his big bluffs. It worked so well that the top Iranian leadership were all gathered in one place, a stupid, stupid move, enabling the American/Israeli attack to eliminate a large number of them at one time.
Our cement-headed concretist “feels” that his Mad King is superior than FDR!! TDS = Trump Deity Syndrome. It IS a cult!!
Your God-King’s excursion is a quagmire (Operation Epstein Distraction!) unlikely to satisfy any of the nine reasons given for 1) spending $100s of billions 2) dozens of American lives 3) U.S. recession (inflation, jobs) and 4) American reputation.
Netanyahu wants/needs continued war(s).
Your God-King has antagonized every U.S. ally – NATO, Japan, Europe, Ukraine. Putin continues to manipulate him.
The cowardly Repubicun Congress has surrendered to their God-King.
Oddly Rimjob has nothing substantial to add.
Hopefully all those air travelers waiting for hours to board will remember that the uncaring demonic party just doesn’t give a shit about their discomfort or safety so long as illegal voters don’t have to produce a picture i.d. to vote.
Jim Crow 2.0 indeed.
BTW, if there are no illegals voting why would anyone care if ICE agents are near polling stations?
Oddly, CumBreath has nothing substantial to add!
The Repubicuns control BOTH houses of Congress, the White House and the Supreme Court.
IT’S the Repubes and their God-King clogging up our airports.
Your God-King so loves America that he’s willing to harm people to avoid losing “His” Congress next Nov.
BTW, CumBreath wonders why heavily armed, masked federal troops at the polls might suppress the vote. LOL.
When trump is gone…
DOW reverts to DOD
Kennedy Center replaces trump Kennedy Center
Gulf of Mexico is back!
East Wing rebuilt!
Expertise will replace trump cranks
DOJ will come back
CDC, NIH, FDA, NOAA, EPA will be able to publish again
Re-align with allies
Pardon power fixed