Replying to Spooky Phijkchu #spooky.131 Click to see attachment 🖼️
Trump's not this dumb, he's not being swayed by Mike fucking Huckabee saying he's jerking off in the Israeli embassy and that God wills Trump to nuke Iran
politics
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
he posted it because it's part of the SAME "NEGOTIATING" THAT HE'S BEEN DOING SINCE the 90s, and wrote a book about
I hate the Art of the Deal, in much the same way I hate How to Make Friends and Influence People
but they are 1000% American values to the core
Both as an accurate reflection of our culture, and successful methods for operating in our society
I also don't think Trump is some mastermind, I don't think he's the most successful Machiavellian negotiator ever
He wants to stack up wins, and doesn't really care about specifically which wins they are
Israel and Iran don't know how to escalate or defuse the current status quo of lobbing missiles at each other
Israel has backed off all of their ground operations, because they were expecting no real resistance from Iran, and can't escalate without foreign backing
and Iran would like to off-ramp, because they know they will suffer economically the longer they keep engaging in hostilities
@Gent I want you to make a call, will Trump bomb Iran directly?
want to speculate on odds?
are you saying 50-50, 70-30?
no but really, do you think he will
in your gut
other than being annoyed at Gent fence sitting the question, not really
I don't think we'll attack Iran, I think it looks like we're trending towards getting involved helping "defend israel" or something
Replying to Gent #gent_. I told him I wouldn't be surprised if he did, I don't know the odds
Maybe it's just how I read it, but it reads to me like you wan't to hedge and say you were right either way
if you think it could go either way, maybe slightly more one way or the other, that's different than how I read it
do you think we'll bomb Iran directly
if you want to define it more than that, be my guest
Replying to Gent #gent_. I've already said I have zero faith in the guy
this means nothing
hey, my tax dollars wanted to see the world
and now they get to
wow, we're all on the same side
feels weird
now we can all be wrong together
we killed their guy in Iraq
and tbh, we got away with it easy because covid started right after
well, and ig we blew that helicopter up too
also, if somehow we manage to make everything worse without bombing them
that's a feat in and of itself
here's what the betting odds are btw
Replying to Spooky Phijkchu #spooky.131 Click to see attachment 🖼️
Does that include just helping defend?
Replying to Rusp #rusp. Does that include just helping defend?
little convoluted, but no
would have to be direct bombing or downing their planes over their airspace
save that crypto for our Phijkchu stake.com night
when Max gets back
Funnier news
Minnesota just passed a state bill to require active ongoing consent when using social media
so when you log into reddit, there will b a 30-second pop-up displaying the suicide hotline
Do we have any Minnesota phijkchu
isn't that porygon
isn't karp also