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flandersmackem said:
I see he is still banging on about Armenia being hit by Iran... Both Armenian news and Reuters have said Armenia hasn't been touch.... But hey, If Sky news said it has, must be true
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Just been checking up i got my countries mixed up it was their next-door neighbour Azerbaijan that was hit from Iran or did that not also occur.
 
How Google Translate works with Trump-Speak ...

I'll finish the war in Ukraine in one day/I'll get bored, ignore it and hope it goes away

We've already won the Iran war/It'll go on for months then I'll blame anyone but myself

I have a cohesive and logical plan how this war will end /I have no idea what'll happen next

I have proof the Iranians have nuclear weapons/I have no proof the Iranians have nuclear weapons

We don't need Britain's help/HELP!!!
 
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If Trump was just an idiot it would be better. The bloke is deranged and dangerous.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/donald-trump-can-take-cuba-oil (Last modified on Tue 17 Mar 2026 01.13 GMT)

Donald Trump expects to have “the honour of taking Cuba”, he declared, after a US-imposed oil blockade plunged the country into darkness under a total power blackout.

The US president claimed on Monday that he could do “anything I want” with Cuba, amid US negotiations with Havana over the country’s future.

“You know, all my life I’ve been hearing about the United States and Cuba. When will the United States do it?” Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday.

"I do believe I’ll be … having the honour of taking Cuba,” Trump added. “Whether I free it, take it – think I could do anything I want with it. You want to know the truth. They’re a very weakened nation right now.”
 
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He's absolutely nuts. The tweet below shows him contradicting himself several times, but he also called Gavin Newsom (while questioning his cognitive ability) the president of the United States!

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Row 3 said:
He's absolutely nuts. The tweet below shows him contradicting himself several times, but he also called Gavin Newsom (while questioning his cognitive ability) the president of the United States!

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I’m sure we’d all like to think we had a mate who’d take us to one side and say,
“Calm yersel down man, people are starting to think you’re crackers.”

Trump has no one but sad sycophants who applaud every time he gives them a balloon <doh>
 
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Northumberland Rocks said:
Hopefully Americans are starting to wake up.

Trumps latest ramblings are nonsensical. He said earlier he wasn’t briefed that Iran would attack other countries. So not his fault. Some will still defend him. Just pleased the uk is staying out of this farce.
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What did he expect. appointing an Estate agent, a mediocre alcoholic News Anchor, A writer and failed Lawyer not to mention the Cov-id denier Kisrty Nome. Appointing people that only suck up to you , is it any wonder :)
 
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Top US counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war, urging Trump to 'reverse course'​

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Joe Kent is a long-time Trump supporter and decorated veteran of the US military.
ByBernd Debusmann Jr
at the White House
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      17 March 2026, 14:02 GMT
Updated 22 minutes ago
The Trump administration's top official on counterterrorism has resigned from his position, citing opposition to the war in Iran, and urged the president to "reverse course".

In a letter posted on Tuesday to his X account, National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said that Iran posed "no imminent threat" to the US and claimed that the Trump administration "started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby".

Kent, 45, is a US special forces and CIA veteran whose wife, navy cryptologic technician Shannon Kent, was killed in a suicide bombing in Syria in 2019.

The BBC has contacted the White House for comment on Kent's resignation.
With his departure, Kent becomes the most high-profile figure from within the Trump administration to publicly criticise the US-Israeli operation in Iran.

In the letter, Kent said that had previously supported Trump's foreign policy platform and until last year believed that he had "had understood that the wars in the Middle East that robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth and prosperity of our nation."

Additionally, Kent alleged that "high-ranking Israeli officials" and influential US journalists had sowed "misinformation" that caused Trump to undermine his "America First" platform.

"This echo was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posted an imminent threat to the United States," the letter continued. "This was a lie."

Kent, a long-time supporter of Trump's who unsuccessfully ran for Congress twice, was nominated by the president early in his administration and narrowly confirmed to his post in, with many Democrats criticising his links to extremist groups including members of the Proud Boys.

In the confirmation hearing, Kent also refused to back away from claims that federal agents had fomented the January 6 riots at the US Capitol or that Trump had won the 2020 election.

At the National Counterterrorism Center, he reported to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and oversaw the analysis and detection of potential terrorist threats from around the globe.

Previously, Kent had deployed 11 times overseas with the US military, including with the US Army's special forces in Iraq.

He later became a paramilitary officer at the CIA, before leaving government service after his wife's death.

Kent cited his military service and her death in his letter, saying that he "cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives."

There have been a number of resignations among senior officials in the Trump administration, including Security and Exchange Commission enforcement director Margaret Ryan and Kennedy Center President Ric Grenell.

The president's second term, however, has seen far less turnover than his previous tenure at the White House between 2017 and 2021.


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Northumberland Rocks said:
That’s terrible Smug.
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It is like!

BTW whatever happened about all the assassination attempts, Charlie Kirk and whatever …

… none of the characters involved are ever mentioned these days.

Do you think they’re all doing an ‘Elvis’ and living on the moon with Freddie Starr’s hamster?
 
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