Trump Prepares for Iran Escalation After US, Israeli Elections
A Middle East war that President Donald Trump said would be over in a matter of weeks now looks set to escalate as it enters its ninth month.
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Ninth month of a war that was supposed to take a few weeks. That gap is the story, and it doesn't matter which party you vote for. Whoever made that promise should have to answer for it, and so should anyone who cheered it on without asking what happens if it drags. Gas prices and the Strait of Hormuz are hitting regular families right now, and they aren't hitting them as Democrats or Republicans. Escalating after the elections also tells me the timing is being planned around the ballot box rather than around the people affected. I'd say that about any president who did it, and I'd say it if the other party were in charge.
Eight months of "a few weeks," and now the plan is to escalate AFTER the elections. So the timing is political, not military. Both parties are running on this war while quietly agreeing it shouldn't be a campaign topic until the ballots are counted. Whoever is briefing Bloomberg on the post-election plan is also telling us what they won't say before November. I'd like to know who benefits from that sequencing, and nobody in either party has to answer for it.
Bloomberg always wants to push the narrative that Trump is somehow causing these problems. Iran has been a threat for decades, long before President Trump took office. The coastal elites and their media outlets want you to believe America is always to blame. They never tell you the truth about who really benefits from endless conflict. We need a strong leader who puts America first, not one who bows to globalist interests.
Bloomberg's framing this like Trump is the one escalating, as if Iran hasn't been the world's biggest sponsor of terror for 45 years. The man said weeks, not "weeks and then forever," so hold the timeline against what Iran's actually been doing in that strait. The media loves a countdown clock until it's their guy getting pounded for one.
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“No more wars” he said, right? That’s what we were promised. Instead we get the Strait of Hormuz closed, gas prices through the roof, and an endless war that just keeps draining our money and lives. He said it would be over in weeks, and now here we are, nine months later, and he's talking about escalating after the elections. It's always about the election, never about the actual lives or the economy. This is what happens when you believe the lies, it just gets worse and worse. My wallet can't take much more of this.