• N0t_5ure@lemmy.world
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    His Iran war is on the escalation track. My guess is either that the U.S. will do something between now and Thursday to escalate the war, most likely some sort of ground offensive to take key locations to attempt to take control over the strait of Hormuz, or that he will make the case that it is necessary to escalate the war as part of his weak-ass saber rattling campaign. My greatest concern is that sooner or later he’ll reach for the nukes, which he’s been itching to do for a long, long time.

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      In an interview before his first term he commented that we had nukes, why not use them? The response from his supporters was that he was just kidding or talking metaphorically. The same people who voted for him because he says what he means.

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      I’ve started to see an uptick in bot accounts across different platforms saying something along the lines of “lol there’s no need for negotiation. if the usa really wanted to destroy Iran, all it takes is a push on 1 button. if anything trump is showing alot of restraint”. So definitely building towards actually having boots on the ground if the uptick of strikes on kharg island is correct. Could also see that operation go sideways and call for full scale invasion as a false flag event.

    • most likely some sort of ground offensive to take key locations to attempt to take control over the strait of Hormu

      If that was the case, once the ships that were intended to do operation that suddenly has some major malfunction or onboard-fire, he’d have to cancel his talk.