No. of Recommendations: 7
"...And that is another way to look at the post from Trump’s social media account: that he is panicked that he has not been able to bully other countries into fixing the mess he created by attacking Iran and precipitating the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and is now simply trying to bully Iran. In The Guardian last Monday, Sidney Blumenthal noted that Trump “has declared ‘victory’ more than eight times,” says he has “won” more than ten times, and said Iranian forces have been “obliterated” or suffered “obliteration” more than six times. Blumenthal noted Trump is now threatening to “obliterate” Iran’s power grid and has used the words “decimate” or “decimation” at least six times.
Trump’s crazy post does, after all, push back yet again the deadline for his threats to rain destruction on Iran, which he then extended again in another post at 12:38 P.M. saying: “Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!”
This dynamic was not lost on Allison Gill of Mueller, She Wrote, who noted: “It was March 23rd. Then March 27th. Then March 30th. Then he gave that weird address on April 1st. [N]ew deadline April 4th. Then April 6th at 7 AM. Then April 7th at 8 PM. And now another address tomorrow at 1 PM. The chaos is intentional.” She also noted that his deadlines and his abandonment of them often seem tied to the rhythms of the stock market.
In an interview with Barak Ravid of Axios today shortly after this morning’s post, Trump reiterated that “if they don’t make a deal, I am blowing up everything over there” but also said the U.S. is “in deep negotiations” with Iran and that he thinks a deal can be reached. Trump told Ravid that his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner—not Secretary of State Marco Rubio—are talking with the Iranians. Sources told Ravid that mediators from Pakistan, Egypt, and Türkiye are facilitating the talks.
But Iranian officials are refusing to deal with Witkoff and Kushner after they apparently misunderstood earlier negotiations and instead told Trump the talks weren’t going well before he launched strikes. Neither Witkoff nor Kushner is a trained diplomat, and both have deep financial ties to the Middle East. Notably, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), who urged Trump to start the Iran war, has invested at least $2 billion in Kushner’s private equity firm." —Heather Cox Richardson
No. of Recommendations: 2
This dynamic was not lost on Allison Gill of Mueller, She Wrote, who noted: “It was March 23rd. Then March 27th. Then March 30th. Then he gave that weird address on April 1st. [N]ew deadline April 4th. Then April 6th at 7 AM. Then April 7th at 8 PM. And now another address tomorrow at 1 PM. The chaos is intentional.” She also noted that his deadlines and his abandonment of them often seem tied to the rhythms of the stock market.Same playbook he used with Covid. It would go away by the end of March, or mid April, or Memorial Day, or the 4th of July. Hydroxychloroquine will save us. Ivermectin will save us. It's a hoax. It's no worse than the flu. Don't need a vax, it will go away on it's own.
Meanwhile, I can't tell who is Baghdad Bob.
The noon local news, just ran a piece from ABC News saying Iran rejected the latest proposal.
But this piece from bubblevision says Trump the Conqueror rejected it.
Trump says Iran ceasefire proposal ‘significant’ but ‘not good enough’ as Hormuz Strait deadline nearshttps://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/06/trump-iran-war-cea...Steve
No. of Recommendations: 3
Meanwhile, I can't tell who is Baghdad Bob.
It’s a group effort.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Meanwhile, I can't tell who is Baghdad Bob.
Wouldn't that be "Babbling Blond" Karolyin' Leavitt? Or "Boasting Bro" Kegsbreath, or Liddle Marco, etc. And I'd throw in just about every GOP member of Congress as well.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Meanwhile, I can't tell who is Baghdad Bob.Now AP is reporting the same as ABC News, it's all Iran's fault.
Iran rejects latest ceasefire proposal as Trump’s deadline approacheshttps://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-trump-le...Meanwhile, bubblevision still has the piece saying Trump rejected it, because Iran didn't bend over far enough for him.
Steve
