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lostincalifornia

(5,307 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 05:07 PM 18 hrs ago

Trump says the war is essentially over to CBS news, the market recovers,

and the market is up according to Bloomberg and other sources, and the innocent lives lost, and billions of dollars wasted on this farce will be quickly forgotten, at least so it seems according to the narrative being presented by this administration.

What was this for?

Distraction from the Epstein revelations, thinking the war will propel the rrethugs to victory in the midterms, etc.

We will see in November, but the stupidity of the American public never fail to amaze me, and when the thug in the WH is out of office, who will get blamed when the cost of everything comes due?

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2675934642/

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Trump says the war is essentially over to CBS news, the market recovers, (Original Post) lostincalifornia 18 hrs ago OP
Do you have a time machine? I thought the press conferecne was 5:30ET WarGamer 17 hrs ago #1
He told. CBS reporter Johonny 17 hrs ago #2
Thanks for the correction. I will correct in the OP. lostincalifornia 17 hrs ago #8
Youtube says live in 13 but... quaint 17 hrs ago #5
I meant CBS NEWS. lostincalifornia 17 hrs ago #7
And the stock market believed him.............. Lovie777 17 hrs ago #3
Trump TACOs once more NeoTrajan 17 hrs ago #4
News media suggest it's unclear what that means... ananda 17 hrs ago #6
I'm listening to the presser LeftInTX 17 hrs ago #9
It's TACO day Renew Deal 17 hrs ago #10
"who will get blamed when the cost of everything comes due? " Smokster 17 hrs ago #11

Johonny

(26,027 posts)
2. He told. CBS reporter
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 05:15 PM
17 hrs ago

"I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they've got no Air Force," he told a CBS reporter.

Stocks rebound after comment.

Lovie777

(22,752 posts)
3. And the stock market believed him..............
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 05:16 PM
17 hrs ago

the corruption is strong with this current US government.

NeoTrajan

(61 posts)
4. Trump TACOs once more
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 05:16 PM
17 hrs ago

From what I am seeing, the strikes are not only continuing, but are expanding in range and firepower

Trump will try to escape blame like he tried to escape the Epstein debacle, but neither will work

The war will tell you when it's over ...

If the bombs are falling, the war is NOT over

ananda

(34,939 posts)
6. News media suggest it's unclear what that means...
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 05:21 PM
17 hrs ago

LOL. It seems pretty clear to me.

He wants top and Bibi bottom.

But this really is meaningless unless Iran
surrenders.

LeftInTX

(34,123 posts)
9. I'm listening to the presser
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 05:58 PM
17 hrs ago

Talking about how we have knocked out missiles, missile launchers, Navy etc. (Stuff that we pretty much know)

Wants a regime change, but doesn't sound like he has a real plan.

Now he's drifting

Says they have a new nuclear site in granite. (He's not speaking clearly and I can't figure out what we did with this new nuclear site???)

He says they were going to attack US...

Calling it an excursion...Says US will insure ships in the strait. Talking about how Venezuela is our new oil partner.
Now he's saying Iran was going to take over the ME. (What happened to the attack on the US??)

Time for questions:

Had a good call with Putin
"Excursion" will be over very soon
Pivoting to Cuba. He said, "takeover"
Still deflecting on the school bombing
I could call it a tremendous success right now
Their new government is "nobodies". (Whatever...nobodies can be just as brutal as somebodies)
Not making any sense about eliminating new leadership.

Smokster

(17 posts)
11. "who will get blamed when the cost of everything comes due? "
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 06:00 PM
17 hrs ago

Poor people. Same as it ever was.


“The history of mankind shows that from the beginning of the world, the rich of all countries have been in a permanent state of conspiracy to keep down the poor of all countries, and for this plain reason – because the poverty of the poor man is essential to the riches of the rich man. No matter by what means they may disguise their operations, the rich are everlastingly plundering, debasing and brutalising the poor. All the crimes and superstitions of human nature have their origin in this cannibal warfare of riches against poverty. The desire of one man to live on the fruits of another’s labour is the original sin of the world. It is this which fills the world with faction and hypocrisy and has made all past history to be what Gibbon so justly described ‘a record of the crimes, absurdities and calamities of mankind’. It is the parent injustice from which all injustice springs.”

--James Bronterre O'Brien

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