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Related: About this forumBombshell reason for Trump's Iran attack surges into news - Brian Tyler Cohen
- Trump allegedly justifies military action against Iran by claiming Iran interfered in the 2020 and 2024 U.S. elections to stop him a claim tied to a dubious article from Just the News.
- Brian frames this as wagging the dog a distraction from Trumps domestic unpopularity, policy failures, and scandals, echoing his own past accusations against Obama.
- Trumps goal may be to legitimize election interference claims, using war as a pretext to later justify suspending or altering election rules via executive order in 2026 and beyond.
- A draft White House memo reportedly cites legally dubious statutes (like IEEPA and NEA) to claim emergency powers over voting powers the Supreme Court previously rejected for tariffs.
- Legal expert Marc Elias calls the memo bonkers and unconstitutional, vowing to sue if Trump acts on it but warns media outlets are legitimizing the theory by calling it plausible.
- The video concludes Trump is an aspiring autocrat who prioritizes self-preservation over democracy, using war and conspiracy theories to consolidate power and hes too ham-handed to hide his motives.
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Bombshell reason for Trump's Iran attack surges into news - Brian Tyler Cohen (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
8 hrs ago
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sheshe2
(96,967 posts)1. We are well and truly ****ed!
enid602
(9,632 posts)2. Kompromat
The Irani leader spent much time the last couple of weeks on social media, saying that the infamous Iraní intelligence agency had given him much dirt on Trump. No doubt Epstein related.
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,009 posts)3. Interesting, enid602!
That was an AWFUL LOT of "Obama/Iran" references Trump was throwing out there in 2010. I believe you're right. As Brian Tyler Cohen says ..............it's very possible.
Wonder Why
(6,764 posts)4. "bombshell" is a good description of any war.
surfered
(12,768 posts)5. He's an idiot who believes whatever junk he sees on rw web sites