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Trump’s dumbstruck response to missile strikes revealed: 'April Fool's?’
The Empire That Forgot Its Own TimelineThe Power Was Already TheirsThe source story tries to center Trump as a startled victim of Iranian unpredictability, as if the problem begins when missiles fly back. That is a false starting point. The U.S. holds the military power, the airbases, the negotiating leverage, and the ability to launch or cancel strikes. Iran can retaliate. The Trump administration can initiate escalation.The article itself says Trump had already sent negotiators to Iran, had already been involved in the war, and had already considered a strike on Iranian energy…
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