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'Locked and Loaded': Terrified Trump threatens to 'decimate' all Iran in late-night post

Trump Threatens Iran, and the State Makes the Rest of Us PayPower Is Doing the TalkingThe core fact here is not Trump’s wounded ego. It is that the president of the United States is publicly threatening to “decimate” an entire country, claiming the military is “ready, willing, and able” to do it. That is institutional power speaking without restraint. It is not confusion, and it is not diplomacy. It is a president turning personal fear into state violence.The Story Tries to Make This Sound ReactiveThe article gestures toward a Wall Street Journal report that Iranian plotting may be under…

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