Donald Trump ripped into Iran and Israel for violating a ceasefire deal within hours of his triumphant announcement.

“You basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f— they’re doing! Do you understand that?” he told reporters Tuesday morning on his way to the NATO summit in The Hague.

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    Almost like announcing something on “truth” social doesn’t automatically make it the truth. They probably didn’t even know anything about a cease fire until his post.

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      It’s an old grift. If you don’t want to actually do something, but you still want credit for doing it, then just say that you’re doing it. Many people will be tricked.

      It’s the same reason the Nazis called themselves “socialists” despite never supporting socialism.

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      His obsession with the Nobel peace price is really what’s driving all this. He’s been willing to do deals nobody else would make just to get that recognition, and it’s ironically inflaming more conflict.

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        His obsession with the Nobel peace price is really what’s driving all this

        Nah, it’s much more simple than even that: he’s just a malignant narcissist and a colossal idiot who happens to have a talent for grifting. Everything he’s ever done has been because of that combo.

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        If he wanted a Nobel peace prize he should have just committed genocide. That’s what most of the others did.

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              To be fair, geopolitics is complicated. Ever seen The Good Place? I suspect it’s pretty difficult to stay totally uninvolved in war crimes as a major world leader. The Doug Forcetts of geopolitics don’t do much evil, but they don’t do enough good to get peace prizes either.

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        I would think truly being a mediator would require not playing both sides of the negotiating table for your own ego inflation, but I’m no global affairs expert

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          This is why he’s in the white house and we’re not /s

          you know you’re not supposed to tell me you’re playing both sides right?

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      Only those not living under a rock for the past 50 years

      Or those not being all coked up for the past 50 years

      Or those not busy with Epstein kids

      Or those…

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    It’s a Good Thing he WASNT wearing a Tan Suit while dropping F bombs! THAT would have been Disrespectful!

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    “You basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f— they’re doing! Do you understand that?”

    Yes, we all understood that for a long time, and not just with this conflict - ironic you would say they “don’t know what the f- they’re doing”, though. Who would have thought diplomacy requires more than “I’m the ‘big guy’, so they’ll naturally listen to anything I have to say”. Who would have thought these long standing conflicts would require more than saying “let there be peace” to solve.

    We all, nameless citizens of the world, have known it for a long time - even though we can’t do much about it - about Israel/Iran, about Russia/Ukraine, and so on. While you, toddler living in a golden bubble that you are, have been focusing exclusively on golfing and how to perfect the art of the grift, as well as securing golden parachutes from your grifter friends each time you manage to bankrupt a casino. So now you get to the big chair and think the chair is what gives you power, when in fact it was most of your predecessors’ hard work that gave so much power to the POTUS chair. The same power you’re now imploding.

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    At this point I’m wondering if there really was a ceasefire.

    Everything this guy says is a lie until proven otherwise.

    If I were a betting man, it seems very likely he just made the whole thing up. Perhaps he pitched the idea and was turned down by either Israel or Iran (probably both). Went to social media to proclaim his victory. Leading both countries to attach each other to show the whole thing was bullshit.

    Let’s not forget, he claimed he was the lynch pin behind the India and Pakistan ceasefire, only to have both sides say he wasn’t involved at all.

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        nationalism gave us the hubris to think we were impervious to fascism. now we have a convicted felon rapist manbaby, completely immune to any consequence whatsoever, calling all the shots while our peaceful protesters are abducted by masked goons

        barely 250 years. pathetic

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          nationalism gave us the hubris to think we were impervious to fascism.

          Which is absurd, as the fascist nations were overwhelmingly nationalist first and foremost.

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          Okay, 250 years isn’t too bad. France’s last government started in the 60s. And they’ve had a lot. But that’s France. The US has the longest lasting fully used constitution in the world. It’s just that a lot of it has been ignored over the years.

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        Most MAGA don’t care about women anyway. They view women as sub-human. Even the MAGA women defend this.

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        It turns out conservatives are offended by sex, not sexual assault. They’re historically pretty okay with that one.

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          “offended by sex” is just a smoke and mirrors cover for what really grinds their gears: women making their own decisions. especially when a decision contradicts what they’re told to do by men

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      Great point. Trump has never once showed a hint of empathy and only sees things from his own perspective.

      Whether he’s talking about sexually assaulting women or using the military to assault another country, it’s all very similar to him.

      Trump’s many obvious deficiencies make him one of the least qualified people to negotiate peace with other countries.

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        Oddly he sounds like my ex wife - completely without empathy unless its about her pain- which should command center stage at all times.

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    Whoever produced The Apprentice should commit seppuku in atonement for helping Trump build his platform.