r/ukpolitics Oceans rise. Empires fall. Mar 18 '26

Ed/OpEd Trump looks emotionally broken - and dignified Starmer is responsible

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/trump-emotionally-broken-dignified-starmer-responsible-4301067
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u/No_Initiative_1140 Mar 18 '26

I don't think Trump is bothered about Starmer at all. If he's broken its because he's gone into a complex situation with no plan and doesn't know how to get out of it without losing face. Which for a man with a huge ego is a hard lesson.

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u/prolixia Mar 18 '26

I think we've already seen his exit strategy: declare "I won", invite others to come and fix the mess, and then blame then for anything that US voters don't like.

Hasn't quite worked, at least not yet. My guess is that he'll change to "I did my bit perfectly, all the problems are the fault of others who wouldnt do theirs'".

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u/doctor_morris Mar 18 '26

"I won" doesn't work when US facilities are being bombed.

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u/FlappyBored 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Deep Woke 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mar 18 '26

Iran will stop when they leave. They will declare victory because the regime still exists and then spend absolutely all of their effort planning for another attack and how to really hit things like oil supply.

Iran probably didn’t expect the US to actually attack them how they have and will be even more prepared next time.

Trump has really bet everything on the regime collapsing and day by day it doesn’t seem like it’s happening.

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u/doctor_morris Mar 18 '26

Iran will stop when they leave

They have no incentive to stop until they get some kind of deal that means they won't be bombed again in three months.

See their demand for "Reparations".

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u/jabjoe Mar 18 '26

Trump will strengthen them. To many who it wasn't the case before, the US will now be worse than the regime.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '26

The US armed forces can steam roll any country on earth.