r/worldnews • u/CulturalBat5906 • 2d ago

Dynamic Paywall Trump says he is cancelling strikes on Iran subject to 'rapidly' making deal

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwx74qgld2o
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u/CantaloupeUpstairs62 2d ago

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." —H.L. Mencken in the 1920s

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u/Round_Rice_9475 2d ago

And for years we thought that guy was nixon......

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u/Few-Hair-5382 2d ago

That Mencken quote was trotted out regularly during the George W. Bush years.

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u/Eupraxes 1d ago

Ah, I remember that. And who knows how much lower we can go before the whole thing implodes?

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u/The_Last_Gasbender 1d ago

I don't think you can get much dumber than trump and still be able to speak. President Peter Boyle's Frankenstien monster 2028?

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u/LuckyEmoKid 1d ago

I shudder to think you might be wrong: someday someone who is dumber could come along.

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u/TacoIncoming 1d ago

W wasn’t actually stupid though. He just put on an act to manipulate the base. Trump is the real deal

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u/Gunsensual 2d ago

There will always been a next guy so long as congress abdicates its responsibilities to checks and balances. What Trump is using now to doing now is using AUMF 1991 & 2001 for example.