Trump may have given Iran a $500 bln money spinner (www.reuters.com)
from floofloof@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 04 Apr 04:34
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tal@lemmy.today on 04 Apr 05:16 next collapse

On the other ‌hand, what the U.S. president calls a “lovely stay” in the Gulf is so unpopular with American voters that he may quit without restoring the free flow of tankers. Trump said on Tuesday he will finish the war in two to three weeks even if there is no deal

I doubt that that’s because Trump is concerned about the popularity so much as that if he doesn’t get an AUMF from Congress, that’s about how much time he has left.

So he’s going to want to declare victory, regardless of what the situation is, at that point.

Stern@lemmy.world on 04 Apr 06:10 collapse

… if he doesn’t get an AUMF from Congress, that’s about how much time [2-3 weeks] he has left

Trump says 2 weeks you can interpret that as forever or never. It’s a well documented Trumpism.

pmk@piefed.ca on 04 Apr 06:27 collapse

If Trump was an old school italian mafia guy, his nickname could be Donnie Two Weeks.

manxu@piefed.social on 04 Apr 06:37 collapse

It’s not just the reality of Iran being able to do it. Iran also has huge reconstruction costs due to the bombing campaign.