Trump postpones military strikes on Iranian power plants (www.reuters.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 11:36
https://lemmy.world/post/44630389

and productive conversations with Iran and he will order the military ​to postpone any military ​strikes against Iranian power plants ⁠and energy infrastructure for five ​days.

Trump’s move followed a threat by ​Iran to attack Israel’s power plants and those supplying U.S. bases ​across the Gulf region if ​the U.S. targets Iran’s power network.

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redlemace@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 11:41 next collapse

Taco time! The one thing bully’s can’t stand is a victim fighting back

einkorn@feddit.org on 23 Mar 11:41 next collapse

It’s never too early for TACO Tuesday!

kmartburrito@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 12:43 collapse
SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 11:50 next collapse

Sounds like someone sat him down and explained what those desalination plants do.

Stern@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 11:52 next collapse

Doubt he cares in that regard but probably did when someone mentioned that without power Iran oil can’t get produced, and that’ll cause prices to jump even higher.

SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 12:02 collapse

I imagine the people who chop up reporters and put them in suitcases have reminded him.

Velypso@sh.itjust.works on 23 Mar 16:53 collapse

Iran?

SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 16:55 collapse
Buffalox@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 12:00 next collapse

I’m not sure Trump would care very much about that, what difference does it make to him if a bunch of Muslims don’t have water?
He might even see that as a win/win.
To Trump it’s all about the oil, and increasing oil prices making it harder for him (Republicans) to win the mid terms, even with all the cheating they have planned.

SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 12:06 next collapse

He definitely cares about what the Saudis want, it’s a big part of why he’s in this mess. He’s taken billions in bribes from dangerous people.

He doesn’t care about the people for sure, but the people who pull his chain need that water.

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 12:14 collapse

Or Trump just claims the Saudis could do more to help, and their failure to do so makes it their own fault.

BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 12:37 collapse

He may still have an exit strategy

unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de on 23 Mar 12:15 collapse

I assume Israel also isnt very happy right now because they have had hundreds of casualties in the last few days alone from Iranian missile strikes. I think its getting a bit too spicy for them too at this point.

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 12:28 collapse

IDK, Netanyahu wants to destabilize the entire middle east, so Israel can be the #1 dominant force there, seems like Iran is helping him a lot with that.
I bet that to him a few casualties in Israel is just collateral damage.

Anyways, if it’s going bad for Israel, that makes me happy. Israel 100% needs to be reigned in.
If it’s going bad for Trump that also makes me happy, because Republicans need to get seriously unpopular in USA, then maybe a path will finally be opened for USA to progress away from their sociopathic polices.

For USA this is 100% moronic, because USA had a lot of control of the middle east, and this will make USA lose a lot possibly all of that.

datendefekt@feddit.org on 23 Mar 12:49 collapse

About Israels plans to destabilize the middle east: do they really think that everyone will just peacefully accept that Israel forced them into this mess? Land of eye for am eye and all that?

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 15:48 collapse

IDK, I guess they expect that with the societies broken and Arab countries abandoning USA, they will be the only country left standing.
It’s insane, just about as insane as it was for USA to enter the war.

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 12:10 next collapse

They don’t make salt??

bcgm3@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 16:02 collapse

“Den why’d dey call it da’ salination plant?”

MolochHorridus@piefed.social on 23 Mar 14:06 collapse
mlg@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 12:05 next collapse

His announcement reminds me of the fake Hitler broadcast on Hogan’s Heroes where they proclaim Germany is winning rhe war but negotiations are happening lol.

SupraMario@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 13:11 collapse

That’s pretty much it, because the IRGC said that they have had no communication with trump.

TACO’d again.

ChetManly@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 12:13 next collapse

Mmmm tacos

melsaskca@lemmy.ca on 23 Mar 12:42 next collapse

Did trump postpone those military strikes because he brutally raped those girls?

lemmyng@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 13:56 collapse

You meam Donald John Trump? The current sitting president Trump? The current president who attempted to steal the 2020 presidential election by having his groupies storm the Capital on January 6th, 2021? The same Trump who’s been convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records against adult sex worker Stormy Daniels to cover up his affair with her? The same Trump who was found to be listed in the Epstein files literally over a million times and was seen in various pictures with convicted sex offender, child rapist and arrested criminal who “hung himself” Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine “I wish her well” Maxwell?

That Trump?

andallthat@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 14:16 collapse

“John”? I had always assumed the middle J stood for Junior-fucker

chuckleslord@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 13:31 next collapse

Five days, AKA market close for the week

Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 23 Mar 13:37 next collapse

Exactly. It’s all market manipulation, one hour after market close Friday they’re going to start bombing oil fields

Steve@startrek.website on 23 Mar 15:32 collapse

So much winning

modus@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 13:36 next collapse

TACO

tristan@tarte.nuage-libre.fr on 23 Mar 14:46 next collapse

Postponed for « five days », just until markets close next Friday. This is all just one big grift.

underisk@lemmy.ml on 23 Mar 15:22 next collapse

Iran says he’s lying and there have been no discussions with any US representative. Pretty clear ploy to rig the markets; expect another empty threat on market close Friday

verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr on 23 Mar 16:40 next collapse

TACO

uberdroog@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 17:51 next collapse

It was an empty threat the whole time.

FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 19:28 collapse

I keep waiting for him to inadvertently trip down those steps and pull a Chevy Chase.