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Rugian rank	Sun Apr 19 19:14:20 WSJ: Trump’s Iran war decisions, social media posts are improvised, he screamed at aides ‘for hours’ when jet was shot down . US President Donald Trump has been making key decisions about the war in Iran in a slapdash manner without input from his advisers, and was eager for a ceasefire to address rising fuel prices, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Throughout the war, Trump was focused on tactical metrics like how many Iranian targets were destroyed, and enjoyed seeing footage of spectacular explosions in Iran, US officials say. When he learned that two US pilots were shot down over Iran, Trump screamed at aides “for hours,” according to the report. His team kept him away from the situation room, because “they believed his impatience wouldn’t be helpful,” according to a senior administration official. After the second airman was rescued in a dramatic US operation, Trump unleashed a series of threats on Truth Social. On the morning of Easter Sunday, Trump wrote, “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell,” and signed off with “Praise be to Allah.” Republican senators and Christian leaders called the White House that day, concerned about the president using vulgar language and a Muslim saying on Easter, according to the report. Trump told an adviser that he came up with the Allah line himself in order to scare the Iranians to the negotiating table by seeming unstable. His threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight” days later was also done off-the-cuff without coordination with advisers, according to administration officials, and was another Trump move to try to spook the Iranians and get them to agree to a deal. A major reason for Trump’s eagerness to reach a deal with the Iranians is the economic pressure created by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the report says, with some White House officials surprised at how quickly and easily the Iranians were able to shut down the waterway. According to WSJ, Trump has also marveled at how easily “a guy with a drone” can close Hormuz. CEOs of energy companies expressed their concerns to Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about closure’s impact on the energy market, which at times seemed to weigh heavily on Trump’s considerations — while at other times the US president showed that he was willing to keep fighting. Trump’s frequent phone interviews with the press were also not coordinated with his press team, who have told him that he should curtail his media appearances because of the contradictory messages that he was putting out. He listened to them for a short time, then went back to speaking with multiple media outlets every day. His senior advisers pushed him to give an address, but Trump was skeptical, the report says. “What would he say? He couldn’t declare victory. He didn’t know where it was going,” reports the Journal. In the end he gave the talk on April 1, but didn’t clarify how the war would end or do much to increase support. Trump has tried to shift attention to pet projects, including the renovation of the White House ballroom and the 250th anniversary of American independence, aides say. https://ww...-for-hours-when-jet-shot-down/
tumbleweed rank	Sun Apr 19 19:26:54 "Donald Trump has been making key decisions about the war in Iran in a slapdash manner without input from his advisers" how unusual for him... " His threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight” days later was also done off-the-cuff without coordination with advisers, according to administration officials " you need sources? is the transparently obvious to me really not so obvious to others? (^genuine question... did anyone believe there was a plan to end their civilization (or even the 'all bridges & all power plants' that he's restating today)
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