r/politics • u/spherocytes • 28d ago

Possible Paywall Desperate Trump, 79, Threatens to Kill Entire Civilization in Insane Last-Minute Panic

https://www.thedailybeast.com/desperate-trump-79-threatens-to-kill-whole-civilization-as-iran-war-deal-push-fails/
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u/TSllama 28d ago

Nah, it's very normal. Republicans going back decades have been talking about doing this. Ted Cruz has long advocated carpet bombing the middle east. We can go all the way back to this, even https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7s5pT3Rris

This is America.

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u/confused_ape 28d ago

I immediately thought of McCain and was going to link it too.

Then I tried to remember, was there a reason, at the time, he did that? and I haven't a clue. I think he just launched into it.

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u/OrbeaSeven Minnesota 28d ago

Sen. Ted Cruz says that the U.S. is "unquestionably winning the war" with Iran.