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"As this now becomes the seventh country Trump has bombed just since being back in office for one year, cui bono, who benefits? It seems like a disturbingly easy qustion to answer. Why has the US government been pushed in this direction? Follow the money. Why is Donald Trump willing to let that happen? Well, with this president, sadly, we keep learning over and over that the easiest answer is almost always the truest one."

~ Rachel Maddow

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https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/why-trump-war-iran-benefits

MS NOW

Who benefits from Trump’s war in Iran? The answer is disturbingly clear

There's no four-dimensional chess here. There's just the president, and what we know he's like.

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 8 hours ago

"He does not play four-dimensional chess. There's just him and what we know he's like. This president appears to have grown his enormous and excitable new appetite for military intervention in just this one year back in office apparently just became he thinks war is easy. It's exciting."

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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 8 hours ago

"It earns him not only close attention but even occasionally plaudits from the very serious people who are professionally inclined that there's some rationale, some strategery, some good thinking behind the start of every war, particularly in the Middle East. …

He sees war as something he gets to do on his own say-so, in a baseball hat from home, that is exciting, that is controversial, that is all about him, &, not for nothing, it's the world's greatest change of subject."

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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 8 hours ago

"In his election night victory speech in November 2024, Trump told his supporters: 'I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars.' Two months later, in his inaugural address, he went even further in trying to establish himself as a global peacemaker. 'We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end – and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.', he said"

~ Mohamad Bazzi

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/01/trump-promised-no-wars-now-hes-a-bush-style-regime-change-president

the Guardian

Trump promised no wars. Now he’s a Bush-style regime change president | Mohamad Bazzi

The America First president who built his political brand on opposing foreign military adventures has unleashed a war of choice aimed at regime change

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 8 hours ago

"And yet in his first year back in office, Trump bombed seven countries: Yemen, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia and Venezuela."

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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 8 hours ago

"I understand the inclination to believe that Trump is acting erratically when he seemingly arbitrarily bombs Iran. But this is the culmination of a long-term plan for which the chief beneficiary is, unsurprisingly, himself. ...

Let’s be clear: Trump doesn’t care about foreign countries meddling in our elections. If he did, he’d be bombing Russia right now."

~ Brian Tyler Cohen

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https://plus.briantylercohen.com/p/the-real-reason-for-trumps-iran-bombing

The real reason for Trump's Iran bombing

Trump is nothing if not self-interested. His attack against Iran helps him and his party more than meets the eye.

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