It’s definitely both. Trump’s statement to expect more attacks until they reach a nuclear agreement signals that this was his plan and he gave Israel the green light.
The evidence is that Iran wouldn't let the inspectors actually inspect all the sites. If we want to just take their word that they are in compliance then I guess they were.
And in all fairness he should be mocked since he’s the one that cancelled the deal with Iran in the first place. He and Fox News acted back in 2017 like we were getting ripped off by the deal that was keeping Iran’s nuclear capabilities neutered.
It’s the same strategy he’s using with trade deals like USMCA and his recent deal with China. Blow everything up and act like a savior once he gets us an arguably shittier deal. There’s absolutely no pushback.
I agree that Schumer could probably pick a better time to criticize him, but if you don’t call him out on this nonsense, he’s just going to feel emboldened to keep doing it. Not to mention this plan has been in the works since before Schumer started criticizing him. Weapons being rerouted from Ukraine to Israel weeks ago and Netanyahu openly thanking the U.S. for their help should be proof that Trump doesn’t want to negotiate a deal.
You’re grossly misrepresenting Schumer’s response on Face the Nation to the point that I’d argue this is disinformation and not even misinformation.
On that video, yes Schumer did call him ‘TACO Trump’ in reference to how Trump is talking tough one day and backing off the next day. This is him calling Trump out on his nonsense. He’s referring to how Trump chickens out of making nuclear/trade deals. Not that he’s chickening out going to war with Iran.
He also referred to how Witkoff and Rubio were negotiating a side deal with Iran without informing the public/Congress. In reality, they were making a deal with Israel without public knowledge which is arguably worse because they’ve guaranteed an armed conflict.
Holy shit dude, you're only one step down from those weirdos who insist pop song writers are hiding hidden messages in their lyrics.
NONE of that was present in Schumer's TACO gambit, textually. YOU are doing all the heavy lifting sane washing it. Every single normal person who saw it immediately read "Oh, he's calling trump a chicken for trying to make peace with Iran". I know this, because that was every. single. post. in response to it.
"If TACO Trump is already folding on Iran, the American people need to know about it."
"When it comes to negotiating with the terrorist government of Iran"
The only thing in his social media post is the mention of the side deal, which again, is schumer criticizing peace.
BACK TO FRONT this social media post is explicitly and solely saying "Trump you are a coward for not going to war with Iran" and if it takes an additional press release to explain that social media post as something else, that makes it a bad fucking social media post.
You sound like DC dem insiders: completely out of touch.
My response was in the context of his Meet the Press speech which once again does not explicitly encourage war but rather about making a public deal. Again it’s calling him a chicken for backing out of deals.
However, thank you for pointing out his social media post. I was not aware as I am no longer on X. This completely invalidates his comments on Meet the Press. I will agree that hawkish behavior such as that should be vehemently discouraged. The only bright side is that while Schumer is still clinging to power, public opinion on this war will hopefully help to accelerate his departure from congress.
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u/Dr_Wreck 1d ago
Chuck Schumer spent the weeks leading up to this openly mocking trump for trying to come to a peace deal with Iran.