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World News See other World News Articles Title: Trump Allegedly Nervous About Pompeo and Bolton Trying to Force Him Into War in Iran Hey I’m not gonna hold my breath, but good news is good news. I can’t really see why this would be fake news. Washington Post: The Trump administration has been on high alert in response to what military and intelligence officials have deemed specific and credible threats from Iran against U.S. personnel in the Middle East. But President Trump is frustrated with some of his top advisers, who he thinks could rush the United States into a military confrontation with Iran and shatter his long-standing pledge to withdraw from costly foreign wars, according to several U.S. officials. Trump prefers a diplomatic approach to resolving tensions and wants to speak directly with Iran’s leaders. Disagreements over assessing and responding to the recent intelligence — which includes a directive from Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that some American officials interpret as a threat to U.S. personnel in the Middle East — are also fraying alliances with foreign allies, according to multiple officials in the United States and Europe. Trump grew angry last week and over the weekend about what he sees as warlike planning that is getting ahead of his own thinking, said a senior administration official with knowledge of conversations Trump had regarding national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “They are getting way out ahead of themselves, and Trump is annoyed,” the official said. “There was a scramble for Bolton and Pompeo and others to get on the same page.” Bolton, who advocated regime change in Iran before joining the White House last year, is “just in a different place” from Trump, although the president has been a fierce critic of Iran since long before he hired Bolton. Trump “wants to talk to the Iranians; he wants a deal” and is open to negotiation with the Iranian government, the official said. “He is not comfortable with all this ‘regime change’ talk,” which to his ears echoes the discussion of removing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein before the 2003 U.S. invasion, said the official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations. When asked about the accounts of Trump’s frustration with Bolton, National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis said, “This reporting doesn’t accurately reflect reality.” Trump is not inclined to respond forcefully unless there is a “big move” from the Iranians, a senior White House official said. Still, the president is willing to respond forcefully if there are American deaths or a dramatic escalation, the official said. Of course, all that means is that Bolton and Pompeo need to create American deaths. Pompeo is the former head of the CIA, so I assume he can get that done pretty quick. Trump need not even know, and I guarantee he won’t call Alex Jones up and ask him for the details. Ivanka probably asked to borrow his phone and deleted AJ’s number. While Trump grumbles about Bolton somewhat regularly, his discontent with his national security adviser is not near the levels it reached with Rex Tillerson when he served as Trump’s secretary of state, the official added. Trump denied any “infighting” related to his Middle East policies in a tweet on Wednesday. “There is no infighting whatsoever,” Trump said. “Different opinions are expressed and I make a decisive and final decision — it is a very simple process. All sides, views, and policies are covered. I’m sure that Iran will want to talk soon.” … Military officials have described themselves as torn between their desire to avoid open confrontation with Iran and their concern about the recent intelligence, which led the commander of the U.S. Central Command, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie Jr., to request a host of additional military assets, including an aircraft carrier and strategic bombers. Multiple officials said uniformed officers from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, led by its chairman, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., have been among the leading voices articulating the costs of war with Iran. Other officials said the view that deterrence rather than conflict was required was “monolithic” across the Pentagon and was shared by civilian officials led by acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan, whom Trump nominated last week to remain in the job but who has not yet been confirmed by the Senate. As the tensions have intensified, Shanahan has been in touch multiple times a day with other senior leaders, including Bolton, Pompeo and Dunford, officials said. Some defense officials have described Bolton’s more aggressive approach as troubling. Defense officials said that they are considering whether they will field additional weaponry or personnel to the Persian Gulf region to strengthen their deterrent against possible action by Iran or proxy groups, but that they hope additional deployments will prevent rather than fuel attacks. Trump’s fears of entangling the United States in another war have been a powerful counterweight to the more bellicose positions of some of his advisers. Good to know, good to know… hope it’s true… Trump has called the Iraq War a massive and avoidable blunder, and his political support was built in part on the idea that he would not repeat such a costly expenditure of American blood and treasure. A new deal with Iran, which Trump has said he could one day envision, would be a replacement for the international nuclear compact he left last year that was forged by the Obama administration. Trump’s early policy on Iran, which predated Bolton’s arrival, was aimed at neutralizing the pact and clearing the way for an agreement he thought would more strictly keep Iran in check. … Trump’s anger over what he considered a more warlike footing than he wanted was a main driver in Pompeo’s decision last weekend to suddenly cancel a stop in Moscow and on short notice fly instead to Brussels, where he sought meetings on Monday with the European nations that are parties to the Iran nuclear deal, two officials said. Pompeo was not accorded the symbolic welcome of joining their joint Iran-focused meeting. Instead, he met with foreign ministers one by one. Pompeo’s visit was meant to convey both U.S. alarm over the recent intelligence on Iran and Washington’s desire for diplomacy, not war, two officials said. But European leaders, who have been watching the febrile atmosphere in Washington with alarm, have not been convinced, according to conversations with 10 European diplomats and officials from seven countries, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive assessments of Washington and Tehran. Pompeo “didn’t show us any evidence” about his reasons Washington is so concerned about potential Iranian aggression, said one senior European official who took part in one of Pompeo’s meetings. The official’s delegation left the meeting unconvinced of the American case and puzzled about why Pompeo had come at all. There’s no evidence because it’s fake intelligence from the Mossad. Telling the American people about “secret information about a secret Iranian plan” is weird enough, but taking it to European officials is simply bizarre. As far as the reason he went there – it was to feel them out. Honestly, it’s very unlikely Trump has any kind of ideological commitment to not doing a war, it’s simply that he knows how totally unpopular it is – with his base, with the country, with the entire world. So Pompeo and Bolton’s main goal – I am quite certain – is to give Trump the illusion that this war will make people happy. What absolute lunatics these two are. They’re not even Jews. They simply love war. Where do you even find such crazy people? Many officials in European capitals said they fear that conflict with Iran could have a cascading effect on their relations with Washington, ripping open divisions on unrelated issues. They distrust Trump’s Iran policy, fearing that key White House advisers are ginning up rationales for war. And leaders need to win reelection from citizens who hold Trump in low regard and would punish them for fighting alongside Americans on the Iran issue. … Anxieties over the heightened threat environment spilled over into Capitol Hill on Wednesday during a classified briefing. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) argued that the intelligence warranted an escalation against Iran, said one person with knowledge of the briefing. In response, Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) accused her of exaggerating the threat in what the person described as a “very heated exchange.” HAH! It is apparently hard to find these people – you have to actually go to the daughter of one of the main promoters of the last war! Anyway. I think it’s true Trump doesn’t want to go to war in Iran. But so far, it’s also true that he will do pretty much anything Jared Kushner tells him to do, whether he wants to do it or not. So I don’t think his reluctance to bomb Iran means very much at all. 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Ziondon: "Look, do a deal with me or those lunatic neocons I am saddled with will provoke a nuclear attack and eliminate Iran from the map." Reminder that Sheldon ZioVampire Adelson, the wind beneath The Donald's wings, threw 10s of million$ in the hat for Trump to take out Iran. DJT the next FDR. https://m.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Adelson-US-should-drop-atomic-bomb-on-Iran- 329641/amp https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/us/politics/adelson-trump-republican-donor.amp.html https://features.propublica.org/trump-inc-podcast/sheldon-adelson-casino-magnate-trump-macau- and-japan/ https://theintercept.com/2019/04/08/netanyahu-thanks-trump-sanctioning-iran-request-eve-israeli- election/ I have much more.... but even a blind man can see where this is going.
The coup against both failed. Coup against FDR you might be asking? Yes. The plotters went to Marine Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler to lead the troops and he turned them all in. That coup never got off the ground. The coup against Trump failed also. ;)
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