In between building his ballroom, invading Venezuela, threatening Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Greenland with military strikes, Trump is injecting himself into the Iran protests by threatening more violence:
The options being presented to Trump would range from targeted strikes inside Iran to offensive cyber attacks, one official granted anonymity to discuss ongoing conversations said, adding that the administration would want to avoid options that create massive civilian impact so things that can be tailored to targeting Iran’s military forces are preferable. The administration is also looking at whether it can send terminals for Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service, a former U.S. official said.
“We could step up the pressure campaign in a number of ways,” the official said. “The window [for the President to take action] is small but the people are angry.”
Trump is not expected to send American forces to the country, and the second official said at the moment no large troop or asset movements are currently in the works. Some in the administration fear that U.S. action might inflame tensions in the Middle East or backfire in its attempt to help the escalating protest movement.
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“I think Trump will bomb them, because he said so,” said a Republican foreign policy strategist, granted anonymity to speak candidly about possible military action. The person added that likely targets if Trump is looking to send a message to Iran’s leaders would be regime symbols and oil infrastructure.
The regime over the weekend has stepped up repression and violence against protesters.
A crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran has killed at least 538 people and even more are feared dead, activists said Sunday, while Tehran warned that the U.S. military and Israel would be “legitimate targets” if America uses force to protect demonstrators.
He’s also taking over the municipal golf courses, pushing ICE to stop protests by any means necessary and planning several monuments to himself, including desecrating the West Wing of the White House.
He can do it all, I guess, with the knowledge that he’s gotten away with blindly implementing every impulse he’s ever had. Why shouldn’t he think he can just order every thought that passes through his head? He is morally empty, emotionally stunted and intellectually bankrupt and nobody ever stops him.