It appears that Trump has Shingles which I’m sure is causing him quite a bit of pain. It probably explains why he’s been wearing his hat all the time — he can’t use his hairspray. easily — and why he hasn’t been in public much. But unless he’s on very strong pain meds, that doesn’t explain this:
Remember, it was in the middle of a medal of honor ceremony as he has ordered the country to go to war with Iran:
His doctor just said he was using a cream on his neck without announcing that he has shingles. But that’s almost certainly what he has. I had them in the same place. Combined with the stress and his age, he’s not feeling well at all. That can’t be good for the world.
What we’re seeing is Pete Hegseth out there saying insane nonsense while Rubio is very carefully suggesting that they decided to move because they knew that Israel was going in and that Iran would strike U.S. bases in reaction. He didn’t mention the nuclear rationale or regime change. He said it was about destroying their military capability, period.
I guess that’s the Iran version of the Venezuela plan. “We’re going to wreck the place and if you’re good boys and agree to do our bidding (read: oil) we’ll let you do whatever you want to your own people. We’ll even help by encouraging them to protest and try to overthrow the government so you’ll know who they are and can kill them later. ” (That’s what Bush Sr. did at the end of the first Gulf War which is known as the betrayal of the Shiites and the Kurds.)
I look forward to hearing the Jake Tappers of the world condemn the betrayal of the Iranian people as energetically as they condemned Biden for fulfilling his (and Trumps!) promise to leave Afghanistan after 20 years of war.