Doesn’t calling it illegal kinda say the administration is smart to circumvent Congress?

Question, how can one claim to MAGA but trample the very constitution that made America?

Just by claiming the other side is worse. It’s so spineless.

👆🏼🤡

Where, in Iran? You are totally opaque

Just to be crystal clear: He doesn't care about laws and legality.

trump says: I have 100% Immunity. Thanks SCOTUS.

Legal/illegal are now only words to argue over.

Fully illegal but also fully legitim. Both are correct.

Just to be crystal clear: Trump doesn't give a flying fuck about "illegal", or about consequences. He never has and never will.

Why would he? He's never actually faced consequences for any of his actions.

Yes, but we all know that tRump doesn't give a rat's ass about the law. Never has. Never will. DON'T FEED THE OLIGARCHS

I keep hearing people say Bush was able to do it and get funding for his war that was never declared a war. Did Bush get some kind of congressional approval in order to get thr funding?

Yes.

What will Dems do about it, send a strongly worded letter? 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

America has become the biggest freaking patsy for Israelis lying. Now, let Iran and its proxies level Israel 🇮🇱 to the damn ground. May American servicemen and women protect their 6 -12 like no other.

That's OK. Congress will pass a resolution Monday and just back date it.

This wouldn’t happen if Trump was President

What does he care, he gets away with everything!!!! 🤬

💯

It's the Fourth Reich. Has been all along.

As a collection of institutions, the USA now exists solely for the purpose of war, massacres and enabling genocides. All else is secondary. Both parties, all legacy media, will -always- fall in line and cheer for more bombs, more power to pursue further violence and dominance.

this may or may not be true but if democrats bank on this moving any needle it will be the needle against them. No one gives a shit, honestly.

How is it illegal? He’s got the authority & gave notice within 48 hours.

He didn’t get the approval of Congress. The Constitution stipulates that Congress, not the potus, authorizes military engagement. HOW do you not know this??? I’m not even American and I know this.

You’re going to need to google War Powers Resolution. Congress can declare war, they absolutely do not control the military.

I don’t think you know what the war powers resolution means. And where did I say Congress controls the military? I said that Congress, not the potus, can declare military action.

“The Constitution stipulates that Congress, not the potus, authorizes military engagement.” False. Congress declares war. War Powers gives POTUS the authority, with notice, to commit strikes like this. It’s been done by every president since 1950 save Jimmy Carter, I believe.

Sorry that should say partially false. It’s not entirely untrue.

Just to clarify further, I sincerely hate defending trump because I would pay to watch him suffer…. but I hate hypocrisy & disinformation more… The Democrats have consistently agreed that the president doesn’t need authorization for this kind of strike.

Then you should at least admit it was a stupid thing to do, and Trump is not smart.

I never said it wasn’t. Claiming it’s illegal when consensus is that it is not illegal is silly & a distraction from real issues.

I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were a constitutional expert. Did you get your degree at YouTube University?

Uhm, no.

For some unfathomable reason US Congress effectively gave away that power to the President after 9/11 (AUMF). Only Congress can DECLARE a war, but the President can unilaterally authorize these sorts of strikes as long as they inform Congress within 48hrs In other words, it was completely legal

The Constitution says otherwise. Besides, the fat felon doesn’t adhere to the law or the Constitution so it’s guaranteed he’ll do whatever the fuck he wants. He thinks all Americans should kowtow to his wishes, regardless of legality.

I just read on Threads that the regime informed R's but not Dems. Not sure if this is accurate or not.

I also don't know what the actual legal benchmark for "informing" Congress is. Totally possible that just informing the Speakers of both chambers meets the legal standard, and informing the gang of eight was convention

His social media post & TV address likely covers the legal requirements for “notice” but I don’t know for sure.

Don’t they have like group of eight they have to inform of such actions.

They do but only the four Republicans were told

Congress, not the president, has the authority to declare war. On paper, anyway. As per the Constitution, Article I, Section 8, for what it's worth.

He didn’t declare war tho.

Just to be clear, Harris would NOT have done it thehill.com/homenews/cam... Obama did NOT do it Trump LIED because Trump is a psychopathic and pathological LIAR.

#fucktrump #fuckdonaldtrump #fuckdonaldtrumpallthewaytohellandback

Yes she would have. Seriously, stop thinking that the Dems are any different! They are all cut from the same cloth. Have you forgotten about her clearly stating that she would continue with Biden's policies on Israel & had a private meeting with Netenhahu after his standing ovations from Congress?

Harris would have absolutely bombed iran same with obama- it would have just been consented by the public and would have massaged the message more.

Trump once told his head of the Pentagon to assassinate Assad. They said nothing to him and he said to his people, "we're not going to do any of that... in a few days, he won't even remember he said it." He has no one to stop him because they all resigned or were fired.

Trump is a fucking maniac!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 America has a maniac with the nuclear codes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yup. And, we gave them to him TWICE!

This is what frustrates me when I hear people resigning to avoid facing Trump's wrath. I've been in government jobs for decades and know exactly what it's like when your boss hates you for having a conscious. They find ways to fire you or to make you quit. They always are surrounded with lackeys too

And they always do the "give you an 'illegal' instruction/directive" and if you refuse, they'll try to fire you for insubordination. That's when you realize that it's better to defend yourself for refusing an illegal instruction than to quit where they'll blame you for shit. Always go down fighting

That's also why I absolutely admire Jerome Powell because he seems like a guy who's been through enough people to know he didn't have to yield. :)

If a launch requires him to type in a lengthy series of numbers, letters, lower/upper case, and various characters, I think we're all safe.

Trump is a guy who sees a menu that says "lunch" and he misreads it as LAUNCH to start a war like it's a Sid & Marty Kroft kids TV show.

🤣🤣🤣 💯

🤣🤣🤣yes but too bad he is surrounded by fools who can con him out of his underwear! Just offer him money!

And the Supreme Court gave him immunity. I mean, what the fucking fuck?

MOST of us know this. Congress is complicit. So sad for our USA

Yeah she would.

Oh please, big deal. Israel is all over the map with their shit money. Just in my state alone:

I'm just going to leave this here for you too... Bearing in mind HR1 Bill Israel Current Account Surplus Hits 6-Quarter High share.google/pgNRN5hAh0OZ...

Yes... precisely!

Unless it was an official act. Apparently.

Why aren’t the Dems taking action?! This lunatic needs to be removed from office NOW! He’s too unhinged to be running a blender, much less a huge, powerful country! #Impeach

You mean you don’t trust him with potato gun let alone the most powerful military in the world.

What action? You say this like the Dems can just roll up and kick him out. Impeachment takes a majority in the House and a 2/3 majority to convict in the Senate. Why aren’t Republicans taking action? They’re the ones in power right now.

I hadn’t expected them to be able to do anything, but I wasn’t even seeing or hearing anything from Dems at first.

And completely stupid

You have a pre-Trump mindset.

Like pretty much everything else he’s doing and he doesn’t care. NO ONE is stopping him which is why we’re here

It's simple. We kill the Batman

Technically, is it? We bomb things all the time without congressional approval. They don't classify this as war.

I don't think it was illegal. The War Powers Resolution requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours if military forces are sent into hostilities without a declaration of war, and the military engagement must end within 60 days unless Congress authorizes its continuation.

Illegal or not ? Whatever it's certainly legitime. Considering Iran building nuclear weapons and the clear intentions and declarations to destroy Israel.

Except, we have no idea if it was even temporarily successful without inspectors. Being bombed will reinforce their resolve to acquire nuclear weapons, and now we have the revenge to contend with.

No idea ? Are you serious ? Everyone knows the military intentions of nuclear Iranian program. Revenge ? Whatever certainly less harmful than an Iran with a completed military nuclear.

They have been telling us Iran was months away from a nuclear bomb for decades, when I said we have no idea if it was successful I meant we don't know if they were actually destroyed or if they moved them before bombing. Risk of revenge is now more imminent.

Iran would have had nuclear military weapons. No one believes the opposite. Just look the increased % of nuclear enrichment status. Again .. whatever revenge certainly less harmful than an Iran with a functionally completed nuclear weapons.

More illegal than selling crypt🤡 from the Whitehouse

If the Iranian regime falls what becomes of the 500+kg of fissionable material they already have? Wouldn’t it be an absolute necessity to put boots on the ground to secure it?

Ah, but doing it as the president is fine. Any act committed as president is legal now, thanks to the Supreme Court. The people who carried out these acts may not find much protection though.

Meanwhile!!! They're all co-consperitors to it!!! bsky.app/profile/muel...

Oh good Chris, I’m sure endlessly repeating “excuse me sir, that’s illegal!” is going to get Trump to change his attitude right way

I swear, it's the accuracy of this that gets me in the feels.

Yes, but the US president and his entire regime are criminals who have gotten away with crime after crime after crime. So whether or not something is illegal, doesn’t really factor into their considerations.

What crimes?

Since when does doing illegal shit stop anyone or anything these days?

Or ever

Truly! We are about 7 days away from the Purge right now.

And so?

And who’s going to do something about it…?…who?

He’s done sooo many illegal things while in office. No one ever holds him accountable.

Because thanks to the Democratic Vote (and possibly some electoral manipulation by his team) there is no-one in America with the power to prevent him. Let that sink in a while. Oh - and money - definitely a whole lot of money - is the reason.

Be crystal clear that Congress is sold and compromised.

The greatest trick the architects of January 6th ever pulled was convincing America their coup was a failure.

Trump broke the treaty Now what? Will trump b punish? NO!

Something else that is crystal clear: AG Pam Bondi..

one more thought that maybe you can get an analyst to comment on it seems HIGHLY SUSPECT that Israel first went in and took out all their ability to shoot down bombers and then magically a few days later US casually goes in? like that wasn't the plan all along? this was spontaneous? sure it was

Please remind that simple yet bone-chilling sentence into every show opening for the rest of this year if possible It cannot be forgotten like everything else the past 150 days Imagine 150 weeks from now, is any fear implausible?

Well of course it IS, but WHEN has that stopped Trump from doing what HE WANTS to do? Especially when he's surrounded with his ENABLERS who WILL NEVER HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE and he knows it!🤬

📌

He dgaf. He knows he's got the Congressional majority by the balls. If by some miracle, they impeach him (without Senate conviction), it's an exercise in futility...shaming the shameless. Been there done that. Not going back.

Impeaching without conviction is like taking a shower with your clothes on. Impeachment talk has also been a negative for undecided voters too. Republicans and lardass in WH were already using it as a cudgel.

We tried it twice. The body rejected it and the cancer has metastasized. You can't shame the shameless.

When did doing something illegal ever stop Tramp from doing anything?

Well that hasn't stopped them yet, so...

I don't know how you haven't noticed this yet but this President is above the law. No one is willing or able to hold him accountable for his many crimes. Your country is cooked.

Say what?

Accurate and Ashamed

Yep but everything trump does is illegal.

What are these spineless people in congress going to to do about it? Enough is enough!

Chris, I'm a fan of your show, but for fuck's sake, wake up and do something tangible, TRUMP DOESN'T GIVE A FUCK and while y'all are complaining, he does whatever he wants.

I talk with every single stranger about trump shit now by finding clever ways to insert in conversations. Like the nurse who was taking my blood a few days ago asked what I was up to... brought up my big garden because trump was deporting all the ag workers that will drive up food costs.

The idea that it matters doesn’t matter anymore because no one hold him accountable. Laws don’t matter if they are not enforced.

When have that ever has stopped Trump? That’s all he does. Is things that are illegal?

You tell ’em, buddy! Would it have been better to let Iran develop a nuke and then blackmail every country? What would have your intelligent move?

If only there were some form of deal...

There was a deal in place, Trump abandoned it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_C...

So it's okay for the US to sponsor terrorism, help authoritarian regimes, and hold nuclear weapons? But Iran can't because the G7 doesn't like it's leadership. What double standards! Trump would be a crater if 'not liking the leader' was a reason to bomb.

So is... Arresting people without warrant or due process... Violation of Article 1, Section 9... Ignoring court orders... Violating the Hatch Act... Pedophilia... Tax fraud... Obstruction of justice... Violation of the Espionage Act... Treason... Etc., etc... But hey, who's counting?

He’s immune

Contractors*

Is there a Contract out on Trump????? Plz-o-Plz-o-Plz-o-Plz-o-Plz-o-Plz!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

No one will believe this, but I witnessed Adnan Khashoggi promise he was going to kill him in 1993 but he didn't follow through. Adnan Khashoggi - Wikipedia share.google/oWam2lHhunFL...

Start a go fund me I’d donate

Sexual assault and harassment Intimidating whitnesses Not paying co tractors Wire fraud

Forgot a couple…..Hiding classified documents in a bathroom, the sexual assault of children….

We know it's illegal, but what can we do to punish the law breaker? Over the past 6 months, we have proven that there is no penalty for violations of the Constitution or of laws when it is the POTUS who acts with impunity.

Vote out complicit republicans. Pressure Democratic reps in congress to step it up and not support anything that goes against the welfare of their constituents.

Voting is more than a year away, and the damage that can be done in that year will be awful. Plus, Cruz and Cornyn are my senators, two toadies. My rep, August Pfluger, is even worse.

I am certainly not someone who knows the answers. I can only suggest peaceful protests and harassing your political representatives.

Just finished leaving voicemails with all of my political reps. Also looked up meetings of Indivisible and 50501 within 50 miles. I suppose it's time to start making signs for the next protest.

I feel for you, I really do. The fat felon is a dangerous person to be in such a position. I’m not an American but your northern neighbour. And I hate what he has done to your country, to the relationships with other nations and what he may do in the future. Not even the next year but the next day.

That’s what rigging elections and gerrymandering are for

Here's in Texas, gerrymandering is the favorite sport of Republicans.

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Like that makes any difference in this country .. Shameful

So is pretty much everything else he has done.

That's not the main problem, though! You get that it would be equally bad either way, right? Please?!

AOC’s tweet is the exact same « procedure wasn’t respected » hand-wringing. Gutless.

No, it's the lack of a hall pass that is the problem with this particular exercise in melting Persians.

Exactly. Half the things Trump does are illegal. The problem is how immoral and cruel offensive wars are.

wont someone please think of the decorum

Throw it on the pile

Aaaannnndddd again they don’t give a shit.

I have not heard one explained definition yet. 60 days is a long chain

We've become the evil-doers along with Israel. Zero difference from Russia. Been slowly disconnecting the patriotism connections in my brain over the last few months because it hurts too bad otherwise.

The circus knows this

No conflict since 1942 have been declared wars! There is a huge loophole: govfacts.org/explainer/de...

March and call what else can we do?

Congress is not pleased with this particular overreach by TFG. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Good news, but will they act? #NoWar

If only some Republicans would grow a spine, we could possibly survive this Administration. I do not understand how out of 200+ go home at night to a wife and kids and feel good about who they support ☹️

Many are owned. Lot of Russian money in the GOP swamp. Others agree, like that hateful Stephen Miller. Sad.

Dang there laws in USA? I thought that paper bread you call constitution was just to be museum piece

And since when does the Idiot and Chief care what’s legal? So far he’s gotten away with every moronic thing to distract from his total incompetence!

Yes it is AND YET NO ONE IS HOLDING THIS GUY ACCOUNTABLE

We need to fell the dictator

Yeah Trump

Illegal? Really? Lock him up then. Smirk.

Is this UN illegal or US unconstitutional illegal?

Yes & yes.

Thanks!☺️

Good thing you let a felon do it then.

The setup for having an excuse for Martial Law. If a car exhaust backfires it will be the Iranians fault

It is sad that this needs to be pointed out tbh.

I remember Trump saying at the governors lunch "We are the federal law."

No consequences for illegal conduct after SCOTUS created immunity for the President.

Illegal yes, but with no consequences it's the same effect as being legal. Trump's presidencies in a nutshell.

The consequences could come in the form of ramped up terrorism, which can be hard to defend against.

Not wrong. I should have been more clear that just Trump himself pays no price for being a psychopath, just everyone else.

The thing is that terrorist can and have killed his status figures historically, so he might always need to be looking over his and his families shoulders. You never know how it can manifest until its too late.

Maybe there will be no consequences for the USA and Trump, but there could be for Europe. The USA actions in the Middle East over the years have put Europeans in danger radicaling young Muslims and making us targets.

I meant Trump specifically but you also make a great point here.

His entire rich cunt life

Does he do anything that isn’t. Are the ppl who can do anything actually going to? Or does this only stop when we are all dead?

And we bomb Iran, so what did he want to distract the media from….the MAGA killer who shot Dems, the illegal activities of ICE, the content of the big beautiful bill, the Ukraine war, setting the stage for military law, the parade flub???? There was one or more reasons.

And his popularity was waning

is waning

At this point, WHO the F cares about his popularity (well, HE does). GET HIM OUT before he does anymore damage. Hasn't he done enough already?! OMFG

And he insists he has great numbers. Trump is stuck in perpetual “opposite day”. What you see isn’t what you see. What you read is fake news. Facts are fiction and so on. It’s so exhausting.

Exactly! Everyone's head is spinning right now on what to protest first!

Just like a magician trick distraction don’t look here look there.

The selling off of our public lands

Trump’s phony bravado is only out done by his cruelty. Which leads to his painful incompetence which then is smothered in absolute ignorance. Expect a resurgence of radicals in the Middle East and around the world.

Last I checked, doing illegal things meant you faced grave consequences 🤔 Oh wait, Trump is a king who can do whatever he wants. Silly me 🫠

He is a king. Thanks for the fucking supreme court.

Is there a point when enough is enough??? What a pathetic administration, judicial system, house, senate, msm...not enough courage in all of them put together to make any kind of a stand, let alone filing articles of impeachment. Stand up and fight for our country!!!

Also, to be crystal clear: when has Trump been worried about doing illegal things

What makes it illegal? Sorry just not super knowledgeable here and want to learn.

I don't think it was illegal. The War Powers Resolution requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours if military forces are sent into hostilities without a declaration of war, and the military engagement must end within 60 days unless Congress authorizes its continuation.

Thanks for this!

Iran was not in a state of war with the USA, and its supposed to go through congress, the president cannot unilaterally declare war.

How is it different from the USA doing bombings in Yemen or Syria or the like? Do they get congressional approval for those? Or is it different because of the country?

To me there does not seem to be any difference, the peace loving orange turd likes bombing the shit out of people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%E....

Well, GOP was in the loop so that must've been good enough for DJT to claim "most people", right?

Full immunity courtesy of the United States Supreme Court!!!

Watch the MAGA movement pivot into War Is Peace Orwellian dogma

citizensimpeachment.com

A lot of cowards on that list!

Oh, and is anyone going to throw Trump is prison? Is congress going to be dissolved? No? Then shut the fuck up you useless mouthpiece for imperialism. Liberal idiots who construct the illusion that the US isn’t a barbaric, lawless state are part of the problem

But Netanyahu is gloating about how easily he manipulated Trump to join in his war games.

Most definitely he’s having a good laugh in the back room because it took so little!

He’s going to give him Gaza Strip for Trump hotels.

Maybe nominate him for a peace prize too.

Did our military follow illegal orders, then?

Gleeful Practically jumping up and down I've got Deja Vu of Jeff Sessions with the exact same reaction when he announced that we were going to separate children from their parents. Gleeful. Bouncing up and down.

Gleeful. Yes, exact same vibe. And the felon thanking and praising God, but choking over the word as if it burned his tongue. Someone told him this would make him a hero, earn him a peace prize and he’s such a small man he believed it.

Thank you. Its quite bold of Israel who has an illegal nuclear program which according to declasaifed documents indicated they sold from the US,to tell Iran who agreed to the arrangements of having said program to not have it. I hope Iran humbles them.

Why is Israel's nuclear program illegal?

They stole said chemical from the US and Presisent Kennedy caught on. They assinated him because he knew and was against it.

Whoo boy, ok there.

If one asserts that Israel's alleged nuclear weapons stockpile is in fact legal, then one can also assert that Iran is actually in a better legal position to develop one, having agreed to NNPT and IAEA compliance, both ow which Israel has rejected.

So the country that's accepted treaties but refuses to fully comply with those obligations is more legal than the country that hasn't signed those treaties and thus has no such obligations? Who was your international law professor, I have questions.

So far there has been no indication Iran has, or is even close to a functioning nuclear weapon, Israel has anything from 90 to 300 functional warheads, if anything Iran is more threatened by Israel that the reverse, and developing one would at least deter Israel from attacking Iran.

Ugh dude it isn't my job to teach you the basic history of this conflict or Israeli nuclear doctrine.

Why would you assume that because you don't agree with my point of view that you would need to teach me anything about the Middle-East? Nuclear doctrine is simple, those with the bombs are able to attack those without them, and Iran achieving one would mean Israel would have no leverage.

In fact, if I was Iran i'd accelerate research and at least test a low yield device as soon as possible, to deter Israel and US from further attacks... Or am I misunderstanding the MAD principle?

You're misunderstanding the entire purpose of Israel's nuclear deterrent, and what it's meant to deter, so yes.

It's no different to any other nuclear power's deterrent, the whole point of MAD is that no nuclear power can safely use nukes on any other, without risking a return strike. That's the whole point of deterrence.

Good grief. Did it not occur to you to look into this before speaking? Israel's nuclear deterrent exists to deter a coordinated ground assault from overrunning the country, not to deter other nuclear powers. Hence the only time Israel threatened to use its arsenal was during the Yom Kippur War.

So there's actually no legitimate reason for Israel to attack Iranian nuclear facilities at all then, since Iran having a nuclear deterrent would have no effect on Israel's stated self-immolation policy for it's alleged nuclear stockpile.

Four horse's arses more like

Who would have though that awesome sounding characters would turn out to be a bunch of wankers.

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I can't get over how concerned JD Vance looks here. Even he's got an air of confusion and dread plastered on his face.

Isn’t that normal for him? Actually, he knows that he is just as culpable as trump for violating the Constitution and for the Internationally illegal action of waging war on a sovereign nation. They are all war criminals now.

Hegseth’s plastered, Rubio is picking his nose.

Or wiping the coke off it?

It does look like Rubio is picking his nose. 😆

He is eyeing up his next conquest, a leather sofa across the room.

These ignorant man babies are going to destroy the Earth. Seriously.

That’s because he’s afraid he’s going to be in charge soon, and has no idea how to do the job.

Pretty sure that’s just just the stick up his ass…..

Yeah I was going to say it looks like like he sharted and isn't sure if anyone can see or smell the shit and he's wondering how long this is going to take so he can go wipe his ass.

Joe Dirt Vance always has a look of confusion on his face.. cuz he's always confused

Looks like an extra swipe of eyeliner as well.

He's a twat. Probably just shit his kaks. That waffled speech from Trump was hilarious.

probably a sofa just out of shot.

F him and his filthy wife

Is this expression not the beginning of his ascension to the throne? He seems flabbergasted at the nonsense from his boss! This isn't rational! Fear not; he will be ready to step up as soon as his boss is deemed unfit

Nah he’s just trying to look tough for the moment

I noticed that, too. He looks scared.

And Hegseth's looks like he really wants a drink

Feels like JDs about to craft a narrative, once/if things hit the fan, that he was against it all along and that was the turning point etc.

Saw someone earlier label them The Four Morons of the Apocalypse, and I'll probably stick with that.

* whoresmen

And not 1 of them has a real spine. Gear Them up and let them go die on the battlefield!

Class, today's assignment is to match each person with the character that they most closely align with.

Act of war.

Left of Hillary though?

Since when has that stopped 🍊? Clearly nothing is standing in his way and laws are irrelevant.

Even Elon’s Big Bomb had little impact.

Russians & Iranians are good at hacking. Yam Tits has bombed Putin’s drone supplier so what if they happened to come across the Epstein Files…🤔

Those in possession of the Epstein Files just forced one of their blackmailed assets to do their bidding.

The majority of the American voters don't care about the Epstein files.

I think if it was to become known that their president was both implicated in some illegal activities of that nature and that this resulted in blackmail by a foreign power that pushed them into war then they may well care.

You underestimate the fealty of the 80 million Americans known as MAGA, to their degenerate leader. Their leader specializes in committing illegal activities (AKA Crimes) and not paying any price.

Their degenerate leader has spent some time now telling them he would do things where he is not doing the opposite. I can see a rift already in MAGA, but yes there will be those who will accept the absurd claim that bombing a country doesn't mean it has been attacked.

Or whoever can hack where it is

Elon saw the Epstein files. He let the world know that Trump is on it. Nobody cared.

It's not that nobody CARED. It's that nobody was SURPRISED.

So Americans knowingly voted for an Epstein VIP client. A serial rapist racist pedophile con artist.

Yup. Because of the scary black woman who wanted to demasculate America (or something). Oh, and Gaza was all Biden's fault because he couldn't stop Bibi. Or something.

Biden DID continue to send him weapons and money while telling him publicly "don't...". Israel is the middle east branch of the U.S. military.

Twas ever thus. But Bibi LeStrange has left the Serf State model behind in favor of an authoritarian one, because war is a great way to stay out of jail and not listen to your allies. Unfortunately, Biden also kept the old pattern of giving weapons while wagging his finger. Old habits... 🙄

Another viewpoint.... war is a great way to continue the steady purchase order of weapons. Bibi is a good customer of Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman. So is Volodymyr. They pay on time to, with generous donations received from Americans.

Impeach Trump

I don't think your network gives a flying fuck

Call the World Police.

So is disappearing people off the streets 🤷🏽‍♀️

No one will do anything about what Trumpty Dumpty has done. No one.

Republicans don’t care about the law.

🎤So standing up for Ukraine to strengthen democracy against Putin was a big no but putting costly resources behind Netanyahu isn’t. Trump got something from Netanyahu that he could not get from Zelensky. This was Trump fulfilling his end of the behind the scenes personal/financial dealings. PERIOD!

www.bbc.com/news/world-m...

So are a lot of things lately with this a$#ole, but .....have they done anything? Will they do anything? Or do we need actual pitchforks and torches now? And where do we buy them?

Where’s a Bastille when you need one?

Oops! He just put a special tariff on pitchforks and torches. They now cost 2000% more than yesterday. You really should have planned ahead. I purchased mine right after the November election.

Lol, I can give a masterclass on being lame and not being prepared. I guess I'll have to use my skills and build them myself.

Felons don't follow the law.

Not only a violation of International law but also a violation of the Constitution that grants war power specifically to Congress not the President. Trump hasn’t had a single day in office that he didn’t break the law. Not one day!

He’s not breaking the law because he has complete immunity granted to him by the Supreme Court of the fucking United States. He’s not breaking the law. He was granted immunity he can do whatever he wants. He is above the law.

No one is above the law!

That is not entirely true, and that does not apply in international court when charged w/crimes against humanity, violations of a sovereign States rights, unlawful mass murder, and human rights abuse of immigrants. All charges he could face at the Hague International Court.

I wish that were true ..

congress gave him 60 days to bomb Iran long ago

No they did not! And he was the one that promised No More Wars! But then he lies about everything.

I am not gonna do your homework for you use google

never heard of trump towers ?

Immunity from prosecution doesn't mean you're not breaking the law. He was granted impunity.

You don’t seem to understand that no law applies to Donald fucking Trump. The supreme court made sure of that. The constitution is dead.

Since when has that stopped trump?

So what can be done about that? Will Congress act? Everything tRump does is illegal and they haven't done anything yet!

Drip drip drip..... . Chip chip chip.....

Oh you want the clip from Episode I.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqSB...

What even is "illegal" in the United States anymore?

Per our corrupt “Supreme “ Court, He can do whatever he wants

I don’t think that had fully sunken in my brain until reading this thread…. A new normal I guess 😳

(I feel like my Mom would roast me on the structure of that sentence- sorry Ma!)

So, consistent with damn near everything that lunatic has had done in his name since he was installed as King.

So is firing government employees without cause, sending in the national guard to cities, stopping funding authorized by Congress, deporting people without due process, detaining your political opponents, etc.

The USA is gutless ☹️

Fake assassination attempt, rigging elections ...

Above law dumb DT can do whatever he wants. Law breaking GOP SCOTUS are all on the take and they said DT is free to crime. Republicon voters did this to all of us.

Speculating with Elon’s help

Oh I think I would agree with you

Yeah and why wouldn’t Trump at least consult Congress if he had intel? Same reason Congress being block from oversight of detention facilities.

He’s immune from all that. Nothing he does is illegal according to the United States supreme fucking court.

Except private acts. I think he could be prosecuted for all the money he’s making illegally as unofficial acts. He has violated the emoluments clause numerous times.

Those things are all domestic. This is international. Trump will probably be indicted by the International Court of Justice and won't be able to travel abroad for fear of being extradited to the Hague.

The not-so-stealth bomber. #DumpTrump

It is an act of war.

To be further clear though @chrislhayes.bsky.social , SCOTUS decided the president will never face legal repercussions for anything they do 🤷

There’s a king in his head where his humility ought to reside.

Well, “illegal” kind of is his brand.

Good to know. We can add it to the long list of other illegal actions Taco trump has done that he will never be held accountable for because Americans couldn't vote for a black woman.

So true!!

cool but that completely meaningless in the context since there will be zero legal consequences

Just the same as Al Queda attacking US. There is no difference

Literally EVERYTHING the Orange Turd has done has been illegal, his sycophants in the house and senate are just letting him get away with it, or more likely are too scared to push back..... fucking cowards

He has complete immunity. Call John Roberts and remind him of the legacy he will leave as chief justice of the supreme court.

Just to be crystal clear,the world knows this. But my question is what is congress going to do about it?

Fight illegality. Get on the phone or e-mail tell your reps in DC what you think about war with Iran. It only takes a few minutes and it doesn't cost any money. We don't need money in politics. We just need people to participate. www.nationalfinancialplan.com

Not to mention... INSANE!!!

But will they DO anything about it ? 😕

In a word: NO

Well, he didn't ask Congress. I get what you mean though.

So this is the legal equivalent of the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor?

The US stopped being a nation of laws a few months back.

Legality is no longer a standard in America. An orange mad man won a CLOSE election by a few hundred thousand votes and has a handful of people on his side in Congress and suddenly American Democracy is DEAD. And the media keep saying they have a “mandate”. Democracy really isn’t winner take all.

No one told Trump. If he was told he don’t give a damn. The constitution and laws doesn’t faze or mean anything to him.

You haven’t watched enough mobster documentaries.

Laws?

I hope Congress hold him accountable for this. If not, he really can do whatever he wants.

Republican-led Congress has done nothing but cede power to Trump. Tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation, war, and increasing the debt is all they ever do.

He’s already doing whatever he wants with support from the fucking Congress and the fucking Supreme Court too

Thats a good point

While you say Congress, that means "At least 218 members of the House, and at least 67 members of the Senate". If you can list that many members that would want to hold him accountable for anything, ever, sharing that list would be great. I don't see it.

That will mean he can do anything he wants to do.

Yup, that's why we're calling him the king. We're you out of the country for our "no kings" protest?

The Supreme Court already made sure of that

Assuming that anything he wants to do will be cheered on by almost all Republicans in Congress (and some Dems, unfortunately), then, yeah. Pretty much.

For all the veneration of the "wisdom of the Founding Fathers" they designed a system with some pretty clear vulnerabilities, and "A pro-Tyrant Congress" is one of them.

Thanks for the facts. I am definitely worried now. Lol

There's already bipartisan pushback. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I hope so. Cause so far, every Republican lawmaker from Florida has given their support for the bombings.

They need the government healthcare. If they don’t bend the knee, they’d have to go get a job where they’d actually be held accountable.

So you don't know that Rick Scott oversaw the company that defrauded Medicare out of $1.7 billion which is still the largest healthcare fraud settlement in US history.

Laws definitely need to be made to prevent that from happening again.

He was still able to be governor and run for Congress. We don't have laws in place preventing these people from holding public office.

Florida is a GOP-occupied state due to 20+ years of GOP gerrymandering and voter suppression. They don't represent all of us even though they claim to.

They might not represent us, but unfortunately they are the ones in charge.

Massie is, as far as I know, the sole Republican giving any pushback. And I just want to point out, while he is proposing a bill that would prohibit US involvement in Iran without Congressional approval... That is already the law, in statute and Constitution. And Trump ignored it already.

Nothing's illegal when a Republican does it.

And nothing will be done. Month six of four years. Is the US great again yet?

Nope.

Rules in War, think he would remember Vietnam and its costs, oh wait he dodged the draft

Not that that ever stopped Trump before.

Yes but the spineless gop won’t stand up to Trump.

So is insurrection, falsifying business records, federalising the national guard, rape, pedophilia, accepting gifts and insider trading. Great again are we?

More like none of those crimes had any real consequences. He still became president. Why should we believe bombing Iran would have consequences (for him—there’s obvs going to be consequences for the rest of us that he doesn’t give a shit about).the United States is weak in the eyes of the world

And in our own eyes, too. :(

LOL, “federalizing the national guard” …. They are federal, hence the word “National”. Man, the lack of thinking skills…..

The National Guards are State based but can be activated for Federal missions. You have demonstrated the lack of thinking skills quite well.

Please explain. When did legal, or laws EVER enter this administration’s plans or vocabulary for that matter? THEY.DONT.CARE. PERIOD

Anyone check the Project 2025 bingo card— refresh my memory, but was war or major catastrophe on it, in order to try and retain power?

2025? It was my center square on Trump since about halfway through his first election campaign.

Yes, I believe it was. Something else to note is that the US will most likely manufacture and create a false flag attack in the US to drum up the minimal support they can and gaslight their citizens into thinking they are ok with war. Remember 2001. Remember the war after. This is the same playbook.

I would have thought that if the false flag had happened BEFORE trump bombed Iran but don't think that will fly now.

In the post-bombing press announcement, Trump sounded very eager to carry out more attacks, and we know Hegseth has an itchy trigger finger. I could still see a false flag at this point to continue escalation. They knew they wouldn't need it for the first pass is all.

just because a conspiracy is coming from the left does not make it less cringe. 9/11 wasn't a false flag, seek help

Not the OP , but I read that more as "remember the swell of nationalism in the wake of 9/11?" It wasn't EVERYONE, but nationalism DEF surged at the time, especially in areas that Republicans have more historical support. Wouldn't be surprised if they tried to manufacture that same surge, but badly.

Exactly what I meant. Thank you

I remember being in 8th grade Social Studies & trying to engage in discussing the role of the gov in security. The sub just LAMBASTED me for suggesting that the increased TSA screenings & PATRIOT act stuff could be infringing on our civil liberties (w/ less eloquent language ofc). I was vindicated!

Last I checked it wasn’t the left throwing out wild conspiracies 🙄

can you not read english? the comment I replied to mentions false flag and 2001 in the same breath

It was not in the same breath. And I did not say 9/11. So stop twisting my words.

you're a pathetic liar. why else would you say 'remember 2001' immediately after predicting that the us would commit a false flag event? anyone above a 2nd grade reading level can see the implication

Because of character limits in these posts? I was referencing the extremism and propaganda used against people from the Middle East. So many innocent citizens experienced so many hate crimes against them, the news perpetuated that hate. Stop projected your reading inadequacies onto me.

You should maybe work on your grammar before you question someone else’s ability to read 🙄 I know what you replied to, it’s why I said what I said. Do you not have critical thinking skills?

Yes, it is.

Found this breakdown line by line yesterday. It's long, but explains what has happened, is happening and will happen. Stop Project 2025 Task Force's Project 2025 Subject-by-Subject Breakdown_7.26.2024.docx-compressed.pdf lofgren.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

The document doesn’t appear on my end.

I just pinned it on my page.

Let me know if this works. lofgren.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

The dude has 91 felony counts against him. He don’t care about legal.

And, US striking Iran’s nuclear facilities and infrastructure gives Russia the green light to strike Ukraine’s nuclear facilities & infrastructure. This is another reason it’s forbidden under international law. Trump is escalating danger everywhere.

Russia currently controls a nuclear plant that belonged to Ukraine and shellled itrepeatedly during its assault so that ship sailed

I read this morning that Iran had a clue this was going to happen, so Israel basically didn't destroy anything important. Don't know, but...

Russia's been doing that since the first few months of the invasion though like it was a big deal that they invaded Zaporizhizhia NPPweeks after the war began

Russia already did that back in February, granted not a working one but they did punch a hole in the Chernobyl sarcophagus with a drone strike youtu.be/CW4BEqDS_wM?...

US attack will make a Russian attack on Ukraine energy infrastructure more likely

Yea sounds likely

You said that when Obama bombed these countries, right?

Are you Maga?

We’re nuclear facilities attacked?

Boy, it sure looks like Trump, with his child-like intellect and the emotional depth of a kiddy pool, was easily and directly manipulated by both Netanyahu and Putin...

Kiddy pool with a leak

Is Netanyahu Trump's new bestie? He dumped Bannon, Guiliani, Musk and now maybe even Putin!! Maybe payback for Putin not agreeing to a cease fire when Trump told him, which made Trump look like a putz!

The MAGAs elected an idiot madman who filled his cabinet and his entire administration with idiot madmen and women and religious fanatics. But because we are America and therefore immune from folly, they figured: “What could go wrong?” Now they know. If only someone had warned them. 🤷🏽‍♂️

They still don't know. Many MAGA probably never will.

I don’t even think they know anything is wrong. Remember, the dear leader can do no wrong.

It’s sad how easily Biden’s expensive eggs and pronoun crisis are so quickly forgotten over just a little WWIII provocation…

There's no rules anymore ☹️

I thought he was going to let us know in 2 weeks. Is this him being 'oh so clever'? IQ47 has led us into something that will spiral out of control in ways he can't imagine. One man. One man is destroying everything for the rest of us. Why is this being allowed to happen. Goddamn christofascists!

It's him being butthurt over all the 2 weeks ribbing.

Supreme Court is partly to blame.

Partly?

Think of any situation or scenario that Obama and or Biden have been in and Trump is pea green with envy. Jesus, he feels so damn inadequate all the time doesn’t he. I know he’s thinking of this picture and trying to outdo them.

100%

And the rest of us will suffer for it.

He feels inadequate because he is inadequate. This term is worse because he hasn’t surrounded himself with knowledgeable, rational people. Now America pays for his inadequacies - healthcare, health insurance, food inspections, disaster recovery, infrastructure, education, inflation, corruption et al

Well, Obama and Biden didn’t have absolute immunity granted to them by the fucking Supreme Court

There are actually 3 folks in that picture that's he's envious of: Obama, Biden and Hillary, he still mentions all of them constantly, they're living rent free in his tiny brain.

For sure!

I’m 100 percent positive yes gonna re enact this photo with American flags everywhere and a Diet Coke and a Big Mac sitting on the American flag on a desk

When Adults were in the room

I really want to know what the blurred out picture on the laptop is because all I can see is a muppet and that can't possibly be the case.

Just like everything else they do

I read this article this morning. It's worth reading. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Call the cops then. 😹

If illegally bombing another country on a whim (and let’s not pretend it was much more than Trump’s momentary impulse to “look tough”) is not a “high crime and misdemeanor” warranting immediate impeachment, hard to know what could possibly qualify.

It’s all been illegal! The courts won’t save us!

How much did the Trump operation in Iran cost? How many billions? Are there no poor people in the United States? Do you have more infrastructure? Will your political base be informed and, consequently, outraged?

And grounds for impeachment.

What a joke. He has BEEN impeached. Twice. And yet here we are.

lol, good one. Impeachment that'll show 'em!

If Democrats take the Senate in 26 it will

Democrats are not going to win 17+ extra seats though.

Democrats will have the 51 votes they need

Impeachment in the Senate requires a 2/3 majority or 66 votes. Hence, the current situation unfortunately.

Three is a charm … maybe

👍

ARE WE GREAT NOW?

So many posts like this today. However, the point surely is that you have a leader in the US who has been trashing your laws since coming into office with dire results for your country. Now his lifelong disdain for the law is about to have truly awful consequences for the rest of the planet.

For the MILLIONS!!! of us who didn't vote f/ & actively stumped f/ the Prosecutor NOT the Felon, *sigh* I am deeply sorry #NotMyPresident

It's wild to assume that a Dem POTUS would not also be bombing Iran right now.

I can assume that a Dem POTUS would have followed the Constitution & asked f/ Congressional approval AND not bombed a Country that did not attack us.

Or truly beneficial ones, if regime change in Iran can be accomplished and it becomes a peaceful nation. The Iranian people would not object.

Old tired US rhetoric, in less than a month he invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 (we are not at war), at 5 months we are at war with Iran (without any congressional input or authorization). It's only a matter of time before he invokes martial law and we become a full blown dictatorship.

That is a posdibilty. Does not change the fact that an existential threat has been removed, at least for now. European leaders have shown support. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

There is no proof that the threat has been removed. Satellite reports show a large increase in truck activity at these sites days before the attack. Russia is intimating that Iran will get a bomb from a 3rd party country (Russia or North Korea).

Of anyone could provide Ukraine with a nuke it would be the Mossad

They gave up their nukes for peace with Russia, unfortunately we have become as unreliable as Russia. Our Dear Leader would never allow that to happen.

If Israel becomes aware that Russia provided a nuke to Iran it won’t matter what Dear Leader wants anymore.

I agree, homegrown is always better.

Yes, like that worked well the last time you tried it.

Different times, different circumstances. Then it was bases on fake news, now it is not.

A great future !

Just stop.

It’s better to wait and see until the inevitable happens and the biggest sponsor of terror goes nuclear ?

Israel already has nukes.

How do you know they have nukes ? They never confirmed it. And are they threatening to annihilate anyone like Iran does ?

I was sitting in on a Signal chat with Pete Hegseth and Bibi where they confirmed that Israel has nuclear weapons.

Germany, France and Britain were there too, showing their gratefulness for the attack.

You mean the time when we got involved with the offensive war in Iraq? That permanently destabilized the region and left hundreds of thousands of people dead? Germany and France and Britain all loved that one? Oh goodie. I'm glad we still have their support for senseless wars of aggression.

Why are you deflecting ? It is about a nuclear Iran and the support for Israel’s actions. It’s only terrorist supporters that don’t like it.

No

Trump makes his own laws and nobody has the backbone to stop him.

Invading a sovereign nation under admitted-as-false pretenses. The .military industrial complex strikes again.

Not to Trump, who thinks he is king.

Why does everyone know that except Trump?

In a 5-4 decision involving the AUMF

Can he go to jail for war crimes!?!?

Just like he went to jail for all of his other multiple felonies?

Supreme Court told him it wasn’t remember Chris.

And completely stupid!

If you submit to international law, yeah. Too bad the U.S. doesn’t want to set an example or ever be accountable

Yes, illegal both here, under our Constitution and War Powers Act, as well as illegal under international law.

The problem with laws without consequences is the law might as well not exist.

The law is only as strong as we make it.

it's a war crime

Anyone still think we're having midterms?

But the Supreme Court ruled Trump cannot be held liable for breaking laws- will they support him breaking the Constitution ?

But it was done as an official act (Kings Rule) as bestowed upon Him by SCROTUS.

but the law no longer matters; this is the defining trait of Trumpism

This is not illegal when the Supreme Court gave him complete immunity to do whatever he wants it is not illegal. It’s shameful but it is not illegal according to the Supreme Court of the United States of fucking America.

That is why I don't vote, I don't want to partake with any evil they may unleash.

You should vote. Then at least you can complain. You don’t vote? STFU!!!

And to think he ran on being the "peace president", and people shoveled that shit in like pie.

And now we are left being the ones to shovel up 🍊's ever growing pile of 💩.

Apparently there isn’t even one human being alive in the entire United States of America who is able to stop trump from doing anything he wants to anyone here or anywhere in the entire word. Unbelievable that one man controls the entire world & he’s insane.

To be perfectly fair he's not the first president to wage war without asking Congress first. It's the other traitor-y stuff that worries me more.

Congress eventually backed those other actions. They don't seem willing to let this one go unchecked though. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

He's been trying to circumvent laws and find loopholes since his inauguration. I'm guessing one of his legal experts told him how to get around the whole needing Congress to approve going to war. Why else would he state that no US aircraft remained in Iranian airspace?! 🤔

The following is a comprehensive list of things Trump didn’t do because they were completely illegal: . .. … …. Thank you for attending this Fireside chat.

I think that’s the last thing this administration cares about. They get away with everything.

Hey we are the new Russia attacking sovereign nations. Now you know why they don’t do anything with Russia. They are all cut from the same cloth.

Iran is completely illegal. LOL

No, it is not. Don’t get your panties in a twist. Every president makes strategic military strikes. Clinton did many. Obama did many.

Define illegal when trump owns the Supreme Court.

The eunuchs that are the #HouseRepublicans don’t care

Why does trump have to disclose to the world how many tomahawks were launched? Because it makes his little member feel big.

International law is voluntary and weak. Raw power is what matters - unfortunately.