Donald Trump deflected responsibility for misleading Americans about the length of the Iran war, dismissed low poll ratings as “fake numbers” and refused to rule out the possibility of declaring a state of emergency before the midterms, in a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine.

When confronted with questions about the length of the Iran war, the US president blamed the media for reporting his remarks in which he said the conflict was projected to last “four to five weeks”, in March.

“ … I think the press fed it to them,” Trump told Time when asked whether Americans misunderstood him.

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    Having the luxury of mulling over whther to declare a state of emergency is a clear indicator that whatever it is, it is not an emergency.

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        They would have had to infiltrate the states’ voting systems because they’re all different. Not saying that it isn’t out of the realm of possibility, or that they won’t just focus on key locations.

        Big Ballz and fElon did get a lot of personal information so their disinformation targeting will probably be pretty accurate.

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      Yeah, the asshole seems to be on the fence about using nukes on Iran, FFS. For a war he fucking started.

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    A bunch of red states already did…

    They’re cutting restrictions on red diesel and letting trucks run overloaded to make less trips.

    The red diesel is the big one tho, we need that shit to harvest crops here in a little bit, allowing it on road is going to burn thru the reserves that already wasn’t big enough.

    trump is gambling on trying to get UK or other “allies” to give us their reserves, but they need that shit themselves, because of the war trump started.

    It’s going to get much worse before midterms too. Which is why using reserves now is so stupid. Probably 2-3 weeks before election Iran is going to really tighten the screws and make gas prices skyrocket. I really could see them shutting off the whole tap to influence midterms against trump.

    Maybe even flat out saying “if republicans win this won’t stop”. And with the Houthis controlling one major straight, they can hold it for literal decades

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    Trump brushed aside the likelihood of Democrats winning, telling Time magazine that, so long as he campaigns with candidates, Republicans could perform well.

    Trump might not trust the polls but I bet he trusts polymarket, and it’s currently showing 63% chance of Democrats taking the Senate and 93% of Dems taking the House.

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    Amazing how these losers will say something straight out many times, then say they never said it and blame it on “the media” that people say they heard that. If they’re confronted with a video of them saying it, they’ll usually explain it away or deflect. One problem with this particular troglodyte is he has people like Natalie Harp enthusiastically reinforcing and feeding his delusions.

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    It someone can figure out a way to do it, then he’ll declare it. It’s not a question of whether so much as how.