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Our super-terrific peace president continues to roll along his golden path to ruin and destruction, throwing out love bombs to his adversaries along the way:
President Trump said on Tuesday that the US knows the location of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and that he wouldn’t be killed, at least for now.
“We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there – We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
In a follow-up post, Trump wrote, “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” – antiwar.com
You might be wondering if the above was written by an 10-year-old wrapped up in some video game marathon but you’d be wrong as most 10-year-olds are much smarter and more advanced as a human than this rodent.
The US has supported the Israeli offensive by providing weapons, intelligence, and helping intercept Iranian missiles and drones fired at Israel. So far, the US has not launched direct airstrikes on Iran, although Trump has hinted that the US has been involved in the offensive by saying “we” control the skies over Iran.
“We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured ‘stuff.’ Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA,” he wrote on Truth Social.
Ah! Makes your heart swell with disgust. Deceit, lies, killings and destruction – indeed, nobody does it better.
And if you’re feeling a bit upset that you’re not part of the inner sanctum of pieces of filth that make up most of the Agent of Chaos’ administration that has the power to send others’ sons and daughters to fight and die in their sick wars, not to worry. You still have a chance to participate in another of this shyster’s cons and be a Trump chump.
Trump’s $499 smartphone will likely be made in China – cnbc.com
The Trump Organization’s newly announced smartphone will likely be made in China, experts say, despite claims that the device will be manufactured in the U.S.
Owned by U.S. President Donald Trump, the company on Monday announced the T1, a gold-colored device which it said would retail for $499. The smartphone will run Google’s Android operating system.
The Trump Organization says the phone will be “built in the United States” — but experts note the phone was likely designed and would be manufactured by a Chinese firm.
“There is no way the phone was designed from scratch and there is no way it is going to be assembled in the U.S. or completely manufactured in the U.S.,” Francisco Jeronimo, vice president at International Data Corp., told CNBC on Tuesday. “That is completely impossible.”
Jeronimo suggested that the phone would likely be produced by a Chinese original device manufacturer, or ODM — a type of company that designs and manufacturers products based on the specifications of another firm.
“Despite being advertised as an American-made phone, it is likely that this device will be initially produced by a Chinese ODM,” Blake Przesmicki, an analyst at Counterpoint Research, said in a note Monday.
Jeff Fieldhack, research director at Counterpoint Research, added that “the U.S. does not have local manufacturing capabilities readily available.”
Smartphone manufacturing came into focus after Trump threatened tariffs on devices imported into the U.S. While those have yet to materialize, the American president has poured scrutiny on Apple’s supply chain, urging the iPhone maker to manufacture its flagship handset in the U.S. The call is part of a broader desire from Trump to see more manufacturing of electronics be undertaken in the U.S.
Several experts have noted that manufacturing iPhones in the U.S. would be nearly impossible and would certainly raise the price of the product substantially. On top of that, getting large-scale manufacturing off the ground in the U.S. would take several years. (more)
Good ol’ USA, eh? But it’s cool when the orange dumpster can pull off this kind of shit.
Trump yanks brief reprieve for immigrants he said are ‘good, long time workers’ – via cnbc.com
You know how it is. One day you’re feeling a bit generous about other people lives enough not to intrude in them and keep them from earning a living, the next day you say to yourself, fuck that, grease them all.
A bully rules by fear, mostly. But as the bully keeps punching you in the face over and over again, at some point, someone will stand up to the bully and punch them back. The American Empire, what’s left of it, following along the same destructive path as empires before it, continues its insane march toward its own destruction…at the hands of completely deranged assholes.
Col. Larry Wilkerson: Is War with Iran the Final Blow to the American Empire?
(well worth the listen…in my opinion)
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Tonight’s musical offering:
Dispatches from the Asylum 