On Friday, we got one confusing message from our president.
“I don’t want to do a ceasefire. You know you don’t do a ceasefire when you’re literally obliterating the other side,” he told journalists at the White House.
However, later on Friday night, he wrote on his Truth Social platform that the US was considering “winding down” military operations in Iran. “We are getting very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great Military efforts in the Middle East with respect to the Terrorist Regime of Iran,” he wrote.
The reports that Washington is considering plans to occupy or blockade Kharg Island come despite earlier suggestions by Trump that he was not leaning towards putting “boots on the ground”.
I approve of the “winding down” idea, and in fact favor apologizing, offering reparations, and skedaddling out of the region. Unfortunately, those two words mean something different to the lunatic who started this whole mess.
Donald Trump said he was considering “winding down” military operations in the Middle East even as the US is reportedly sending three more amphibious assault ships and roughly 2,500 additional marines to the region.
Sending in more assault ships and marines doesn’t sound much like a “winding down.” That sounds more like escalating and threatening greater engagement. Especially since he has now delivered an ultimatum.
Donald Trump has given Iran 48 hours to reopen the strait of Hormuz to shipping or face the destruction of its energy infrastructure, as Tehran launched its most destructive attack yet on Israel.
The ultimatum, made just a day after the US president said he was considering “winding down” military operations after three weeks of war, came as the key oil passage remained effectively closed and thousands more US Marines headed to the Middle East.
Trump wrote on Truth Social that the US would “hit and obliterate” Iranian power plants – “starting with the biggest one first” – if Tehran did not fully reopen the strait within 48 hours, or 23:44 GMT on Monday according to the time of his post.
I think the “winding down” comment was nothing but TACO’s instincts coming to the fore — I suspect he’s sweating over the fact that a disastrous decision is coming back to bite him in the butt, and he’d like to chicken out if he could find a way to save face while doing so. I doubt that Iran will give him a way, and so…get ready for a half-assed, stupidly managed attack on Kharg Island that will leave a lot of American soldiers dead. He’s just going to vacillate for a bit before committing to an even bigger blunder.
Breaking news: TRUMP ALWAYS CHICKENS OUT.
I AM PLEASE TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BASED ON THE TENOR AND TONE OF THESE IN DEPTH, DETAILED, AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS, WITCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FIVE DAY PERIOD.
So what’s happening with all the assault ships and marines heading to the Strait of Hormuz? It sounds now like he’s calling the whole thing off.
Good.
Is he drunk or is it different drug?
What he decides to do depends on the opinion of the one who talked with him last. He is incapable of a consistent policy except lying.
Some news sites report that the Iranian government isn’t aware it’s having a conversation with Trump…
@ ^ mordred : Iran has denied that talks have been occuriring
@1. submoron : “Is he drunk or is it different drug?”
Dementia? Combo with sociopathic narcissism. Not a mental health expert here but very obvs Trump ain’t compos mentis now & hasn’t been for quite a long time.
Also adderall abuse amongst probly other drugs.
His puppeteers like Shadow POTUS Stephen Miller could probly tell us exactly which ones if they actually cared to do so.
So much is already clear – and so much also being kept from us too.
I don’t care why Trump stops the war. Just as long as he stops the war before more people die.
Yep. Just stop killing people.
I have spoken with people who were so high that they couldn’t remember their own names and they were more coherent than that speech.
submoron @1: It’s affluenza in its advanced stages.
Trump has dementia. He is senile.
One of the experts on dementias think it is most likely Frontotemporal dementia.
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by the shrinkage of the brain’s frontal and temporal lobes, affecting personality, behavior, and language.
Frontotemporal dementia while progressive can be a slow moving type and can show varying types of symptoms in different patients.
Frontotemporal patients can seem relatively normal for long periods of time while occasionally behaving inappropriately and making disastrously wrong decisions.
Magic forecast noted.
Donald Trump is a demented narcissistic fuckwit.
Mordred is correct:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-denies-trump-talks
Denying Claim of Talks, Iran Says Trump ‘Backed Down’ After Threat of Power Plant Retaliation
Jake Johnson Mar 23, 2026
AND
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/robert-reich/116548/why-he-ll-surrender-soon
Why He’ll Surrender Soon
by Robert Reich | March 23, 2026 – 5:19am | permalink
He’s about to wind down and exit because he doesn’t give a damn about anything except maintaining his wealth and power — and the war is now costing him both.
tRUMP is a self-serving, cowardly, murderous TACO
@7 PZ wrote: Yep. Just stop killing people.
I reply: I want that. But, you know tRUMP cares NOTHING for the lives of people. As Naziyahoos part time puppet He will murder millions before he is ‘gone’.
Trump is such an incompetent malignant moron. Even Bush Jr could have “Mission Accomplished” his ass out of this mess way before it got to this point. And Bush Jr was an idiot with terrible ideas advised by warmongers like Cheney who positively salivated at the idea of bombing Iran.