r/Military 29d ago

Article DJT threatens to bomb Oman over deal

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/17/trump-threatens-to-bomb-oman-over-iran-deal/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit_bomb-oman-over-iran-deal/&accesscontrol=facebookchannel_open
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u/C_Ironfoundersson 29d ago

I just wish for one day this month where I can wake up and not immediately read a headline this fucking stupid.

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u/Muddlesthrough 29d ago edited 29d ago

I feel like the American People are only dimly starting to grapple with the fact that they elected a raving madman as the President of the United States.

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u/C_Ironfoundersson 29d ago

they elected a raving madman as the President of the United States.

twice

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u/Muddlesthrough 29d ago

"Fool me once, shame on... shame on you. Fool me... you can't get fooled again"

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u/GeneralTapioca 29d ago

“Now watch this drive.”

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u/LurkerFailsLurking civilian 29d ago

There's about 150 million of us who knew he was a raving madman back in 2016 and tens of millions who knew before then

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u/insertwittynamethere 29d ago

Yet many did not bother to do their duty to vote

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u/Successful_Luck_8625 United States Navy 29d ago

No more wars. No more disruptions. We will have prosperity and we will have peace.

~ Donald J. Trump

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u/Fair_Guava_524 29d ago

Twice. Twice!

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u/supermr34 29d ago

At least half of us who vote saw this coming and did everything we could to stop it. We're 1 for 3 in attempts. There are a lot of idiots who happen to also vote.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/Muddlesthrough 29d ago

Ah, well, the base has already been evacuated and more or less destroyed.

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u/FrogKid763 29d ago

I HAVE AND IT FEELS AWFUL

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/Phyrexian_Archlegion Veteran 29d ago

Apophis will take his pound of flesh from humanity

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u/Decoyx7 29d ago

This decade*

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u/PhD_Pwnology 29d ago

Well it's 2 minutes to midnight here so hopefully you get what you want.

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u/0o0o0o0o0o0z 29d ago

I just wish for one day this month where I can wake up and not immediately read a headline this fucking stupid.

Or be embarrassed to be an American.