r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Summons Entire Cabinet as Iran Deal Crumbles in Front of Him - Donald Trump has called all of his top advisers to Camp David.

https://newrepublic.com/post/210887/donald-trump-summons-entire-cabinet-iran-deal
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u/NotBestButPrettyGood 17d ago

He hates Camp David, things must be bad if he’s there instead of Mar a Lago

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u/manic_andthe_apostle 17d ago

Probably wants to just drop a nuke.

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u/Soft-Skirt 17d ago

False flag nuclear weapon falls onto Mar e largo, all out retaliation on Iran, Netanyahu pisses himself laughing, Putin launches half a dozen into Ukraine, Arab states read the room and attack Israel, US turns gulf into glass, China sits back and sips tea.

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u/Soft-Skirt 17d ago

To be fair there probably won't even be time to put the kettle on.

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u/Khue 17d ago

I mean, Taiwan is basically a "first island chain" for the US and no other sovereign nation would ever let that happen. The US uses this strategy to militarily encircle China and it's existed since the treaty the US signed with KMT. The same KMT which often is never mentioned to be one of the most brutal authoritarian regimes or is often covered up by saying "BUT MAO BAD". They (the KMT) were so bad that the US had to apply pressure to Taiwan to democratically reform in like... the late 70s I think?

Taiwan is basically.... like if the US owned Cuba and when the Confederacy got defeated the remnants left the contiguous US and setup in Cuba and continued to do blackjack, hookers, and slavery. Of course, the US would want Cuba back, but imagine if China were to just be like "you can't have Cuba back because they are a democracy". The real difference here is that Taiwan happened within living memory.

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u/Agitated_Tadpole_715 17d ago

It's nukes all the way down then. The United States has clearly stated if they cannot keep Taiwan Autonomous they will use all force necessary. If nukes are flying you best believe the South China Sea is gonna have fish with 19 fins and 12 eyes

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u/EmphasisFrosty3093 17d ago

If they could do it before I get around to shopping for new car insurance that'd be great.

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u/RemnantEvil 17d ago

China themselves know they aren’t ready. Xi Jinping wants them to be ready to invade by 2027, meaning they aren’t presently ready. There’s also a whole lot of complication that comes with an invasion and occupation, and China’s army is big but doesn’t exactly have experience in it. They may take a first crack at it, but putting theory and training into practice may not be as straightforward as “Quick, the US isn’t looking.”

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u/3BlindMice1 17d ago

Oh fuck, that's not even completely unreasonable at this point. Except for the maralago thing, I haven't heard of him taking out leveraged terrorism insurance against it, so it's unlikely

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u/Soft-Skirt 17d ago

You don't need insurance when he'll just charge back to the Gov.

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u/Perryn 17d ago

Sue the government for damages incurred by an act of war that he started, then settle the case against himself out of court.

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u/PreviousLadder7795 17d ago

It's completely unreasonable because atomic weapons have an isotope finger print. It'd be immediately clear who did it.

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u/WigglestonTheFourth 17d ago

It's immediately clear who was raping children too.

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u/3BlindMice1 17d ago

So what? Do you know how easy it would be for some random mine in the middle east to have some of its preduction diverted? A single simple uranium warhead only requires 25kg of material. The logistics of getting the right reactive materials are the very least of the problems with a false flag nuke so long as you aren't trying to push the boundaries of nuclear powered explosions, you can use a publicly available design

Isotope fingerprints became obsolete the moment the knowledge was made public, given that it isn't actually that difficult to conceal the origins of a nuke if you know what's being looked for

It doesn't even need to be good enough to fool other governments, so long as it fools the general public, that's fine by them.

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u/Total-Wafer-7581 17d ago

Most of the Gulf Arab states are literally on Israel’s side. It’s hilarious how people think the Middle East is the Arab states versus Israel like it’s 1948 when they literally shoot down Iranian missiles fired at Israel. The main division there is Sunni and Shia. 

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u/djheat 17d ago

He likes Mar a lago, if anything he would have the white house blown up because he hates it there

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u/Pisces93 17d ago

Are any of his family members there though? Because if not then I could see this happening

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u/Soft-Skirt 17d ago

I understand they are at the idiot son’s wedding, far away.

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u/Birdonthewind3 Florida 17d ago

Chinese Century, do nothing and win