Is trump of sound mind?

[Winston]

Says who?

Says me. We have already lost, at this point it is about extracting ourselves with the least loss of dignity.

This was a war of choice, period, and it was a stupid choice. There will be no regime change, there never was going to be. Control in Iran is too decentralized and rural areas can be tribal. Nor was Iran even close to a bomb. And enriched uranium, well they have a right to that and a need for it within the medical and agricultural arena.

I don't know what they were thinking, was propping up the petrodollar that important? And even in that, now they fail. Saudi Arabia is going to sell oil in yuan too. Bye bye petrodollar, the Trump administration can pat themselves on the back for hastening that inevitability.

And what the hell did we get out it? Honestly, the Gerald Ford, limping to port drowning in their own shit, is symbolic of what we have left, after a few damn weeks for Christ's sake. A stunning vulnerability, in multiple areas. Already, limiting our use of Tomahawk missiles, and air-to-air intercepts, fugget about it.

We can't keep but half our damn planes flight worthy, some of them fifty damn years old. And the Navy, OMG, damn thing is falling the fawk apart, I mean check the status of every single class of ship. They are old as hell, it is disgraceful. And worse, we can't flipping build the damn things. We need shipyards, automation, we are damn decades behind South Korea. Bad enough we got to go begging to France for mine sweepers.

 

[Mick2]

Says me.

We'll probably need quite a bit more than that. Lol

 

[westwall]

Trump imagines negotiation with Sharpie maker for $5 signature pens​

President Donald Trump spent five minutes of Thursday’s Cabinet meeting boasting of his thrift with a story about negotiating for $5 personalized Sharpies. The company that makes the permanent markers said the exchange never happened.

Trump was busy touting his plans to make over the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and criticizing the renovation of the Federal Reserve headquarters when he went off on a tangent about the pen he was holding.

“This pen is an interesting example,” he said of the black permanent marker between his fingers. “This pen is very inexpensive, but it writes well, I like it.”

Trump went on: “So the guy said to me, ‘You don’t have to pay me, sir. I’ll give them to you for nothing.’”

“I said, ‘No, I don’t want that. Let me pay you. I want to pay you.’”

“‘No, sir. You don’t have to. You’re the president of the United States.’ He was shocked. The head of Sharpie. He gets a call. I don’t even know who the hell he is.”

“He said, ‘He’s really the president?’ He said, ‘No, you don’t have to pay me, sir. This is such an honor.’”

“I said, ‘No, I want to pay you.’”

Presented with a transcript of Trump’s account, a spokesperson for Sharpie maker Newell Brands said it did not occur.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/27/trump-sharpie-story/

Time for another "Cleanup in Aisle 9" moment for Karoline. Covering for Don's meandering, fictional recounting of a conversation that never happened. Do I even have to mention what trump fans would be saying about Biden in a similar circumstance? What will she say to help dismiss what could be considered a very concerning detachment from reality about a made up dialogue that didn't take place outside of Don's apparently addled brain?

Raising the question, is anything we are being told about negotiations with Iran real? Would they have gifted us the passage of ships thru the Strait? Are talks progressing, as he claimed, even though Iran has rejected everything that's been proposed? Are Jared and Steve still involved even though Iran has said it won't talk to them?

Iran wants to negotiate with Vance, not Kushner or Witkoff: Report​

Iran wants to negotiate with Vance, not Kushner or Witkoff: Report

Iran has indicated a preference for negotiating with US Vice President JD Vance. Representatives stated they do not wish to engage with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. This decision stems from a lack of trust following previous negotiation breakdowns. President Trump confirmed Vance, Marco...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

What the heck is going on? Don't we have the right to know?

Sounder than yours.

 

[jknowgood]

"Biden's gas" came as a result of global market forces spiking oil prices after Putin's invasion of Ukraine. "trump's gas" came as a result of global market forces spiking oil prices after trump/Bebe decided to start a war with Iran without consideration for what it would do to the global economy.

We have yet to see how high "trump's gas" prices will go.

No actually it was because, Biden shut our pipeline down, banned all drilling on federal lands, and told the oil companies he was going to put them out of business. Trump has is already coming down, I got it for $2.43 a gallon yesterday. Was 3.79 gallon last week.