Posted on 07/08/2026 5:04:30 AM PDT by V_TWIN
War is back on in Iran on Wednesday after Tehran launched attacks on trade vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he considers the tentative ceasefire with Iran to be "over," telling reporters alongside NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the alliance's annual summit in Ankara, Turkey, that the agreement had become "a waste of time." "For me, I think it's over," Trump said.
"As far as I'm concerned it's just a waste of time." "They're liars," Trump said. "We make a deal. ... They go outside, talk to the press. They say, 'We never even talked about it.' ... As far as I'm concerned, it's over." He said U.S. negotiators could continue talks with Iran but predicted they would go nowhere. "They can talk, but I think they're wasting their time. They're liars, they're cheats. They're sick people." The comments came hours after the U.S. launched strikes on Iranian military targets and revoked a license authorizing the sale of Iranian oil, saying the moves were retaliation for Tehran's attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said the U.S. struck after Iran resumed attacks on ships despite being given time to conduct funeral ceremonies for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The interim agreement between Washington and Tehran had been intended to reduce tensions and allow commercial traffic to resume through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global shipping lane that carries roughly one-fifth of the world's traded oil. But Iran struck at least three commercial vessels transiting the waterway on Monday and Tuesday, prompting the U.S. military response. U.S. Central Command said American forces struck more than 80 Iranian targets, including air defense systems, radar sites and Revolutionary Guard vessels used to threaten shipping. Iran responded with strikes targeting U.S. military installations.
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And iran will yell "uncle" in a matter of hours to stop the bombing......again.
They need to be taught the lesson that that doesn't work anymore
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As all sentient beings in the multiverse know, lying, deception, rape, and things awful are basic ingredients of the Muslim ‘faith’. Treat them with the disrespect that they so thoroughly deserve. Let them do their awfulness in their third world Obamahole countries, not here.
so Trump just figured out these Iranians are NUTS
Can’t do a Hiroshima on them. Decent people. The leaders and IRCG-too many to kill. Ground troops not an option even on Kharg island. What’s left? Kurdish rebellion? Mossad assassinations of a lot of people? You tell me.
I guess I would ask CENTCOM why those targets even exist - why they weren't serviced in prior attacks.
Was the target list intentionally (politically?) trimmed, leaving known active targets without attention?
Hope that stops now. Let's get it done.
I think he knew all along.
I believe he knew this was coming all slong, when the criticism from the left and their media attack dogs begins he just wanted to be able to say he bent over backwards trying to work with those maniacs and they refused at every turn.
Bridges and power plants....just like he said all along.
“I guess I would ask CENTCOM why those targets even exist”
Kinda wondering that myself.
I was under the impression all that was gone way back.
The basstids have had it coming to them for over 40 years....it’s time. More than enough time.
“Let’s get it done”
Agreed....get on with it Mr. President
Those ideas work for me. Keep coming up with ideas, I’d say do ‘em all!
Bombs away!
FTA——Iran struck commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz
prompting American forces to strike more than 80 Iranian targets, including:
<><>air defense systems,
<><>radar sites
<><>Revolutionary Guard vessels used to threaten shipping.
Iran responded with strikes targeting US military installations.
But....but Israel and its “all-seeing, all knowing”
Mossad reassured the trusting, helpful Donald:
<><>10,000 bombing sorties was “all” that was needed
<><>Iran’s ballistic missile program would be “destroyed” in weeks.
<><>The Iran regime would be “too weak” to close the Strait of Hormuz.
<><>Street protests — with Mossad help — would “trigger a western-leaning uprising.”
<><>Kurdish fighters from Iraq could “open a ground front” in the northwest.
<><>Iran would be practically begging for mercy.
(None of which happened.)
He’s known that they’re nuts all along. But had to prove it to everyone else. Or at least anyone else with an IQ above that of a partially boiled potato. Which would exclude many democrats, sadly.
It’s a good thing I’m not President - the entire country of Iran would have been turned to glass by now.
Life in Iran must be a dicey proposition on the best of days, and the best days are now long past.
Oh, the ayatollahs and their Praetorian guard, the IRGC, still hold sway, through sheer force of arms, over the civilian population, so as long as they still can attack their own people, the regime has really very little to fear from the US.
The Farsi people are held hostage in their own land.
Trump made a decision not to use ground troops, so this will go on and on for a while now. If this continues up to the midterms in November it will hurt Republicans in Congress. Trump was elected to lower inflation and produce a roaring economy by putting America first and not being the world’s policeman. He is failing to produce those results in that regard because he chose war with Iran, and bad things will happen in November if it continues.
Hark! The Gauleiter commands!
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