Posted on 06/15/2025 9:49:07 PM PDT by Words Matter
“For those people who say they want peace, you can’t have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon," said the U.S. president. June 15, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed allegations that his support for Israel in its war against Iran was at odds with his “America First” commitment, stating that preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear arms was a top U.S. priority.
“Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, very simple. Regardless—Israel or not Israel—Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb,” Trump told The Atlantic for an interview published on Saturday
Sounds like the US is officially in, for better or worse. There are already multiple reports of US Navy ships assisting with the missile defenses.
Buckle up.
Waal boys, I reckon this is it, nyukular combat toe to toe with
(ululating intensifies)
>> “For those people who say they want peace, you can’t have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon,” said the U.S. president.
This is simple, unvarnished, un-nuanced TRUTH.
THIS is what I voted for!
Liptards and warmongering neocons, both groups of you, GFY. What POTUS said is TRUTH and we need to head in that direction, pronto!
Only Qatar-funded puppets like Tucker have the gall to claim that Trump isn’t America First.
Bob Wills Is Still The King!
And you’re still a marxist rat butthead.
>> There are already multiple reports of US Navy ships assisting with the missile defenses.
Excellent! That’s what we have them for. I’m sorry for any butthurt it causes you.
>> Only Qatar-funded puppets like Tucker have the gall to claim that Trump isn’t America First.
Yep. I like Tucker, but NOT his anti-Israel proclivities.
He said this Saturday. I see nothing here about the US being officially in.
Which one is Tucker, JD, and all the MAGA isolationists? Liptards? They aren’t neocons.
Since the first year of his first term, Trump has consistently said that Iran can’t have nuclear weapons, and that he would prevent them from acquiring them. Now suddenly we are getting people saying “this isn’t what I voted for”. Yes you did. He tried to make a deal and Khamenei played him. Strung him along. Lied to him.
Based on Trump’s own words over the past 8+ years, he will either use Israel’s brutal attacks to pressure Iran into accepting his terms (no enrichment or weapons program) or he will allow/help Israel destroy their nuclear program. I won’t be surprised if he allows US B-2s with GBU-57s to strike the deepest targets.
Good point
Iran has had the material for years, since 1984 according to Israel. They are also neighbors with Pakistan. If they wanted a nuke, they’d have one. Of course they want one now, it’s the only way to dissuade the “regime changers”.
If Iran had nukes they would give them to terrorists organizations.
I smell a bunker buster ready to make his point
I believe it is undeniably in the interests of America to prevent Iran from getting nukes. I cannot comprehend why people claiming to be “America First” think a nuclear Iran is hunky dory from a US standpoint. Of course some of the people objecting are just blinded by hatred of Israel.
Tucker is an Israel hater. Possibly an antisemite, which Israel haters generally are.
“Not my war”
Sitting around and doing nothing until the threat comes up and bites you on the ass is not America First, it’s America Stupid.
MAGA is not equivalent to isolationism. Those trying to make it so are no different than leftists that attempt to capture language in order to mislead, e.g. Diversity, from the mouth of a leftist, actually means Discrimination.
Isolationism only helps the bad actors of the world so I have no problem with the US throwing its hat in the ring, overtly or covertly. Then again, there are those that believe that the US is the bad actor.
I used to like Tucker. He is now dead to me!
MAGA isolationists would be just that - MAGA in every way but their isolationism.
But before you jump to stereotyping, you have to also recognize that there are other motivations.
So, for example, on FR, I presume many touting the hands off Iran approach include all the hacked accounts supporting Russia's invasion.
For a long time, I've put Tucker in that camp of a closet Putin stooge.
I presume Vance doesn't want another Iraq, or even worse, Afghanistan. But conflict w/Iran doesn't need to be extended as long as we get off the "friendly war fighting" approach, as imposed on Israel for decades.
And others, like Tulsi, are Democrats kicked out of the party because they didn't meet their purity test, but still wanted a job in politics so they hopped over to the repubs.
So as in anything else, you can't easily ascribe the same motive or belief system to everyone.
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