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Posted on 08/03/2026 9:56:12 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
US President Donald Trump criticized Iran’s leadership for being “unbelievably duplicitous” and accused them of being dishonest regarding the status of US-Iran negotiations in a post on Truth Social on Monday.
“They ask for a meeting… talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about,” Trump lamented.
He added that “nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a deal, or total surrender, is accomplished.”
Trump also disputed Iranian claims of controlling the Strait of Hormuz, asserting that the waterway is “already completely controlled by the United States Navy.”
This is a developing story.
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It’s almost as if it’s part of their religion.
Just like Imperial Japan.
Many FR members were saying, even back in March, that Iran couldn’t be trusted
Really, Pres. Trump is now surprised about this??
Two Hours Later.....
Trump announces he’s negotiating with Iran.
What we don’t know is if we are in the driver’s seat of being able to increase the attacks at our choosing and them being effective, or if we are doing all we can and just maintaining a dignified front of pretending to give Iran time to think in between attacks.
Is this a months long process with us in control of a patient long term process with undercurrents operating constantly under the surface, or is what we see, what we get?
And Trump built his political career on his opposition to these stupid Middle East wars more than a decade ago.
So if he's surprised at any of this today, he's 'effing retarded.
Years later after WWII they were finding Japanese guys hiding from the war in caves. They never never never left that ideology.
yeah. Good analogy. These guys are living in another time and refuse to gain any kind of acceptance of science or recognition of anything outside that stone age view of the world they hold onto like a dog with a bone.
Murderous troglodytes.
Btw, in using the term, I looked up the spelling and found this interesting regarding troglodytes (and see the places of no surprise, Africa, Libya...):
The Troglodytae (Greek: Τρωγλοδύται, Trōglodytai, literally “cave goers”) were people mentioned in various locations by many ancient Greek and Roman geographers and historians, including Herodotus (5th century BCE), Agatharchides (2nd century BCE), Diodorus Siculus (1st century BCE), Strabo (64/63 BCE – c. 24 CE), Pliny (1st century CE), Josephus (37 – c. 100 CE), Tacitus (c. 56 – after 117 CE), Claudius Aelianus (c. 175 CE – c. 235 CE),[1] Porphyry (c. 234 CE – c. 305 CE).
Greco-Roman period
In the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea the name Troglodytica refers to the native people in the region of Berenice Troglodytica, as “Troglodytai” or “cave dwellers”. Although the name is attested by several ancient writers, the more ancient Ptolemaic inscriptions read Trogodytai, which Huntingford (1980) speculated could be derived from the same root as Tuareg. It is possible that later copyists confused this name with the more common term Troglodytai.
In Herodotus
Herodotus referred to the Troglodytae in his Histories as being a people hunted by the Garamantes in Libya. He said that the Troglodytae were the swiftest runners of all humans known and that they ate snakes, lizards, and other reptiles. He also stated that their language was unlike any known to him, and sounded like the screeching of bats. Alice Werner (1913) believed (in passing) that this was a clear allusion to the early Khoisan, indigenous inhabitants of Southern Africa, because their languages contain distinctive click sounds.
In Aristotle
According to Aristotle a dwarfish race of Troglodytes dwelt on the upper course of the Nile, who possessed horses and were in his opinion the Pygmies of fable.
In Diodorus
In ancient writing, apparently the best known of the African cave-dwellers were the inhabitants of the “Troglodyte country” (Ancient Greek: Τρωγλοδυτική) on the coast of the Red Sea, as far north as the Greek port of Berenice, of whom an account was preserved by Diodorus Siculus from Agatharchides of Cnidus, and by Artemidorus Ephesius in Strabo. They were a pastoral people, living entirely on the flesh of their herds, or, in the season of fresh pasture, on mingled milk and blood.
In Strabo
In his work Geographica, Strabo mentions a tribe of Troglodytae living along with the Crobyzi in Scythia Minor, near the Ister (Danube) and the Greek colonies of Callatis and Tomis. He also mentions tribes living in various parts of Africa from Libya to the Red Sea.
In Pomponius Mela
In his work Chorographia, Pomponius Mela mentions that they own no resources, and rather than speak, they make a high-pitched sound. They creep around deep in caves and are nurtured by serpents.
In Athenaeus
In his work Deipnosophists, Athenaeus wrote that Pythagoras who wrote about the Red Sea mentioned that they make their pandura out of the white mangrove which grows in the sea and that Euphorion in his book on the Isthmian Games mentioned that they played sambucas with four strings like the Parthians.
In Claudius Aelianus
In his work On the Characteristics of Animals, Claudius Aelianus mentions that the tribe of Troglodytae are famous and derive their name from their manner of living. He also adds that they eat snakes.[1] Furthermore, he wrote that Troglodytes believe that the king of the beasts is the Ethiopian Bull, because it possesses the courage of a lion, the speed of a horse, the strength of a bull, and is stronger than iron.
In Josephus
Flavius Josephus alludes to a place he calls Troglodytis while discussing the account in Genesis, that after the death of Sarah, Abraham married Keturah and fathered six sons who in turn fathered many more. “Now, for all these sons and grandsons, Abraham contrived to settle them in colonies; and they took possession of Troglodytis, and the country of Arabia Felix...”
The Troglodytis Josephus refers to here is generally taken to mean both coasts of the Red Sea. However, Josephus goes on to state that the descendants of one of these grandsons, Epher, invaded Libya, and that the name of Africa was thus derived from that of Epher. The dominant modern hypothesis is that Africa stems from the Berber word ifri (plural ifran), meaning “cave”, in reference to cave dwellers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troglodytae
I don’t think he’s surprised
It’s a good thing Trump blew up the top-tier leadership in Iran. If the bench warmers can make him look this bad, imagine what those guys would have done to him.
Sure looks like he’s getting played, by the B Team
j/s ...
Absolutely.
The Japanese, after the initial sneak attack, were brutally honest— no negotiations, no surrender, until Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
It’s a good thing Trump took out Iran’s top-tier leadership.
If these guys can make him look this bad,
imagine what those guys would have done to him.
Good point. Iran is besting TRump something fierce......
running rings around affable dealmaker Trump.
Trump simply is not prepared for it.
😡😡😡😡😡
The old SDI era "Rods from God" Sure would get through to them.
Again, he is WAY too nice. We need an absolute bastard next.
Donald, my man (still), SIR, when it comes to Iran, you must not have been watching / listening too closely the last 47 years. - - - - - - - - - - - - Many times, Trump is a great observer & analyst and can cut to the quick to the correct conclusion or remedy with the best of 'em. But certain times...
You are just mouthing off, jackin your jaw. Shut up.
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