{"id":41896,"date":"2019-06-21T12:08:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T19:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=41896"},"modified":"2019-06-21T16:12:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T23:12:42","slug":"unfit-trump-okays-strike-on-iran-without-a-casualty-assessment-and-other-unpresidential-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=41896","title":{"rendered":"UNFIT: Trump Okays Strike on Iran Without a Casualty Assessment, and Other Unpresidential Acts"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has been frequent speculation about the shaky temperament of Donald Trump and his mental unfitness<\/a><\/strong> for the office of the presidency. This has been observed in his pathological lying, infantile name-calling, nerve-rattling ignorance, affinity for murderous dictators, aversion to American intelligence agencies, and brazen disrespect for the law.<\/p>\n

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Nevertheless, Trump continues to provide more evidence of how pitifully incompetent and unprepared he is for the duty he’s assumed. The latest demonstration of that is his response to the charge that Iran shot down an American drone. His first comment on the matter was (naturally) a threatening tweet<\/a><\/strong> that said only that “Iran made a very big mistake!”<\/em> However, he followed that up by suggesting that he literally believes that what Iran did was accidental. Which makes his decision to strike back with military force (for an accident?) somewhat peculiar. But no more peculiar than his reversal of that decision, which he explained in another series of tweets. Let’s examine this tweetstorm:<\/p>\n

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….Death to America. I terminated deal, which was not even ratified by Congress, and imposed strong sanctions. They are a much weakened nation today than at the beginning of my Presidency, when they were causing major problems throughout the Middle East. Now they are Bust!….<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n