As President Trump prepares to meet generals and admirals at a shadowy meeting tomorrow, verified X accounts are reporting deployment of US air tankers to Europe, citing flight tracking data.

So ahead of the loyalty pledge ceremony to Trump, support aircraft are heading to the Middle East. Either a war with Iran or the end of Gaza is nigh.

  • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
    441·
    1 day ago

    At first, I couldn’t imagine that Trump cares enough to get us I into a war. But another thread got me thinking about this. If the US was embroiled in a war, the government would have context to start declaring anyone who doesn’t support it to be actual traitors and execute them.

    I hope that’s not what this is, but that would be a typical Trump play. Jump into a whole-ass war that he gives not one fuck about, killing soldiers and foreign civilians, just because in times of conflict a President is given even greater authority and power because of the need for strong, decisive leadership.

    Hopefully I’m just being cynical.

    • vodka@feddit.org
      351·
      1 day ago

      Trump was very interested in the fact that Ukraine wasn’t holding elections because of the war, and because of that Zelensky was still president.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      10·
      1 day ago

      It’s not just an excuse to impose martial Law in the us, but

      • that’s what bullies do: attack the weak because you think it makes you appear strong.
      • It’s a basic part of the MAGA playlist: find a distraction, stoke outrage, appeal to nationalism
      • TACO time. If he can’t impose martial law in Portland, find somewhere else so no one notices chickening out. Maybe Portugal or something: no one will notice the difference
      • time for another distraction from releasing the Trump-Epstein files