#Trump is expected to address the #war against #Iran during remarks at 11AM ET, the White House said Monday.

[grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange]

@Nonilex weapons of mass destruction, huh.

[nonilex@masto.ai]

Earlier in this speech, #Trump enumerated 4 objectives of the #war: destroying Iran’s missile capabilities, “annihilating” its navy, preventing #Iran from obtaining #nuclear weapons & ensuring that “the Iranian regime” cannot continue to fund regional proxies.

There was no mention of #RegimeChange in that list, though he has emphasized the Iranian regime as “sick” & “sinister.”

#US #warmonger #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

[nonilex@masto.ai]

#Trump has given conflicting justifications for his #war in #Iran, & has sought to downplay the country’s #military strength, he said that the regime’s ballistic missile program was growing “rapidly & dramatically, & this posed a clear, colossal threat to America & our forces stationed overseas.”

#US #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

[nonilex@masto.ai]

Trump’s own #Defense #Intelligence Agency estimated #Iran would not be capable of building missles capable of reaching the #US for a decade or so, & had not made a decision to begin.

#Trump said the attack could last “4 to 5 weeks,” but “we have capability to go far longer than that.” He added: “I don’t get bored. There’s nothing boring about this.”

#war #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

[nonilex@masto.ai]

#Trump only briefly mentioned the 4 #US service members who died. The event at which he is speaking is a medal ceremony honoring #veterans who fought & died in #US #wars.

Trump discussed, for the first time since the war began, his decision in 2018 to withdraw from the #Iran #nuclear accord negotiated by President Barack #Obama.

“That was a horrible, horrible dangerous document,″ he said, that would have given Iran “nuclear weapons 3 years ago.” [wrong]

#war #RegimeChange #law #Congress

[nonilex@masto.ai]

#Iran was largely abiding by the agreement #Obama negotiated until #Trump pulled out of it, & though it was under no restrictions after that, it did not manage to produce a weapon.

Trump, in the middle of a Medal of Honor ceremony where he is explaining his rationale on deposing Iran’s supreme leader, starts talking about his White House ballroom project.

#US #war #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

[nonilex@masto.ai]

After a few minutes, #Trump moved on from his #war in #Iran to the curtains he’s picked out for the White House & his new ballroom. “I picked those drapes in my first term,” he says. “I always liked gold.” There’s light chuckling in the room.

#unfit #dementia #US #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

[nonilex@masto.ai]

Americans alarmed by the #deaths of 4 #US service members might have been expecting a formal presidential address from the White House. Instead, they are observing a president treating this like every other day: talking about his #ballroom, attacking #Democrats, bashing the news #media.

#Trump #unfit #dementia #Iran #war #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

[pg1958@mastodon.sdf.org]

@Nonilex as if trump actually knows ANYTHING about the processes involved in the creation of a nuclear device. America is so fucked with this fool in charge.

[timo21@mastodon.sdf.org]

@Nonilex 'The curtains of death'.

[deepmud@mas.to]

@Nonilex can we possibly have him gold plated?

[alterelefant@mastodontech.de]

@Nonilex Felon number one already made clear that he thinks all people in the military are, and I quote: "losers"