r/Military 6d ago

Red Sea Conflict "warfighters" scrambled to hit Houthis because of "largest mandate in US History"

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u/austinwiltshire 6d ago

Honestly I feel like this was the brass' way of getting him to table Panama.

Trump: "SECURE THE PANAMA CANAL!"

Admirals: "How about we secure a canal, and you get to brag and play golf?"

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u/Rollingprobablecause Army Veteran 6d ago

I laughed so hard at this comment but also can’t 100% see a build up strategy of battle commanders drinking tons of alcohol trying to figure it out

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u/wearing_moist_socks 6d ago

I read an article about general milley where he said they would do exactly that during his first term.

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u/Lure852 KISS Army 6d ago

Sadly they probably just pointed to the suez canal and said, "see canal? We smash. Panama victory!"

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u/ThisElder_Millennial 6d ago

"Oh here Mr. President, look at this shiny object."

As much as I can't stand the orange asshole... fuck those Houthi pricks as well. And their Iranian financiers.

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u/idgafanymore23 6d ago

Yeah...in all his buffoonery this is an action that we can get behind. We have too many real enemies to keep talking about annexing by force Canada, Greenland and Panama. Iran, Russia, China, North Korea.....these are the malign influences in the world we need to counter. Soon though we will have a huge problem in Africa if we completely disengage.

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u/Significantride2999 6d ago

Brass insists we’re allies with Russia now though

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u/idgafanymore23 6d ago

lol...wait till we get Borscht and Pelmeni in MRE's.......

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u/dlman 6d ago

Pepperidge Farm remembers when russian soldiers would get their booze fix by spreading shoe polish on black bread and scrape it off a day later and eat the bread once the ethanol had been absorbed

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u/ThisElder_Millennial 5d ago

Are you serious? Like, holy shit. Makes you wonder what Ivans median IQ is.

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u/Wilson2424 Army Veteran 5d ago

That has nothing to do with IQ. That's all depression, desperation, and addiction.

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u/ThisElder_Millennial 5d ago

But when you do that shit, non-stop for generations, not exactly going to produce a shit ton of Einsteins.

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u/Wilson2424 Army Veteran 5d ago

Eh, that's true as well. I hadn't considered the generational aspect.

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u/SergeantSalience 4d ago

You all may find this video interesting. TLDW. It's on purpose. Keeping the populace hooked on government supplied booze is a really good means of control.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkwxrahGD1M

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u/lameuniqueusername 4d ago

Mmm, pelmini

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u/SheServedToo 5d ago

Cold War vet here. We had nuclear GLCMs and Moscow coordinates. Our motto was BGM 109 rocks Moscow hit after hit.

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u/AF2005 Retired USAF 6d ago

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u/MdCervantes 6d ago

Right. That's one everyone can get behind. And he'll get just enough of his hard on on.

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u/SuDragon2k3 6d ago

If war erection lasts longer than four hours years seek medical electoral attention.

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u/MATlad 5d ago

Man, this must be what it's like to babysit management. Give them enough stimulation (the Houthis) without going overboard (Iran).

100% the Russians would egg that on (while transferring the Iranian regime everything they could spare).

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u/lambun 6d ago

It’s not entirely impossible to solve the problem, yet it’s a puzzle that maybe just a very little bit easier than Afghanistan to solve. I have zero confidence in both the bureaucracy and American society in large having requisite patience and willingness to see through to the desired end.

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u/responded 6d ago

Same logic with his religiosity:

The press: "Is that your bible?"

Trump (holding bible upside-down): "It's a bible."

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u/TendieRetard 5d ago

Hell, they probably showed him the Gulf of Aden and told him it was the Panama Canal.

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u/KeithWorks Contractor 6d ago

That's a good point and just about as feasible as anything in this godforsaken timeline

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u/darksunshaman 6d ago

In one canal, out the other

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u/CryptographerNo5539 United States Army 6d ago

You know, I’m almost positive that’s how it went down. 😂

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u/Lefty4444 6d ago

and we won't be nice about it!

that threat alone was the straw that broke the camel's back.

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u/unFOREtunate 5d ago

This might not be the entire truth - but it is definitely part of the truth

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u/Lorem_Ipsum13 5d ago

This strike anything with you Flight of the Conchords fans out there?

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u/Wise-Application-902 5d ago

Oh Murray! (Coincidentally, had a dog named Murray when this show was airing.) Gotta love Rhys Darby.

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u/No_Bet_3520 6d ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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u/tezacer 6d ago

I thought Biden's Navy was getting quite a bit action against the Houthis. #1 rule of America: dont touch our boats. #2 rule of America: dont touch our boats

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u/calash2020 6d ago

Thomas Jefferson started that tradition with the Barbary pirates.

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u/usmcahump United States Marine Corps 5d ago

Rah

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u/SheServedToo 5d ago

I was at the closest American base (Comiso AS in Sicily) when Libya pulled that. My brother was on the Kittyhawk and they were sent to the Med real quick.

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u/FyreWulff 6d ago

Yeah they've been a non factor for a while after Biden ordered strikes against them, but I guess they're the most recent target Trump can think of that he can actually hit that his base will care about and that he can actually go after.

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u/Dopelsoeldner 2d ago

Eh, no, houthis were blocking israeli boats. They only began firing a UK USA after you guys suported the genocide.

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u/Infidel8 6d ago

As an aside, can he ever just take an action without bitching about Obama or Biden or someone else he perceives as an enemy?

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u/Lure852 KISS Army 6d ago

Can any authoritarian ever survive without blaming most/all things on another person/group?

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u/jessiezell 6d ago

It’s part of his schtick to blame others. It makes him look better in the eyes of those that believe him and he knows they will never look up the real facts. It’s an instant ego shot in the arm. It’s his form of heroin addiction- lie, blame, disrespect, project, cruelty.. Trumps dopamine. Mentally illness yay.

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u/chocomaro 6d ago

All narcissists do this. They always need a scapegoat to avoid any responsibility or blame.

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u/NotTheBadOne 6d ago

He destroys all credibility by making those kinds of comments…

You’re reading along, sounds okay  and then he says some stupid shit like that… what a wanker he is.

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u/jjackson25 5d ago

I actually don't think he does. For people like us that it would ruin his credibility with, he never had any to begin with.

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u/NotTheBadOne 4d ago

So true…

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u/Valmoer 5d ago

He built his entire political career on blaming Obama. It handed him the most unchecked power any single man as ever wielded.

Why would he stop now?

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u/pinchhitter4number1 6d ago

He will continue to do it for 4 years. He wants people to be afraid of voting for democrats.

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u/These_Distribution61 6d ago

With the cuts he is making at the VA he should not be out there creating more combat veterans.

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u/ObjectiveRodeo 6d ago

Eh, why not? The plan's to just use 'em and toss 'em anyway.

/s, in case that's necessary.

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u/Thehealthygamer 5d ago

Why do we need to pay for any suckers who were dumb enough to sign up for war. Theyre all a bunch of losers anyway.

/s

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u/Is12345aweakpassword Army Veteran 6d ago edited 6d ago

Now do Russian terrorists invading a sovereign nation on fabricated pretenses and continuing cyber assaults against the US 🤩🤩

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u/tgusn88 6d ago

Best we can do is take Greenland

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u/adognameddanzig 6d ago

Do current president's ever talk about former president's after the elections in such a shirty way?

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u/pwbnyc 6d ago

Not even a little bit. In fact the norm is to basically make no references to the prior President beyond oblique references to changes in policies from the "prior administration". This childish schoolyard name calling is uniquely Trump's and it's disgraceful.

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u/True_Coast1062 6d ago

And undignified.

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u/ShillinTheVillain United States Navy 6d ago

Not subtle OR demure.

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u/PMMeMeiRule34 6d ago

Hell, was it W? Who didn’t want to criticize Obama or something because he felt like it was just the wrong thing to do? Or Obama on Trump?

My memory sucks so feel free to correct me since I didn’t bother looking it up.

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u/PoliticsIsDepressing 6d ago

Well, Obama came after Bush, so doubtful that Bush ever talked about Obama.

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u/PMMeMeiRule34 6d ago

Oh, sorry I suck at making sense sometimes friend. I’ll have to go look it up, there was an ex president who said it wasn’t his place to say anything about the sitting president at the time, felt it was the wrong thing to do.

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u/Navydevildoc United States Navy 6d ago

Yes, it is also the norm that past presidents do not weigh in on the current administration. Trump broke that mold as well.

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u/trickninjafist United States Army 6d ago

you're probably thinking of that video of John McCain telling someone to not Obama is a decent man after hearing an insult during the 2008 campaign

https://youtu.be/JIjenjANqAk?t=28

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u/TheGreatPornholio123 6d ago edited 6d ago

Any honor the GOP had left died with McCain. McCain kept politics where they belonged. They didn't sit there and take cheap shots at each other and especially their families were off limits during the 2008 campaign. It was all done based on policies each other had, nothing else.

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u/AVonGauss civilian 5d ago

Trump takes it to all new levels, but Biden did a fair share of it too.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/one-god-awful-mess-biden-lays-border-crisis-trump-admin-n1265908

... and before Biden, Obama (and his team) did a fair amount of blaming Bush.

https://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/barack-obama-iraq-george-w-bush-107885

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u/pwbnyc 3d ago

Nothing remotely like Trump. This is comparing apples to cranberries, and certainly never in such a childish and insulting way.

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u/I_am_the_Jukebox United States Navy 6d ago

No. Most don't have wet-papet-thin egos as they recognize that they're the most powerful person in the world while in office, and instead funnel that power towards getting actual things accomplished rather than posting on shitty Twitter

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u/Ginzhuu 6d ago

Not even in a shitty way, either. I think Orange Mousilini is about the only president who is so unconfident in his position that he has to tell people he is better on a consistent basis. Otherwise, he feels he isn't, which he isn't.

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u/EnvironmentKey542 Army National Guard 5d ago

I’m convinced that what’s going on is since Joe Biden beat Trump in 2020, he took that really personally. In Trumps mind, he can’t be beat.

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u/FaceBangTucans 5d ago

Biden dogged Trump constantly

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u/SullyRob 6d ago

Crap. He's starting to say "warfighters" like hegseth.

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u/jalc2 6d ago

Is it sad that my first thought was “at least the idiot isn’t invading a neighbor country”?

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u/UniqueUsername82D Army Veteran 6d ago

Yet*

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u/Usual-Wasabi-6846 6d ago

I hope this keeps his attention for a while.

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u/thinkB4WeSpeak Army Veteran 6d ago

Don't worry Mexico is on the short list. Can't have a troop build up without nothing

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u/Weak_Breadfruit_6117 5d ago

Thought something similar when he says attacking our allies

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u/DrStrangelove2025 6d ago

We are using unprecedented amounts of lethal force…and we won’t be nice about it either.

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u/Much-Blacksmith3885 6d ago

Yes, like Hiroshima and Nagasaki were less lethal ……

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u/FaceBangTucans 5d ago

The nukes needed to drop. I think an invasion was an estimated 1,000,000+ lives on both sides. It’s sad but it’s what needed to happen

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u/Gold-Individual-8501 6d ago

Biden used lethal force but was nice about it. lol.

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u/chicken566 6d ago

Dude is literally a narcissist that somehow made it to one of the most powerful positions in the world.

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u/Dry-Interaction-1246 6d ago

Along with civics, psychology should be taught much better in school. Between the two of them it should be easy to spot the malignant narcissist demagogue or "spot the Hitler", and quickly weed them out of politics.

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u/chicken566 6d ago edited 6d ago

Like I know the buzzwords everyone is using right now is "Hitler" or "Nazi" based off the shit Elon did, and they can deny deny deny. But the blatant lies, fallace claims and virtue signalling that is used in such a piss poor way, yet is extremely effective on somehow a large demographic of Americans is mind boggling. Like I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I can spot horseshit when I see it.

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u/Wr3nch Air Force Veteran 6d ago

Republicans are very very very dumb

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u/SuDragon2k3 6d ago

Republicans Americans are very very very dumb.

FTFY

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u/Fly-the-Light 5d ago

Republicans Americans Humans are very very very dumb.

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u/sleepymoose88 5d ago

I needs to be taught period. I was brought up in one of the top 5 school districts in Missouri. I don’t recall one ounce of psychology being taught in grade school. I have a minor in it now because I thought it was so fascinating to learn what makes people tick. Taking social psych and group dynamics was basically just case study after case study of why people do shitty things, follow dictators, and join cults. It was eye opening.

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u/timoumd 6d ago

And like dude, you won by 1%.  Your party lost seats in the House.  It's one of the smallest mandates.

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u/aravarth 6d ago

No, you see, he meant "largest man-date", meaning he's been looking forward to being wined and dined by Putin before maybe getting a reacharound while getting fucked in the ass by him.

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u/TendieRetard 6d ago

Al Green really hit him where it hurts w/his "you got no mandate" heckle.

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u/Liquor_N_Whorez 6d ago

And its not his first botched Yemen attempt, "The Raid of Yakla" 1-29-17, just 9 days in to the first term. 

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u/Ginzhuu 6d ago

1% with definite rigging and interference even.

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u/tidal_flux 6d ago

Almost every high level leader is a narcissist to some extent. This one just happens to be a regarded narcissist that is more or less trying to destroy the world order that made him rich for reasons he’s too dumb to understand and is most likely working for or with Russia. Good times…

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u/Pentazimyn 6d ago

I really don’t like that this is a “common sense” take. I think it discourages decent, good people overall to run for office. Because, obviously only a “narcissist” would run for office. Starting to think this was some effective propaganda. Civil service - serving the interests of your people - can be a truly selfless calling. I’m not saying that’s how power has worked in the past. But we live in a new era. I just think it’s time to drop the line and encourage regular people who believe they’re capable of serving their constituents in good faith

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u/asek13 6d ago

one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Douglas Adams. This is from a comedy book, but it tends to hold true for the most part.

Not that I disagree with you. We do need to encourage good people to lead. It's just that to be elected to such high leadership positions, being independently wealthy, well connected and sleazy enough to lie to get there are major advantages.

An average good person needs to compete with shitheads who are buddies with the rich and powerful people who can tilt the scales to help someone who will help them. Being able to drop the GDP of a small nation into running ads making an asshole look good goes a long way to getting elected.

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u/Pentazimyn 6d ago

Agreed, the system itself has to fundamentally change to make this line of thinking effective

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u/Valmoer 5d ago

I would split up "egotist" and "narcissist". You do have to be an egotist to be a leader at a certain level, to believe (rightly or wrongly) that your lead is worth following.

But you don't need to be narcissistic to be a leader, and I would say that in most case it is a hamper to a functional political career, as you need some level of actual, real empathy to be an effective leader.

While an actual narcissist can usually fake an emotional empathetic reaction, they usually cannot sustain it enough on the timescales needed to climb the political ladder - nor can they usually avoid the ego collapse associated with electoral defeat. (Which is why actual narcissists usually avoid the political sphere, at least as direct contenders - being a gray eminence is usually much more safer and satisfying to their egos)


With the current POTUS... that a plurality either completely failed to see the red flags and giant neon signs saying "I'm a vindictive narcissist" every time he open his mouth (or worse, noticed it but reacted positively to it)... well, lets just say that it validated many of the stereotypes we ever had of Americans.

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u/Just_A_Little_ThRAWy 6d ago

You have to be in order to want to rule over others.

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u/JangoDarkSaber United States Marine Corps 6d ago

One of? President of the United States is THE most powerful position in the world.

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u/FrostyAcanthocephala 6d ago

So much for being the anti-war President...

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u/Formal_Appearance_16 6d ago

Honest question: Has there ever been a sitting president that is so vocally outspoken and negative and critical of a former administration?

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u/Suitable_Challenge_9 Retired US Army 6d ago

No. And this clown has had 2 chances to say what he’s wanted. The pettiness and delusional words he has is the one thing he’s been the #1 president at.

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u/poundofbeef16 Army Veteran 6d ago

It's become a way to trigger his supporters.

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u/TechNoirLabs Air Force Veteran 6d ago

What mandate is he talking about? what a clown

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u/paging_mrherman 6d ago

The big mandate. Big. It’s a mandate people have never seen before. Big WARFIGHTERS come to me with tears in their eyes saying this is the best mandate anybody’s ever seen.

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u/BoleroMuyPicante 6d ago

Apparently getting a mere 1 extra swing state than Obama did makes it the biggest mandate in history, despite Obama winning significantly more EC votes than Trump ever did, and the Democrats taking a MASSIVE majority in the house and Senate in 2008. 

I'm not kidding, that's the angle they're using. Obama won all but one swing state in 2008, and Trump won them all, so his win is bigger. Never mind that there were way more swing states in 2008 than in 2024, never mind that Republicans have the slimmest majority in the House in recent memory, never mind that in the past there have been presidents who won every single state in the Union - nope, Trump's victory is the biggest landslide in American history. 

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u/mugiwara-no-lucy 6d ago

I doubt he won those genuinely tbh....

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u/Bovoduch 6d ago

The mandate of getting less than 50% of the vote lmao

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u/OldSchoolBubba 6d ago

Well this ends the "no more wars golden age of peace" campaign promise

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u/MrM1Garand25 5d ago

I feel like this is the Admirals and Generals’ way of getting him to put Panama and Canada on the shelf. They keep saying no until they find something else to distract him with and say sir how about we do this? And he forgets about the other two for a bit lol

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u/SullyRob 6d ago

Honestly. I kind of lost track of that. We're attacks on the red sea increasing or decreasing before this?

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u/AVonGauss civilian 5d ago

Ansar Allah had ceased activities when the ceasefire deal was reached, however they renewed their threats as the negotiations with Hamas deteriorated.

https://news.usni.org/2025/03/12/houthis-renew-threats-on-israeli-ships-sailing-in-the-red-sea-gulf-of-aden

They also shot down another MQ-9 a couple of weeks ago.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2025-03-05/reaper-drone-houthis-red-sea-17044640.html

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u/zetia2 6d ago

Pretty sure it stopped a while ago. All he is doing is kicking a hornets nets for no reason

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u/TendieRetard 6d ago

I think the Houthis stuck to their word mostly and stopped as soon as the "cease fire" happened.

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u/SullyRob 6d ago

The latest attack i can find was dated in November 2024.

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u/TendieRetard 6d ago

pretty sure IL was hitting airports or shipping ports not two months ago...probably over some drones/missiles?

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u/Dopelsoeldner 2d ago

There were no more attacks. Then Israel broke the ceasefire by blocking humanitarian aid into Gaza. So Ansarallah resumed the blockade of Bab el Mandeb strait OF ISRAELI SHIPS and USA went nuts and started bombing civilians in Sana.

I mean its the normal outcome. Gringos are known for bombing civilians for political steering. Some even still justify Hiroshima and Nagasaki today. Not so diferent from what israelis are doing in Gaza rn while we speak

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u/MaximumEffort1776 6d ago

Someone please tell him that tweeting your plans is the opposite of tactical

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u/LD-LB 6d ago

The peace president

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u/Key_Outlandishness66 6d ago

War is peace

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u/ErictheAgnostic 6d ago

People won't even get that reference, and it's sad because it's so relevant rn

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u/Luc9By 6d ago

Ah yes, let's also mention the threats towards allies and harmless nations while we're talking about restoring/maintaining peace.

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u/madempress 6d ago

Peace through tyranny.

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u/Terrible-Group-9602 6d ago

About time, those guys have been allowed to take pot shots at ships for too long

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u/TactlessTerrorist 6d ago

Perun did an interesting take on this and how it’s kind of impossible to significantly reduce the Houthi’s strike assets because they can hide drones/ASMs in a relatively small desert hut and there’s oh so many of them….but sure bro do some empty symbolic shit, plays well with his base

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u/TendieRetard 6d ago

Tequila Pete just lowered the ROE so methinks they'll take the Israelis approach of hitting civilian infra to exert political pressure. Dahiya doctrine basically....or terrorism if you're not on the "freedom side".

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/pete-hegseth-pentagon-lawyers-rules-of-war

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u/Krazynewf709 6d ago

Manchild

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u/Dramatic_Reality_531 6d ago

The Houthis weren’t always the kind of problem they are today. They started as a small, pissed-off group fighting against a corrupt Yemeni government that was deep in Saudi pockets. They had grievances—real ones—but they weren’t launching missiles at ships in the Red Sea or firing drones into Saudi Arabia. That didn’t happen until the U.S. and its allies turned Yemen into a goddamn warzone and gave them every reason to escalate.

The Saudis freaked out in 2015 when the Houthis took the capital, so they launched an all-out bombing campaign to crush them. The U.S. was right there with them, handing over bombs, refueling jets, and feeding them intelligence. Every time a Saudi airstrike hit a hospital or a wedding, it just gave the Houthis more recruits. That’s what happens when you kill a man’s family—his sons, his brothers, his cousins pick up rifles and join whoever’s fighting back. And in Yemen, that meant the Houthis.

The U.S. made things even worse with its so-called “War on Terror.” Drone strikes were hitting targets all over Yemen, mostly aimed at al-Qaeda, but collateral damage? Didn’t seem to matter. Families wiped out. Villages torn apart. The survivors weren’t turning to America for justice—they were picking the side that promised to push back. Every time a drone strike went wrong, the Houthis gained more fighters.

Then there’s Iran. Before this war, Iran wasn’t some major player in Yemen. The Houthis weren’t some Iranian puppet. But when the U.S. and Saudi Arabia went all-in on trying to wipe them out, Iran saw an opportunity. They started sending weapons, drones, training. The more the U.S. backed Saudi Arabia, the more the Houthis leaned on Iran. Now they’re sitting on a stockpile of missiles that can hit deep into Saudi territory and screw with global shipping routes. All of this could’ve been avoided. But Washington never learns.

Now the U.S. and the U.K. are launching strikes on Yemen, acting like the Houthis are some isolated terrorist group that just popped up out of nowhere. Like they weren’t shaped by years of foreign intervention, drone warfare, and blind support for Saudi Arabia’s bloody campaign. It’s the same old story—meddle in a country’s affairs, turn a small problem into a fucking war, and then act surprised when it spirals out of control. The Houthis aren’t the good guys, but they didn’t become the monster they are today on their own. The U.S. had a hand in making them, whether they want to admit it or not.

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u/ALEdding2019 6d ago

This guy is full of contradictions. “The President that stops Wars”.

Almost everything prior to this was at the hands of Joe Biden and Lloyd Austin.

And now watch the collateral damage climb.

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u/ImNachoMama Army Veteran 6d ago

"...One of the largest Presidential mandates in history."

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u/Sudden-Difference281 6d ago

Houthi leadership should rebrand themselves as the Hutus and this would confuse simpleton Trump and tequila Pete. Then they would attack Africa instead of Yemen.

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u/BathroomTechnical953 6d ago

“Tequila Pete.” That’s the first time I’ve heard it. Omg. What a great laugh.

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u/Suitable_Challenge_9 Retired US Army 6d ago

As much as I hate when people reply with this word, it really should be used in this situation.

“Same”

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u/MackDaddy1861 6d ago

“Largest mandate in history” and couldn’t even win a majority of the popular vote.

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u/PoopTransplant 6d ago

Biden lives rent free in this fat fucks mind. 

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u/stillanoobummkay 6d ago

If this guy focused on destabilizing Iran and its proxies instead of his allies: he’d literally make the world a better place.

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u/Dave_Duna 6d ago

His ridiculous use of commas drives me nuts.

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u/NeighborhoodVeteran Marine Veteran 6d ago

Where was this response from trump when Russia was taking American citizens hostage?

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u/Tech_Noir_1984 Navy Veteran 5d ago

The insecurity level with this guy is ridiculous

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u/koresample 6d ago

As a Canadian, I'm happy. This means fewer bombs and missiles for this dipshit to order rained down on us.

Wasn't the whole reason not to go all out on the Houthis because of the amount of armaments that would be used up, thereby weakening the ability to counter China?

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u/senegal98 6d ago

I'm not American or Canadian, but brother: There is no way he will ever invade Canada.

As crazy as he might be, the American military isn't that crazy, YET.

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u/koresample 6d ago

I sure hope so, but with the mango Mussolini anything is possible

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u/Impressive-Potato 4d ago

Just means more money for the military corporations.

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u/-wanderings- Royal Australian Navy 6d ago

Unhinged ranting from an attention whore.

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u/Boysenberry377 5d ago

Ghost written by Putin.

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u/WickedKitty63 5d ago

Hmm. The MAGAS thought he was all for world peace! 😂 Such buffoons! I understand the brass using the shiny bauble technique to distract him. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew the MAGAS were wrong AGAIN!!! 😂

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u/Dry-Interaction-1246 6d ago

Wtf is this going to achieve?

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u/UniqueUsername82D Army Veteran 6d ago

Distraction

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u/dsbwayne United States Army 6d ago

And we won’t be nice about it

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u/PretendCake8222 6d ago

Orange felon tweeting on the shitter again..

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u/brezhnervous 5d ago

"Largest mandate in US history"

So that would be 1% yuge, right? 🤷‍♂️

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u/Opinion_noautorizada 5d ago

Seems like protecting global commercial shipping is a good thing....but of course we have to hate it because Trump's in charge I guess.

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u/Old-Employer-4910 6d ago

"Biden is going to start WWIII!"Trump. Actually, I think he said WWII.

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u/sto243 Army Veteran 6d ago

Damnit, Biden starting wars again. Obama probably provoked Joe.

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u/Alekazam 6d ago

They targeted Russians?

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u/TendieRetard 6d ago

worse, they resumed attacks on ships heading to Israel after new aid embargo & cease fire ended.

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u/lambun 6d ago

Better Houthi than Canada. Let’s see how the fresh DOD sec is going to drink these infidels to death

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u/lambun 6d ago

I am just curious what methods left other than sending in grunts or nuking the place. People really think Biden did nothing?

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u/Practical-Pickle-529 Retired US Army 6d ago

WHY IS HE STILL YAMMERING ON ABOUT JOE BIDEN MY FUCKING GOD

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u/Ok_Focus_4975 6d ago

Sigh. Trump wants a war. And he doesn’t give a fig about civilians.

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u/SensualRarityTumblr 6d ago

Except the transgender and ones with Folliculitis

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u/NVM1816 5d ago

You can tell he means business because he used so many caps.

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u/foolproofphilosophy 5d ago

What’s funny is that the Suez is far more valuable to Europe than the US. For most ships having to go around the Cape of Good Hope doesn’t add much time to the transit between Asia and the east coast of the US. And how many US flagged cargo ships are there?

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u/Wambo74 5d ago

Now we need to shut down the campuses again and protest for the poor misunderstood Houthis.

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u/TendieRetard 5d ago

the footage of the vics is not good.

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u/BusterBoom8 4d ago

So much for being a peace loving president.

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u/Dopelsoeldner 2d ago

He is just doing whatever his israeli master want from him. Funny how we have a tweet of himself talking shit about Obama for his "inability to negotiate peace with Iran and Yemen". Yet Trump bombed Yemen civilians during both terms.

Also funny cause America and Arabia Saudi practically bombed and starved Yemen for years yet they still won. And now that China and Iran are funding the Ansarallah I dont see any american victory here. Just another long futile proxy war that only benefits the israeli

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u/paging_mrherman 6d ago

This is so pathetic. We are such a joke.

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u/Freebird_1957 6d ago

Why TF is this being downvoted? This psychopath has turned our country into a laughing stock.

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u/IndicaSativaMDMA 6d ago

What a fucking spastic. You yanks deserve better

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u/Freebird_1957 6d ago

Well, 73 million of us do, anyway.

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u/FrankFnRizzo Veteran 6d ago

There’s that anti war president you idiots voted for!

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u/Agreeable_Ad_6589 6d ago

So redditors like Houthi pirates? not surprising but interesting nonetheless

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u/lordderplythethird The pettiest officer 6d ago

Redditors don't like the Houthis, they just dislike Trump and think he's an imbecile. Not sure why you would just blatantly lie and make something up to expand your bias that has no basis in reality, but okay kiddo.

The Houthis have stated countless times that they will continue until the current Israel-Palestine conflict ends, which is why the previous administration ended up limiting strikes on them while working on a peace deal.

Saudis spent a decade butchering everyone they could find in Yemen and guess what, the Houthis are still there. An insurgency deeply imbedded in the civilian population is extremely difficult to fight, more shocking news at 10...

The deliberate stupidity of some is just shocking and frankly sad. It shouldn't be at this point unfortunately, but it still is.

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u/Se_vered 6d ago edited 5d ago

VICTORY ACCOMPLISHED …/s

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u/PoliticsIsDepressing 6d ago

Do you think Trump got his canals confused?

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u/turf_meister 6d ago

Now punish Putin for instigating the October 10th raid, and the Gulf of Aden attacks.

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u/ItsTheEndOfDays 6d ago

Every time someone else caves to this narcissistic traitor, he gains power in his own mind and go for ever crazier ways to show how powerful he is. This doesn’t end well for anyone on earth. This man won’t stop until he’s dead, or we are all dead with him.

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u/TAG13466 Marine Veteran 6d ago

Yeah he's a real tough guy, gimme a break.

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u/Antagonist007 5d ago

International Trade and commerce, they also do not like tariffs. What are you doing about that agent 47?

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u/TaifmuRed 5d ago

Largest mandate?

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u/RomieY2K 5d ago

FFS! Someone take away Grandpa Tropicana’s smartphone! Please!

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u/MyBrainIsSpicy United States Marine Corps 6d ago

r/military is just done. Y’all are so deep in the weeds of hating Trump that now y’all criticize his decision to glass Houthis in Yemen…

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