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Coldwater

(1,217 posts)
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:10 AM Yesterday

Trump warns some Americans may die amid US strikes in Iran

WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States had begun "major combat operations" in Iran, warning that there may be U.S. casualties.

The strikes, which Trump said were aimed at destroying Iranian missiles and annihilating its navy, follow repeated U.S.-Israeli warnings that they would strike Iran again if it pressed ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

Interesting quote from 2012, considering trump has some of the worst polling numbers of any president in US history.




Link


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-warns-some-americans-may-die-amid-us-strikes-in-iran/ar-AA1XfRlk?

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Trump warns some Americans may die amid US strikes in Iran (Original Post) Coldwater Yesterday OP
predator Whip-poor-will Yesterday #1
Yep, that is exactly correct Walleye 23 hrs ago #6
War with Iran will not improve Trump's poling numbers PJMcK 23 hrs ago #2
Agreed Coldwater 23 hrs ago #3
Some Americans' will die? bdamomma 23 hrs ago #4
Our troops Coldwater 23 hrs ago #5
Let's start with the Trump family Walleye 23 hrs ago #7
Apparently a girl's school was bomb killing about 40..................... Lovie777 23 hrs ago #8
Please, no. Everything about this man seems to target women and girls. Baitball Blogger 22 hrs ago #16
it was funny when Lord Farquaad said it because it was so farcical. Girard442 23 hrs ago #9
This quote? William Seger 20 hrs ago #17
He didn't finish the sentence. calimary 18 hrs ago #22
You got it! Norrrm 16 hrs ago #30
FUCK THESE FUCKING FUCKS spanone 23 hrs ago #10
No confirmation re casualties - but the 5th fleet command center was hit. harumph 23 hrs ago #11
In the last hour they're claiming ZERO casualties or major facility damage since it all began WarGamer 17 hrs ago #28
Well, The Psychopath-In-Chief Certainly HOPES So! ColoringFool 23 hrs ago #12
..... Tanuki 23 hrs ago #13
Damn it! SergeStorms 19 hrs ago #20
Iran strikes US military base in Bahrain as explosions heard across Gulf Coldwater 23 hrs ago #14
keeping Americans from dying in a war with Iran was his actual job here bigtree 23 hrs ago #15
Yep, some Americans will die, the he can bluestarone 20 hrs ago #18
This Can't Be Limited to Military Casualties... ForeGoneLegsBirne 12 hrs ago #32
The Big Orange Fascist Pig...... SergeStorms 19 hrs ago #19
As ever, War is a Racket: Magoo48 18 hrs ago #21
Some Americans will be captured and/or die. Marcuse 17 hrs ago #23
Hurry up, my diaper is full. ChicagoTeamster 17 hrs ago #27
"Our shock-troops might shoot them in the face or in the back struggle4progress 17 hrs ago #24
Their deaths will be on you. You blockeheaded wannabbee general. Ping Tung 17 hrs ago #25
Well, at least they'll die to protect trump from the Epstein files. Turbineguy 17 hrs ago #26
Did he say some Americans might die, or DID HE SAY WHAT HE MEANT SOME SUCKERS WILL DIE? usaf-vet 16 hrs ago #29
Trump wants your kids to die for his sins Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 16 hrs ago #31
It's a "risk" he is willing to take IbogaProject 11 hrs ago #33
It's too bad BlueMTexpat 1 hr ago #34

Whip-poor-will

(11 posts)
1. predator
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:18 AM
Yesterday

If you rape 13 year old for fun imagine the pleasure of raping a country ......then comes the snuff part where he gets off

PJMcK

(24,974 posts)
2. War with Iran will not improve Trump's poling numbers
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:20 AM
23 hrs ago

He’s going to get worse numbers if Americans start dying.

He’s the worst and he’s stupid and he’s evil.

Coldwater

(1,217 posts)
3. Agreed
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:25 AM
23 hrs ago

An evil old man set in his ways and hopped up on Adderall - not a good combination

bdamomma

(69,465 posts)
4. Some Americans' will die?
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:26 AM
23 hrs ago

our troops or here????? He's such a sick bastard. He needs to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lovie777

(22,573 posts)
8. Apparently a girl's school was bomb killing about 40.....................
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:40 AM
23 hrs ago

hopefully, the girls and staff were not there.

Claiming this school had Iranian military occupying that area.

Girard442

(6,858 posts)
9. it was funny when Lord Farquaad said it because it was so farcical.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:49 AM
23 hrs ago

Still farcical. Not funny anymore.

harumph

(3,185 posts)
11. No confirmation re casualties - but the 5th fleet command center was hit.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 07:57 AM
23 hrs ago

From video footage (several sources) - it looks serious. It would not surprise me if some navy personnel and contractors were
killed. This is very bad.

WarGamer

(18,424 posts)
28. In the last hour they're claiming ZERO casualties or major facility damage since it all began
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:15 PM
17 hrs ago

bigtree

(93,908 posts)
15. keeping Americans from dying in a war with Iran was his actual job here
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 08:07 AM
23 hrs ago

...as successive republican and Democratic presidents achieved in their terms.

Averting war with Iran was the task at hand, the move most Americans support,and Trump predictably screwed that up to serve his own petty interests in covering for his own election interference which far outstrips anything Iran accomplished.

32. This Can't Be Limited to Military Casualties...
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 06:34 PM
12 hrs ago

... End of Days for the Iranian regime poses the threat of international asymmetrical acts by globally placed terror cells. If Trump was as ignorant & impulsive about this attack as most things he does his decision may be as half baked as his 8 minute "Hey you Iranians we have liberated your country now go reclaim your country and don't mess it up" war announcement!

SergeStorms

(20,366 posts)
19. The Big Orange Fascist Pig......
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:24 AM
19 hrs ago

will sacrifice as many lives as is necessary to draw attention from his endless fuck-ups elsewhere.

Rally around the "war president," Amerka!

Magoo48

(6,714 posts)
21. As ever, War is a Racket:
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:53 PM
18 hrs ago

the unimaginative tool of the super rich and their political minions. On both sides, poor folks and subjected workers suffer and die on and off the theaters of battle.

struggle4progress

(125,900 posts)
24. "Our shock-troops might shoot them in the face or in the back
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:50 PM
17 hrs ago

if anyone calls them terrorists --- but yall should be used to that by now"

Turbineguy

(39,950 posts)
26. Well, at least they'll die to protect trump from the Epstein files.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:59 PM
17 hrs ago

That's some solace that MAGA's can be happy about.

usaf-vet

(7,784 posts)
29. Did he say some Americans might die, or DID HE SAY WHAT HE MEANT SOME SUCKERS WILL DIE?
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:19 PM
16 hrs ago

USAF Medic 1965-1969

BlueMTexpat

(15,669 posts)
34. It's too bad
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 05:32 AM
1 hr ago

that he, Vance, Johnson, and ALL those in his MisAdministration aren't among them!

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