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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs Krasnov Getting Ready To Surrender
Oh sure he will declare victory while he is surrendering.
Going to be hard to declare victory when:
Krasnov said he must approve the new leader of Iran - the son of the Supreme leader took over and he is worse than dad.
Krasnov said Iran better not stop the flow of oil through Hormuz or he will hit them 20 times harder - Iran has stopped the flow of oil except for Iranian oil that is being shipped to China. Iran is shipping more oil to China today than it did before the war, oh and Iran is mining Hormuz.
7 Americans killed and 140 wounded, 8 seriously wounded.
He goes on TV and lies about bombing an Iranian school for girls, when he claimed he was backing the people.
Stock market is tanking.
Price of crude is rising with gasoline and diesel prices also rising.
The economy is showing signs of a recession with the war increasing inflation and jobs at recession-like lows.
Krasnov has lost the right wing media - Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson have attacked Krasnov for the war.
Congressional Magats are calling for Krasnov to declare victory and surrender, well, Lyndsey Graham wants Krasnov to move on to Cuba.
I suggest that Krasnov better keep doing rallies in deep red America and screen the few people who attend. His ego is in dire need of stoking.
Lovie777
(22,788 posts)double down.
gab13by13
(32,035 posts)I believe only one country ever surrendered because they were bombed - Japan.
Johnny2X2X
(24,103 posts)Although maybe he thinks he can use the war as an excuse for the collapsing American economy.
gab13by13
(32,035 posts)when the big cuts to our social safety net kick in from his Big Ugly Death Bill.
Johnny2X2X
(24,103 posts)Joe Biden built the best economy for working people in generations, the bottom 50% were seeing unprecedented gains, even as Inflation was a concern. The corporate media convinced people that everything was falling apart. And then taking advantage of the good economy, the GOP slashed the social safety net, which you can't do in a bad economy.
America and Americans are going through very hard times and it's going to get much much much worse for the bottom 90%.
And as I type this, I am reading a biased as hell article about inflation on Yahoo, as if inflation is even a key economic indicator.
Blues Heron
(8,718 posts)WSHazel
(741 posts)He removed an unpopular ruler and left the regime in charge. An externally led regime change is hard, because the population will generally rally around the regime against a foreign attack, even if they hate the regime.
lees1975
(6,989 posts)rallies might not be a good idea.
gab13by13
(32,035 posts)He told his unwashed Magats that we won the war.
LetMyPeopleVote
(178,803 posts)Weve reached the point at which the president wants consumers to be glad theyre paying more at the pump.
Trump, in late October: âWith the Democrats, youâll be paying , , and a Gallon.â
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-12T16:48:06.117Z
Trump, today, as gas prices approach the levels he warned about five months ago: âWhen oil prices go up, we make a lot of money.â
If Dems are lucky, the White House will keep pushing this line.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-and-his-allies-pitch-a-new-idea-maybe-higher-gas-prices-arent-bad-news
The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money, Trump wrote.
Yes, weve reached the point at which the president wants consumers to be glad theyre paying more at the pump.
As a substantive matter, the problem with Trumps claim is that the word we was doing a lot of work in his sentence. Its true that the United States is producing a lot of oil, and its also true that higher prices help generate oil industry profits. But since the number of Americans who benefit from oil industry profits is very small, few will likely celebrate the hit to their wallets.
Complicating matters, Trump isnt alone on this. Kelly Loeffler, head of the Small Business Administration, downplayed the importance of rising gas prices in a podcast interview this week. And on Thursday morning, Energy Secretary Chris Wright appeared on Fox News and pushed a line that was eerily similar to the presidents: Fortunately, the United States, we produce more oil than we can consume; were a net oil exporter. So overall for the U.S. economy, this isnt bad news.
This is a message that Republicans will continue to embrace in the coming weeks and months if Democrats are extremely lucky.
Kid Berwyn
(24,143 posts)Traitor should be in Supermax solitary, "RFN."
LetMyPeopleVote
(178,803 posts)