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senseandsensibility

(25,530 posts)
Wed May 20, 2026, 04:00 PM 19 hrs ago

Whew! The war is almost over! What a relief!

According to Ron Filipkowski, trump just posted that Iran's oil supply is going to explode because they have run out of storage because of the blockade. This will force them to surrender "in 3 days"!

What kind of an absolute fool do you have to be to believe this obvious gaslighting?

Everything we are told about this war is propaganda, nonsense, or gaslighting. And someone needs to tell him that to his face.

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calimary

(90,824 posts)
1. Anything from the donald needs a fact check and a second opinion.
Wed May 20, 2026, 04:07 PM
19 hrs ago

And maybe a third and/or fourth opinion, too.

We ALL should have learned by now NEVER to take any Trump comments at face value.

Question authority. ESPECIALLY his!

senseandsensibility

(25,530 posts)
3. I don't think I have voluntarily listened to anything he says for 8 years or more
Wed May 20, 2026, 04:12 PM
19 hrs ago

let alone believed it. But what we need is that attitude from the "press". As Lawrence says, report on what he does not what he says.

lastlib

(28,627 posts)
9. Anything he says (or posts) automatically registers at least 92.....
Wed May 20, 2026, 05:39 PM
18 hrs ago

....on the 1-to-10 Lastlib Bullshit Meter scale. Believe NOTHING that he verbally vomits.

UpInArms

(55,387 posts)
2. but but but
Wed May 20, 2026, 04:10 PM
19 hrs ago

the markets were thrilled

Oil prices post biggest drop in 2 weeks, airline stocks surge on hopes the U.S.-Iran war will soon end


Dow 50,009.35 +645.47 1.31%

S&P 500 7,432.97 +79.36 1.08%

Nasdaq 26,270.36 +399.65 1.54%

Oil 98.48 -5.67 -5.44%

ashredux

(2,960 posts)
6. Well, that's a signal to sell your stocks You bought a while back tomorrow after the market goes up.
Wed May 20, 2026, 04:41 PM
19 hrs ago

Dan

(5,296 posts)
8. War won; war not quite won; Iran surrenders; War won; Strait Closed.
Wed May 20, 2026, 05:24 PM
18 hrs ago

It takes a special kind of fool to believe the buffoon in charge.

Yet, there is something like the Third Reich in America today.

When I talk to some of my friends about my worry, they initially said the guard rails would hold. Now, the responses are: (a) Your neighbors that supported Trump wouldn’t do something like that; (b) Trust in God, it is in his/her hands; (c) I don’t listen to the news, it upsets me.

flashman13

(2,566 posts)
10. No, I have to disagree. The crazy old bastard actually believes Iran's oil supply is going to explode
Wed May 20, 2026, 06:38 PM
17 hrs ago

because it's full (whatever!). He really is that stupid.

Mad_Machine76

(25,007 posts)
11. I think that the only time anything Trump says should be reported
Wed May 20, 2026, 06:49 PM
17 hrs ago

is when it has been first verified for truthfulness and accuracy by some independent source(s). Otherwise, I will not believe a GD thing that he or any of his loyal minions say. I wish the news media would do the same. The only time it should be "news" is when Trump is actually telling the truth and he should be ignored the rest of the time. But I guess since he's POTUS and the media needs ratings that's too much to ask.

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