Let's talk about Trump not keeping his mouth shut.... - Belle of the Ranch

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Well, howdy there Internet people. It's Belle again. So, today we're going to talk about Trump not keeping his mouth shut.

Failures are known, successes are not. That's the unofficial motto of every Alphabet Soup affiliated person in the world. Anybody who has ever had to memorize the details of a passport on their way to the airport knows that if they did their job well, nobody will ever know. Apparently, Trump still hasn't figured out the importance of keeping his mouth closed when it comes to national security.

A Fox News correspondent said, "President Trump told me the United States sent guns to the Iranian protesters. He tells me, "We sent them a lot of guns. We sent them through the Kurds and the president says he thinks the Kurds kept them.”

While many might have suspected that US influence was at play, especially with Trump trying to direct their activities via social media posts in a country where the internet is down. It was suspected. It wasn't known. But Trump's reported comments imply that US intelligence had contact with the protesters, at least enough to know who to direct Kurdish contacts to get the weapons to. If only there was some sign that Trump couldn't be trusted with national security before the American people chose to reelect him.

Trump has completely undermined any opposition within Iran through his desire to share secrets and seem like he's in control. The government there can now paint the entirety of the opposition in the country as US influenced or controlled. Even the opposition that's organic can now successfully be painted by Tehran as in league with the US. It's unlikely that he understands how much he hurt US efforts or the people he was pretending to care about a few months ago when they were in the streets.

Accepting weapons from a country that's bombing yours, even through an intermediary, would typically qualify as treason. The US has some of the most stringent requirements for a treason charge in the world, and it would qualify here. Trump's statement endangered not only US assets in Tehran and those in the Kurdish community in Iran, but also those completely unconnected to the US who were organically in opposition, as well as undermining US recruitment efforts all over the world. Who would want to work with the US and never know if the president was going to burn them for a sound bite?

When Trump's war is over, the government in Tehran will absolutely try to crack down on dissent. Just like any country facing stiff opposition and now confirmed foreign influence, Trump just gave Iran's government a statement that will help them paint students as foreign agents. Nobody in this administration gets to pretend they care about the protesters or people of Iran ever again. They can stand at a podium and salute their bravery all they want, but they're saluting people they're pushing toward a hole.

Anyway, it's just a thought. You all have a good day.