Trump on possible war with Iran: 'I don't need exit strategies'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill


BY JESSICA CAMPISI - 06/25/19 03:46 PM EDT

President Trump said Tuesday the U.S. is "not going to need an exit strategy" if war broke out with Iran.

“You’re not going to need an exit strategy," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, prompting laughter. "I don’t need exit strategies.”

Link to tweet

“We would love to be able to negotiate a deal if they want to. If they don’t want to, that’s fine, too,” Trump added. “But we would love to be able to, and frankly, they might as well do it soon.”

Trump’s comments are the latest in heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran that were reignited last week when Iran downed a U.S. drone.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/450280-trump-on-possible-war-with-iran-i-dont-need-exit-strategies

[liberal N proud]

1. Perpetual war, no exit

Just like Afghanistan

[riversedge]

2. My guess is he has no perception of what an exit strategy is!!

[rpannier]

15. His exit strategy died with his father

He can't turn to him to bail him out

[underpants]

3. Reads like a threat to me

Negotiate or BOOM!

[Moostache]

4. Put the damn Ice Princess in the first landing craft then...

And have Jared, Jr. and Moron (Eric) leading the street to street efforts to find and subdue the Republican Guard.

Goddamn it, I have sons nearing military service age and they are NOT dying for that piece of shit's fucking ego...no matter what, I will pay ANY cost to prevent that.

Let Trump sacrifice his own fucking kids FIRST.

[sop]

5. What the hell does he care? He'll leave his mess to the next president in 2021,

then spend the next few years tweeting about how his succesor fucked up his big beautiful war.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

6. Oh, wow. Did you nail it with that.

There are going to be so many messes to be cleaned up once this shit show leaves the WH.

[Thomas Hurt]

7. We've always been at war with Eastasia.

[left-of-center2012]

8. Meanwhile ...

Trump is negotiating an exit strategy for US troops from Afghanistan with the Taliban.

US Exit Looms Over Afghanistan Peace Process
With expectations of Washington’s exit, other domestic and international players are hedging and calibrating their positions accordingly.

https://thediplomat.com/2019/06/us-exit-looms-over-afghanistan-peace-process/

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Chickenhawk asshole

[Initech]

10. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

[RockRaven]

11. Lesson Repukes learned from Afghanistan & Iraq: "keep the war going until it's a Dem's problem"

Trump has already *explicitly* (reportedly in private convos) said the same thing about both national deficit/debt and climate change: "I'm not going to be here when it becomes a problem"

Trump has no problem starting a war because he knows he can keep it going long enough for someone else to get stuck with the responsibility of how it turned out.

[Evolve Dammit]

12. "You're not going to need an exit strategy," Trump told reporters, prompting laughter.

Seriously, that's fucking funny? Fuck all of you that found it funny and most of all, fuck you Drumpf.

[BigmanPigman]

13. Ditto,

[smirkymonkey]

14. He's a fucking disaster.

Can we invoke the 25th yet? Because if it's not relevant now, it never will be.

[Zambero]

16. Just claim "Slam Dunk"

And proceed to piss into the wind. It works every time!

[Firestorm49]

17. First of all, someone needs to explain to Trump what an exit strategy actually is.

Since we’re dealing with an idiot in the White House, one will have to address him slowly and with one syllable words in order to explain the vagaries and complexities of an appropriate exit strategy.

I nearly lost it watching him tout his stupidity on mass media, but, what else is new? Same song, different day.

[jmowreader]

18. I have the most lovely idea...

If Trump starts an ill-advised war, we activate Selective Service but only for anyone related to a Trump or a Trump Cabinet member. And we put them all in Graves Registration.

[robbob]

19. I remember before the dump was even sworn in

He was asking the pentagon, rhetorically, what use nuclear weapons were if he wasn’t allowed to use them. I am very concerned we are going to see a nuclear strike before this buffoon is out of office.

[milestogo]

20. Sounds like a good Republican president

[NickB79]

21. Cause we're gonna make Iran the 51st state!

They're going to greet us with flowers and work their vast oilfields for pennies an hour, while Trump-branded oil derricks and housing developments explode across the land.