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yardwork

(61,650 posts) Thu Sep 19, 2019, 07:34 AM Sep 2019

I think the promise was to Netanyahu to go to war with Iran. [View all]

The Republicans have been itching for a war with Iran. I think Bolton talked Trump into it.

Then, I think Trump changed his mind and backed away from the plan, enraging Bolton, causing him to quit.

Trump is an impulsive fool with the emotional intelligence of a sociopathic two year old. He is easily talked into something, then talked out of it by the next person he sees.

Pure speculation, but looking at what's been going on this summer, I guess the call was to Bibi and involved a promise to go to war with Iran.

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I think the promise was to Netanyahu to go to war with Iran. [View all] yardwork Sep 2019 OP

Possibly but I don't think there's a call to Netanyahu during that period Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2019 #1

Trump is on his cell phone all the time. Who knows who he talks to. yardwork Sep 2019 #2

Promise to go to war, but not to Bibi liberalgunwilltravel Sep 2019 #11

Maybe, but I'm betting on a call to Vlad that somehow related to the CIA operative Vinca Sep 2019 #3

I thought the operative was pulled in early 2017? yardwork Sep 2019 #4

I wonder if he promised to look the other way if there was an "accident" on US soil? n/t CincyDem Sep 2019 #5

Don probably didn't know about it until a journalist called someone Vinca Sep 2019 #6

We have many operatives Johnny2X2X Sep 2019 #13

+1. Something that shocked the conscience of a spook dalton99a Sep 2019 #16

Very possible. kentuck Sep 2019 #7

Drone attack moondust Sep 2019 #8

Trump is conflicted; war with Iran would mean no Nobel Peace Prize William Seger Sep 2019 #9

War is bad for Trump's businesses, but good for the Bush-Cheney-Bolton arm. yardwork Sep 2019 #12

If true, we should investigate how often a US president. candidate for the Baitball Blogger Sep 2019 #10

That actually sounds about right. lark Sep 2019 #14

Everyone's speculating, yours a reasonable guess bucolic_frolic Sep 2019 #15

I Agree McKim Sep 2019 #17

I would put your guess in the top two. Greybnk48 Sep 2019 #18