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Trump Team Weighs Options, Including Airstrikes, to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Program News Article

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-iran-plan-nuclear-weapons-def26f1d
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u/IHerebyDemandtoPost Trump Told Us Prices Would Plummet 24d ago

Between this and Mexico, anti-war Trump sure is talking about starting a lot of wars.

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u/Remarkable-Medium275 24d ago

Isolationists really should have packed it up once Rubio got picked for Sec State.

The only reason why the GOP leadership pretends to be isolationist about Ukraine is because of Trump's beef with them.

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u/karim12100 Hank Hill Democrat 24d ago

Yeah choosing Rubio was a bit ironic with how hard Trump attacked Liz Cheney as a chicken hawk.

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u/wf_dozer 24d ago edited 24d ago

because of Trump's beef with them.

you mean Trumps debt to the Russians. Zelensky has always been nice to and deferred to Trump. It's only putin's desire to reabsorb Ukraine into Russia that drives Trump's policy.

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u/FridgesArePeopleToo 24d ago

Zelenasky was the one that Trump tried to extort to interfere in the 2020 election and he didn't go along with it

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u/McCool303 Ask me about my TDS 24d ago

I’d wager the piles of Rubles funneled to the GOP via the NRA and citizens united. Has a lot more to do with the GOP’s Ukraine policy than fear of Trump. Yet another damning story that was swept under the rug in the circus sideshow of Trumps first term.

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u/autosear 24d ago

Interesting that the article doesn't say how much money was "funneled to the GOP". Last I checked it was about $2500 over the course of years, the vast majority of which was NRA membership dues from US citizens living in Russia.

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u/CCWaterBug 24d ago

I never saw any significant numbers either, I remember a friend was pushing that bug money angle and the number was so low that I told him that those dollars couldn't even buy me, nothing close to an entire party.    The nra influence is because of their members, not their dollars.