Original Times interview quote:

Asked whether Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks at home, Trump acknowledges the possibility. “I guess,” he says. “But I think they’re worried about that all the time. We think about it all the time. We plan for it. But yeah, you know, we expect some things. Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die."

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[–] 29 points 7 months ago (7 children)

He wants it so he can declare martial law.

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  • [–] 21 points 7 months ago* (6 children)

    Said it before, but I don't believe for a second this wasn't discussed during his private, illegal meeting with Netanyahu.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago* (5 children)

    Think he’ll fake an Iran attack on US soil right before the midterms to justify whipping out the insurrection act or whatever new “Big Beautiful Tank Bill” he comes up with?

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I'd honestly be more surprised if he didn't try something along those lines.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    He needs another 9/11 to justify more authoritarianism without pushback.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    I'm pretty sure they let 9/11 happen too. Bush administration did a good job of sweeping it under the rug. This country in general has perfected the art of playing victim by metaphorically poking the neighbor's dog with a stick so it can point to the dog bite when the cops show up to a dead dog and a pissed off neighbor.

    Isreal does it pretty well too apparently.

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