Israel’s unhinged National security minister Ben Gvir says Bibi should tell Trump ‘no’: “Lebanon should be our playground. We should target all of it. Thousands of Lebanese mothers should cry and not one 🇮🇱 mother… Iranians have to be bombed & bombed…”
This is a brief but utterly harrowing description of our nation in decline and the role of Trump's disastrous presidency in making it all happen, from @pkrugman.bsky.social on the pod.
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Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu: The IDF to stay in the Lebanon security zone long as needed.
To be clear, Trump threatened nuclear war and a land invasion, too. He said “I’ll blow the shit out of them …You close it and you won't have a country… You won't even make it back to your fucking country… we’ll take over the rest of the country.” He’s demented.
Vance appeared now in front of the press stating all 4 goals were achieved - from Hormuz to nuclear program and the rest.
None of such achievements is known of. Pakistan reported they agreed to talk for 60 more days. The latest MOU also was meant to talk for 60 more days.
But the markets…
US & Iran did not reach final deal in Switzerland, but agreed on a "60-day framework to keep negotiating".
It creates working groups on nuclear issues, sanctions, monitoring, plus Lebanon deconfliction cell and communications channel for commercial shipping through Hormuz.
More talks this week.
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Many declines of a superpower nation have images or paintings that encapsulate the downfall. The National Guard protecting a green-colored pool over imaginary "vandals" will be one of those for the US.
