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Trump’s Approval Rating Sinks to Lowest Point of His Second Term (www.motherjones.com)

submitted 10 hours ago by francisco_1844@discuss.online to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Everything you just said is bombing. I literally said:

I would have believed he’d bomb a country repeatedly, but everything we’re seeing now, I would have not predicted.

Yes, we did bomb and kill Qasem Soleimani, but we didn't start a war.

Yes, we did bomb various places with drones, but we didn't start a war.

Bush started a war.

Even Clinton started a minor war.

But everything trump did in his first term, I wouldn't call warmongering. Everything in 2026 from him I WOULD call warmongering.

[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Under what circumstances could another country kill, say, Pete Hegseth with a bomb on American soil, and it not be considered an act of war? Bombs literally only have one purpose, a weapon of war. And yes, during that attempted(and failed) coup in Venezuela, there were technically boots on the ground. So even that's out of the window.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago

I didn't say an act of war, I said a war. We did not go to war with Iran in 2020. We bombed them. We killed some of their political leaders. We did not go to war with them.

We have boots on the ground in basically every country on earth at all times. Are we at war with Mexico right now? We have boots on the ground, and have since at least the Reagan administration. Are we in a 40+ year war with Mexico?

I think you know damn well that 2026 Iran war is completely different than 2020 acts of war. I'm just not sure why you feel the need to try to use truthful but unrelated statements to spread misinformation.