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Prairie Gates

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2. How Trump has managed to bend himself over a barrel for both the Iranians and the Saudis

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 12:51 PM

May 7

is anyone's guess. This is truly a marvel in catastrophic foreign policy. I mean, it's true that Trump is an idiot being advised by mostly idiots, but even a completely clueless high school sophomore who landed in his role would probably manage to avoid this completely hare-brained clusterfuck.

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