• @TommySoda@lemmy.world
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    778 months ago

    He’s not even the fucking president yet. But at the same time, I know people will believe this which is unfortunate.

    • @SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world
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      608 months ago

      The US has a long history of Republican future presidents pulling shit like this. Iran hostage crisis, Vietnam peace negotiations, etc.

      • @humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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        18 months ago

        Iran hostage release occurred on inauguration day. That this occurs before, doesn’t change the war on Lebanon or Iranian hostage release delay not being an election ploy.

        • @jonne@infosec.pub
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          128 months ago

          And do you know why it happened on inauguration day and not anytime during the Carter administration? It’s because Reagan promised a better deal for Iran if they didn’t take the one Carter offered.

          • @humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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            8 months ago

            Yes. Netanyahu has already succeeded though. He won’t lose favour by doing the deal slightly early. There is also a theory that Hezbollah inflicted more pain than Israel hoped.

    • @Pavidus@lemmy.world
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      358 months ago

      As a matter of fact, yesterday I heard someone at work say, “Look at how much he’s done and he’s not even president yet.”

        • @hddsx@lemmy.ca
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          158 months ago

          How many republicans house members does he need to nominate for a democratic majority

          • @wjrii@lemmy.world
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            88 months ago

            I feel reasonably confident there was a list that had to be scrapped at the very last moment, once someone actually did that math.