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Posted on 2/19/26 at 5:21 pm to GumboPot
If Trump can get regime change in Iran without putting boots on the ground. Yes. I think his poll numbers will go up. Make Persia Great Again.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 5:31 pm to GumboPot
He has to do what is in America's best interests, polls be damned. He is giving Iran every opportunity to avert an attack. There is no way they will be allowed to have nukes.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 5:54 pm to GumboPot
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If tweet fails to load, click here. Julian Assange talks about it too. We are programmed by Hollywood. Posted on 2/19/26 at 5:56 pm to GumboPot
His poll numbers would skyrocket if he bombed israel.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 6:00 pm to VOR
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True. There have been no actual “acts of war” against the U.S.
You literally have no clue about the ethnic and political make up in Iraq after the invasion.
The amount of Iranian nationals we engaged inside of Iraq after the shoe string "truce" with the Shia leader, Muqtada al Sadr, when belly up is pretty fricking high.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 6:49 pm to GumboPot
Mark Levin would support it. That’s all that matters.
Posted on 2/19/26 at 7:36 pm to GumboPot
Why would that help his polling numbers?
Posted on 2/19/26 at 7:39 pm to Neutral Underground
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If Trump can get regime change in Iran without putting boots on the ground. Yes. I think his poll numbers will go up. Make Persia Great Again.
Tell me a time where we did a regime change that did not involve either boots on the ground or arming rebel groups. Second, you think the average American cares about Iran?
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:04 am to TigerAxeOK
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Unless it's true that Iran and its proxies have sleeper cells in the US. IF That's the case, they can hit us right here at home.
Well, if they are here, they are here and intend harm. And they'll do that regardless, at some point.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:06 am to GumboPot
I highly doubt it. I haven’t seen a poll that views intervention in Iran favorably.
Add in the inevitable disaster in the aftermath if we were to do anything to the leadership and it seems impossible for Trump to poll well on it.
Add in the inevitable disaster in the aftermath if we were to do anything to the leadership and it seems impossible for Trump to poll well on it.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:14 am to Tigergreg
quote:Media reports along with direct quotes from the President said the attack on their nuclear facilities (of which only ONE was capable of enriching uranium to weapons grade) ‘obliterated’ their nuclear weapons program. If it in fact, did not, what was the purpose?
There is no way they will be allowed to have nukes.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:56 am to SallysHuman
I've thought about this Iran issue a little more and there is a best case and worst case scenario that would impact this administration's poll numbers respectively. Let me lay it out:
Worst case:
We move into Iran with an initial bombing raid and the DoW assesses the situation and determines that Iran is weak enough to move in ground troops. The target would be the Mullahs. Take them out. The issue is they would more than likely relocate from Tehran to Rasht or a local like Rasht between the Caspian Sea and Alborz Mountains. This location would be extremely dangerous for ground troops. The region between the Caspian Sea and Alborz Mountain range is over 8 million people. Ground troops in this region would find extensive casualties.
Then the war in Iran becomes long and protracted and war time refugees spread around the region and even into the U.S. (similar to what has happened with all of our ME military adventures).
This kind of move by our military and allies would be retarded. I don't expect it to happen but just mentioning it as a worst case.
This military action would plumet the administration poll numbers.
Best case scenario:
The military (under Trump's command) pulls off a Venezuelan style Mullah extraction with no casualties. That is, they extract the Mullahs very similarly to how they extracted Maduro and a new U.S. friendly regime is installed.
The Straight of Hormuz would be secured.
A U.S. Iranian friendly regime would cut off ties with China.
It would mollify tensions with Israel.
The surrounding ME counties would be pleased with no missiles flying over their skies.
This scenario would receive the most support IMO and Trump's poll number would necessarily rise (especially with independents).
So, that's it. That's the full spectrum of potential outcomes with this Iranian issue IMO.
Worst case:
We move into Iran with an initial bombing raid and the DoW assesses the situation and determines that Iran is weak enough to move in ground troops. The target would be the Mullahs. Take them out. The issue is they would more than likely relocate from Tehran to Rasht or a local like Rasht between the Caspian Sea and Alborz Mountains. This location would be extremely dangerous for ground troops. The region between the Caspian Sea and Alborz Mountain range is over 8 million people. Ground troops in this region would find extensive casualties.
Then the war in Iran becomes long and protracted and war time refugees spread around the region and even into the U.S. (similar to what has happened with all of our ME military adventures).
This kind of move by our military and allies would be retarded. I don't expect it to happen but just mentioning it as a worst case.
This military action would plumet the administration poll numbers.
Best case scenario:
The military (under Trump's command) pulls off a Venezuelan style Mullah extraction with no casualties. That is, they extract the Mullahs very similarly to how they extracted Maduro and a new U.S. friendly regime is installed.
The Straight of Hormuz would be secured.
A U.S. Iranian friendly regime would cut off ties with China.
It would mollify tensions with Israel.
The surrounding ME counties would be pleased with no missiles flying over their skies.
This scenario would receive the most support IMO and Trump's poll number would necessarily rise (especially with independents).
So, that's it. That's the full spectrum of potential outcomes with this Iranian issue IMO.
This post was edited on 2/20/26 at 8:58 am
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:57 am to GumboPot
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Best case scenario: The military (under Trump's command) pulls of a Venezuelan style Mullah extraction with no casualties. That is, they extract the Mullahs very similarly to how they extracted Maduro and a new U.S. friendly regime is installed.
I pick this one.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 9:00 am to SallysHuman
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. I don't want the president to be making such decisions based on polling.
Just because Gumbo Pot mentions this doesn't make it a real thing. He hates Trump and is always trying to paint Trump in a bad light.
Trump's decisions on this have nothing to do with polling.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 9:04 am to KCT
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He hates Trump and is always trying to paint Trump in a bad light.
I don't hate Trump. Just because I advocate for Trump and his administration doing better by not succumbing to Neocon and Dem propaganda does not equal hate.
FWIW, when I tell my kids to do better they hate me too. lol
Posted on 2/20/26 at 9:23 am to GumboPot
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I don't hate Trump. Just because I advocate for Trump and his administration doing better by not succumbing to Neocon and Dem propaganda does not equal hate.
Nothing personal, but you're falsely pretending that you're taking a much higher road than the one you're really on. At the end of the day, when it comes to Trump you're ruled by your TDS every bit as much as sfp, Roger, or powerman.
I mean, do you claim to be a mind reader? This idea that Trump's decisions on Iran are based on a desire for a bump in polling numbers is nothing but a fabrication that came out of your very own TDS-obsessed brain.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 9:31 am to tndawg
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His poll numbers would skyrocket if he bombed israel.
In radical Muslim countries that fund terrorism, sure.
Here, it wouldn't move the needle. All the generational KKK Joo haters here are already in the cult.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 9:32 am to GumboPot
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Best case scenario: The military (under Trump's command) pulls off a Venezuelan style Mullah extraction with no casualties. That is, they extract the Mullahs very similarly to how they extracted Maduro and a new U.S. friendly regime is installed. The Straight of Hormuz would be secured. A U.S. Iranian friendly regime would cut off ties with China. It would mollify tensions with Israel. The surrounding ME counties would be pleased with no missiles flying over their skies. This scenario would receive the most support IMO and Trump's poll number would necessarily rise (especially with independents).
This should be labeled “Total Fantasy Scenario”
You’re forgetting years of rampant sectarian violence and societal regression/economic collapse that comes with decapitating the government of a nation of 90 million people.
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