President Donald Trump on Tuesday told reporters that he ordered the war against Iran because he believed that the Iranians planned to strike first, in an effort to change the narrative after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. became engaged because it knew Israel would attack, putting U.S. troops at risk in the region.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed reporters on Monday and was asked why the Trump administration decided to go to war on Saturday with Iran, and he said it was essentially a preemptive strike because the Israelis were going to attack.
The U.S. experienced an increase in pollution emitted from power plants after the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency and that number is likely to only go higher as his administration rolls back Joe Biden-era limits on emissions.
President Donald Trump failed to get Americans to support the U.S.’s illegal war of aggression against Iran, according to a poll that was taken just hours after the opening attack on the country.
Unfortunately, President Trump listened to the neocons and Benjamin Netanyahu instead of his MAGA base and other voices of caution as he launched a surprise attack on Iran over the weekend.
In his State of the Union address, President Trump declared that America is entering a “Golden Age.” Golden for whom?
So now the die is cast and the United States has joined Israel in an unprovoked attack on a non-threatening Iran to destroy its military capabilities and to bring about regime change.
When President Donald Trump first announced that he had ordered the Pentagon to attack fishing boats and speedboats on the high seas which he said carried dangerous drugs destined for willing buyers in the United States, many of us who monitor the government for its indifference to the Constitution perceived it as truly criminal and utterly scandalous.
Israel killed at least 72,073 Palestinians in Gaza since the start of the genocide in October 2023 and wounded another 171,757.
The U.S. military killed at least 14 additional people in boat bombings in the Caribbean and the Pacific last week, bringing the total number to at least 148 since the start of the Trump administration’s so-called war against drug smuggling into the United States from Latin America.