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Miles Archer

(24,239 posts)
Fri May 15, 2026, 08:52 PM 1 hr ago

Grampy can't understand why he can't make a deal w/ Iran: "There's something wrong with them. Actually, they're crazy."

Aaron Rupar

‪@atrupar.com‬
Trump: "Every time the make a deal, the next day it's like we didn't have that conversation. And that's taken place about five times. There's something wrong with them. Actually, they're crazy."

Trump: "Every time the make a deal, the next day it's like we didn't have that conversation. And that's taken place about five times. There's something wrong with them. Actually, they're crazy."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-05-15T22:16:55.316Z
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Grampy can't understand why he can't make a deal w/ Iran: "There's something wrong with them. Actually, they're crazy." (Original Post) Miles Archer 1 hr ago OP
Someone's crazy, all right. greatauntoftriplets 1 hr ago #1
Worst deal maker in history. Bristlecone 1 hr ago #2
Maybe if he offered them some bibles, phones, crypto and steaks. Permanut 1 hr ago #3
Everything he says or does is to manipulate the markets NewHendoLib 1 hr ago #4
They'll make a deal in two weeks. sop 1 hr ago #5
And he ought to know. CanonRay 1 hr ago #6
Someone might be lying to Trump Renew Deal 1 hr ago #7
Clueless as to why they might not be in the most receptive mood. /nt bucolic_frolic 1 hr ago #8
This from a lunatic who bombed Iran in the middle of negotiations - twice. n/t AloeVera 1 hr ago #9
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the craziest of them all?" tanyev 58 min ago #10
He's been staring at the mirror again. usonian 53 min ago #11
Yes, they are religious fanatics who you backed into a corner newdeal2 41 min ago #12
Who exactly has he made a deal with? Johonny 37 min ago #13
They see him for exactly "who" and "what" he is. Miles Archer 22 min ago #14

Bristlecone

(11,181 posts)
2. Worst deal maker in history.
Fri May 15, 2026, 08:55 PM
1 hr ago

I’m not sure he knows anything about “deals.”

It’s just a word he throws around

Renew Deal

(85,335 posts)
7. Someone might be lying to Trump
Fri May 15, 2026, 09:30 PM
1 hr ago

In fact, I think that's very likely. Hegseth and others lied to him before the war and about the war. And they are probably lying about this too.

newdeal2

(5,588 posts)
12. Yes, they are religious fanatics who you backed into a corner
Fri May 15, 2026, 09:57 PM
41 min ago

If you or your people had any knowledge or common sense you would have expected them to fight back.

Johonny

(26,573 posts)
13. Who exactly has he made a deal with?
Fri May 15, 2026, 10:02 PM
37 min ago

Is Iran different than most other countries whom have bluffed, stalled, promised, but not exactly signed any deals this second term?

Indeed, Iran has shown more balls in dealing with Trump than most of our media and corporations. But why? Because Trump is a corrupt and deeply dishonest person. He signed a trade deal with Canada and Mexico first term and didn't honor it. Why would any country, company or person trust Trump's word? They shouldn't and so Iran won't. They will only accept a deal they want on their terms. Anything else would be stupid, because Trump isn't going to honor any deal anyways. Do we all understand that yet, America? Who knows?

Miles Archer

(24,239 posts)
14. They see him for exactly "who" and "what" he is.
Fri May 15, 2026, 10:16 PM
22 min ago

I am assuming that because of the decline in his physical and mental health, that's the reason why he's not out doing a MAGAt rally a couple of times a month, or whatever his schedule was in his first term.

He NEEDED that hit off of the crack pipe. He NEEDED to get out there and run through his tired, predictable material, and hear the adoring laughs and cheers of his morons in their red hats.

Just because his mobility decreased, the need did not. He keeps crafting these tales of how all of these authoritarian fascist dictator "strongmen" love him to pieces.

Xi insulted him to his face, it took him 24 hours to realize it, and when he did, he claimed Xi was referring to Biden.

I hate to replay this disclaimer every time I talk about Iran, but I also know "who" and "what" THEY are. I don't admire them. I don't respect the atrocities they have committed. That said, they are not Republicans in Congress or 1/3 of America in red hats. They're not impressed with Trump. They're not afraid of Trump. And we can never, never forget that the way Trump BEGAN THIS WAR was by murdering 160 innocent Iranian children.

I'm sure they haven't forgotten it either.

I'm sure you're familiar with the classic film Night of the Living Dead. If you have the opportunity to pick up one of the DVDs, like the Criterion Collection version, you can hear commentary about how director George Romero considered the movie to be an allegory for the Vietnam War. Briefly summing it up, America did the "HOO-RAH" thing, we're going to go over there and wave our flag and kick some ass and in very short order they realized they were out of their element, slogging through swamps, getting slaughtered by a country that was more prepared for them than they imagined. That's the "overwhelmed by flesh-eating zombies" part, the allegory, the metaphor, what have you.

And that's what happened with Iran.

We had a 79 year old rapist who thought the war would be a shits & giggles distraction from Epstein, and a drunken sexually abusive Fox "News" InfoTainment personality CosPlaying as G.I. Joe, and it was gonna be shock and awe and the MAGAts would cheer, except none of that happened, and now he doesn't know how to get out of it. and Iran is the cat with one paw on the mouse that's struggling to break free.

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