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Originally Posted by Chris
It’s certainly true that Trump has betrayed his MAGA base though, and it probably oughtn’t be such a surprise. Trump is a malignant narcissist and ultimately he’s powerless in the face of anything that causes him narcissistic injury. Netanyahu has looked strong and decisive on Iran, and in Trump’s low-brow world view, someone else being strong makes Trump look weak. And he can’t handle that. Hence he immediately started associating himself with what Israel was doing in Iran and talking about what ‘we’ are doing when in reality, until now, US involvement has almost certainly gone no further than a minimal-to-modest contribution to anti-air defence.
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No, this is nonsense. Trump has made contradictory promises to people and Netanyahu has forced the issue so he had to inevitably betray someone.
Just like Musk the other week.