Sunday, April 12, 2026

Florida Criminal's Florid Early Morning Posts

A look through just a week revealed that some of his most unhinged come in early morning.


Donald J. Trump

(https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump)@realDonaldTrump

Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP

4/5/26, 8:03 AM
 
Donald J. Trump
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!

4/7/26, 8:06 AM

Donald J. Trump

(https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump)@realDonaldTrump


The United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined has gone through what will be a very productive Regime Change! There will be no enrichment of Uranium, and the United States will, working with Iran, dig up and remove all of the deeply buried (B-2 Bombers) Nuclear “Dust.” It is now, and has been, under very exacting Satellite Surveillance (Space Force!). Nothing has been touched from the date of attack. We are, and will be, talking Tariff and Sanctions relief with Iran. Many of the 15 points have already been been agreed to. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP


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4/8/26, 7:22 AM (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116368825638596650)


Donald J. Trump
(https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump)@realDonaldTrump


A Country supplying Military Weapons to Iran will be immediately tariffed, on any and all goods sold to the United States of America, 50%, effective immediately. There will be no exclusions or exemptions! President DJT

4/8/26, 7:30 AM (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116368854361048135)


Donald J. Trump


WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL RESET!!! President DJT

4/10/26, 9:31 AM (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116380657463593385)


Donald J. Trump

(https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump)@realDonaldTrump

Massive numbers of completely empty oil tankers, some of the largest anywhere in the World, are heading, right now, to the United States to load up with the best and “sweetest” oil (and gas!) anywhere in the World. We have more oil than the next two largest oil economies combined - and higher quality. We are waiting for you. Quick turnaround! President DJT

4/11/26, 7:30 AM (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116385843841281126)

Public Occurrences April 12, 2026

Good Morning Post From Florida Criminal: Blockade the Strait!

Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz.
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I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas.
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We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!
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Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft and Radar are useless, Khomeini*, and most of their “Leaders,” are dead, all because of their Nuclear ambition. The Blockade will begin shortly. Other Countries will be involved with this Blockade.
 
*Ayatollah Khomeini has been dead (of natural causes) since 1989. The Florida Criminal means Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who he assassinated on Feb. 28. Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the murdered father, is the current Supreme Leader of Iran.
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Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran! President DONALD J. TRUMP

4/12/26, 8:52 AM
 

12:58 am:
In the many bizarre exchanges that occurred in the run-up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran...was an invitation by Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff for the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, to join him and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, for a visit to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group.

LOLLLLL

One Gulf diplomat, who has direct knowledge of the talks and is furious with Witkoff and Kushner’s behaviour, described the pair as “Israeli assets that had conspired to force the US president into entering a war from which he is now desperate to get himself out of”.

I think they do have dual loyalties. They may have conspired with Netanyahu, but I don't buy the charge that anybody, including those two, "forced" the Florida Criminal into anything.
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Quite why these indirect talks [off and on from last summer before Operation Midnight Marshmallow, and this year preceding Operation Epstein Fury]  failed...is relevant to whether a nuclear deal only is feasible or whether a broader agreement will be necessary now.
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This matters because after the war, if Iran’s government survives, calls inside inside the country to obtain a nuclear weapon will inevitably grow. Last week’s purported statement from the new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, made no reference to whether the fatwa banning the use of nuclear weapons set out by his late father remained in place. Protesters outside the foreign ministry in Tehran have demanded no return to talks with America.

Those involved in the negotiations say misunderstandings about how Iran’s complex nuclear programme worked – including, for instance, the purpose and uranium needs of the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR), the scope of Iran’s planned future nuclear programme, and the offer for US firms to be involved in Iran’s economy – all contributed to the march to war.
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The Iranians now say they believe the talks were always a subterfuge, designed to create space for the US to assemble its military armada....
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One Gulf diplomat said: “Greater time and expertise would not have guaranteed an agreement, but it would have helped. What I will say is that in all the explanations of what went on, it is the Iranians that have normally been telling the truth.”

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Better than JCPOA

...Kushner admitted a deal could have been presented that was better than the Obama nuclear deal secured in 2015.
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...British officials briefed on its contents thought it was a good deal, and something to be built on, partly because, unlike the 2015 nuclear deal, there were no sunset clauses.
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Once the Geneva talks ended, [Feb. 2026]with both sides only signing up to a statement about progress made, it was obvious to the Omani foreign minister that war was imminent, and he dashed to Washington to explain how close he felt the the two sides were to a breakthrough. But his proposal of zero stockpiling did not have the same force as zero enrichment.

The dash across the Atlantic reflected Oman’s belief that Witkoff and Kushner, either knowingly or through ignorance, were not feeding Trump the truth about the progress in the talks. There was also doubt about Trump’s focus. One previous attempt to engage Trump on the status of the talks deteriorated when the president switched the conversation to one of his favourite topics: shoes. In retrospect it might have been better to send a more senior emissary to try to hold Trump’s attention. A day later the war started.

The Guardian

Saturday, April 11, 2026

I sent a friend, a fellow Eleven lover and cat owner the slightly enhanced header photo and he pronounced it "Greatest pic ever", so I am sharing. It is hard to believe that that cat and this cat,


are the same cat. They say cats, contrasted with dogs, are "sphinx-like", never altering their facial expression. Not Eleven.

Public Occurrences April 11, 2026

U.S.-Iran Talks in Islamabad Pakistan Fail


All-CAPS posts from Florida Felon incoming.

7:52 am:

Israeli War Crimes

At least 1,953 people in Lebanon have been killed by Israeli strikes, according to Lebanon’s heath ministry. At least 303 people were killed on Wednesday.

Think Again

Kamala Harris ‘thinking about’ running for president again in 2028


Friday, April 10, 2026

Publocc Poll: VOTE

Who is dumber?

Donald J. Trump

Melanoma Trump

As for a backup plan if Iran refuses to reopen Hormuz, Trump insisted that he did not need one and claimed Iran already was “militarily defeated.”--Bible salesman Trump, April 2026

"England is beaten and it is only a question of time when she will admit her defeat. The Axis Powers are not concerned with how to win the war but how to rapidly... end the war which is already won".--Champagned salesman Ribbentrop, November 1940

Public Occurrences April 10, 2026

“One would think that, even just once, it would be worth reflecting on criticism from people around the world who are suffering due to these ceaseless actions that violate human rights and international law.”

One would think. But then one wouldn't know this genocidal Israeli regime of war criminals.

South Korean president urges Israel to heed global criticism over humanitarian concerns

AP


4:17 pm:
Here we go again!


Trump tells The Post he’s preparing military if Iran fails to comply in talks: ‘We’re loading up the ships




“Donald Trump is not a tough guy. He's just not!" Marco Rubio, 2016. What he is, is...


TACO!

“I’ve never been a part of something like this."--"Heat" Coach Erik Spoelstra

“I’ve never been a part of something like this. So we just have to put our our heads together and commit, you know, it’s about committing to doing really tough things in this league.”

Q: "Changing things, is that to win a game tomorrow, or is that to get to where you're at your best next time?

A: "I'm not really emotionally ready to answer that right now."

NBA.com

 Q: Ira, so If you feel that the Heat’s 10th-place position is based on 10th-place talent and not on Erik Spoelstra (and now four straight years in the play-in), the blame must fall at the feet of Pat Riley. – Joel, Plantation.


A: Or at the feet of an institutional mindset of refusing to step back to step forward. Say what you want about the personnel moves of Pat Riley and his staff, but also look at how almost every elite contender has been built, as in with lottery-level talent, players picked at the top of respective drafts, players such as Cade Cunningham (No. 1 overall), Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown (each a No. 3), Evan Mobley (also a No.3) in the East, Victor Wembanyama (No. 1), Chet Holmgren (No. 2), Jamal Murray (No. 7), Amen Thompson (No. 4) in the West. Now, in some cases, teams have traded up for such picks by moving off proven talent, so perhaps that is what Pat Riley and the Heat have to consider next. But this is more an institutional approach, one that transcends merely Riley, one that only truly can be set at the top, by the Arisons.

Ira Winderman

Man. that's kicking the can uphill. Beyond Stand Pat? He's the president of BASKETBALL operations. He's part-owner (20%) too. You gonna lay the blame at the feet of the Carnival owners????

Thursday, April 09, 2026

Gotta give a consolation prize to my favorite Heater, Davion Mitchell

15 pts tonight, 11 asts to 3 t.o.s, almost a 4-1 ratio. In this soul-searing season he has been the brightest, steadiest-burning bulb on a dimly-lit tree. 


You got it, 45.

"My dad better save his prayers. I'm ambushing him."🤫

Well, Elles and Gees...

Ontario State crushed the Hi-Cs again, 128-114. We're 41-39. Two games left. 

The play-in matchups are set. Next Tyoosday, Phila. (7th) will host Disney (8th). The winner becomes the seventh team in the playOFFS. Charlotte (9th), home, vs. Miami (10th) is Wednesday. The loozer enters the draft lottery. The winner  of 9-10 will play the loser of the 7 vs 8 game for the eighth playOFF spot. The loser will also enter Lotteryville. 

There will be no 10th-to-finals runs for Miami this season. The best result is that we lose to Queens. We will then have a slight, but not zero, chance of getting a high draft pick in the deepest (~ seven-deep) draft in years.

XXV

Trump Lashes Out at Prominent Conservatives Over Iran War Criticism

In a lengthy social media post, the president attacked Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and others in starkly personal terms. He also criticized the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal.


I read his post earlier. He is unwell. Here's the WHOLE thing.


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Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

I know why Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have all been fighting me for years, especially by the fact that they think it is wonderful for Iran, the Number One State Sponsor of Terror, to have a Nuclear Weapon — Because they have one thing in common, Low IQs. They’re stupid people, they know it, their families know it, and everyone else knows it, too! Look at their past, look at their record. They don’t have what it takes, and they never did! They’ve all been thrown off Television, lost their Shows, and aren’t even invited on TV because nobody cares about them, they’re NUT JOBS, TROUBLEMAKERS, and will say anything necessary for some “free” and cheap publicity. Now they think they get some “clicks” because they have Third Rate Podcasts, but nobody’s talking about them, and their views are the opposite of MAGA — Or I wouldn’t have won the Presidential Election in a LANDSLIDE. MAGA agrees with me, and just gave CNN a 100% Approval Rating of “TRUMP,” not Hand Flailing Fools like Tucker Carlson, who couldn’t even finish College, he was a broken man when he got fired from Fox, and he’s never been the same — Perhaps he should see a good psychiatrist! Or Megyn Kelly, who nastily asked me the now famous, “Only Rosie O’Donnell,” question, or “Crazy” Candace Owens, who accuses the Highly Respected First Lady of France of being a man, when she is not, and will hopefully win lots of money in the ongoing lawsuit. Actually, to me, the First Lady of France is a far more beautiful woman than Candace, in fact, it’s not even close! Or Bankrupt Alex Jones, who says some of the dumbest things, and lost his entire fortune, as he should have, for his horrendous attack on the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims, ridiculously claiming it was a hoax. These so-called “pundits” are LOSERS, and they always will be! Now Fake News CNN, The Failing New York Times, and all of the other Radical Left “News” Organizations, are “hailing” them, and giving them “positive” press for the first time in their lives. They’re not “MAGA,” they’re losers, just trying to latch on to MAGA. As President, I could get them on my side anytime I want to, but when they call, I don’t return their calls because I’m too busy on World and Country Affairs and, after a few times, they go “nasty,” just like Marjorie “Traitor” Brown, but I no longer care about that stuff, I only care about doing right for our Country. MAGA is about WINNING and STRENGTH in not allowing Iran to have Nuclear Weapons. MAGA is about MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and these people have no idea how to do that, BUT I DO, because THE UNITED STATES IS NOW THE “HOTTEST” COUNTRY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! President DONALD J. TRUMP

4/9/26, 4:28 PM

I 'on't care what nobody says, I got the prettiest kitty in the world


 

The "Heat" have stopped playing for Spo. HT Ontario State 69-50

Erik Spoelstra resides on an outer planet close to Trump's

 ChampHoops PH

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Erik Spoelstra believes the Heat would have a "damn good record" if they hadn't gone winless against the Magic, Celtics, and Raptors 👀

(Via IraHeatBeat)

Public Occurrences April 9, 2026

Israel Kills Over 300, Wounds 1,150 in Lebanon Today

BEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s intense barrage of airstrikes on Wednesday hit without warning deep inside the Lebanese capital of Beirut, blowing buildings open to the elements and reducing apartment blocks to rubble in parts of the city that have traditionally escaped attack.

It was not immediately clear what was targeted. 


[Civilians.]

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The areas targeted in this wave of Israeli strikes included busy commercial strips, crowded residential neighborhoods and upscale districts along the city’s seafront...

One deadly strike hit along Corniche al-Mazraa, a main artery of the city, razing an apartment building near a popular shop selling nuts and dried fruit and setting parked cars ablaze, some with drivers inside.

Another crashed into the hilly residential district of Tallet El Khayat, flattening a multi-story building near an upscale mall — among those killed, residents said, was an award-winning Arabic poet and her husband.

Yet another struck the seaside district of Ain el Tineh, pulverizing an apartment building also home to an exotic plant shop right near the speaker of parliament’s residence and overlooking the city’s only public beach.

Further strikes blew up apartments near a well-known chocolate shop in the mixed commercial and residential area of Mar Elias, wiped out part of a building that housed a snack shop and hair salon in the Caracas district, destroyed the lower floors of a building along Beirut’s coastal corniche and left smoldering ruins in the densely populated neighborhood of Basta near a school sheltering displaced people in an attack that killed, among others, a young mother and her two sons.

5:05 pm:
Mrs. Trump’s name appeared in the Epstein files, too — another matter she evidently wanted to clear up on Thursday. In a 2002 email written to Ghislaine Maxwell, a woman named “Melania” wrote to Ms. Maxwell to praise a profile of Mr. Epstein in New York magazine. Ms. Maxwell called “Melania” “Sweet pea,” and “Melania” signed her email “Love.”

People call me "Sweet pea" all the time!

I never had a relationship with Epstein or his accomplice Maxwell. My email reply to Maxwell cannot be categorized as anything more than casual correspondence.”

“My polite reply to her email doesn’t amount to anything more than a trifle,” she said.

Exactly! A trifle! I'm polite, too! Shut up before I punch you in the face.

Among the documents released by the Justice Department was a brief email from 2002 with the sender and recipient blacked out. It begins, “Dear G!” and ends “Love, Melania,” and compliments the recipient on a magazine article about “JE.”

"G"--could be anybody! Gloria, Grace. Doesn't have to be Ghislaine. "Melania"--lots of people in Slovenia are named Melania. "JE"--I was referring to JOHN EDWARDS.

“I know you are very busy flying all over the world,” it says. “How was Palm Beach? I cannot wait to go down. Give me a call when you are back in NY.”

Yes, YES! I shall summon reporters too!

Could I borrow your suit for my own summoning of reporters?



Melania Trump summoned reporters to the White House Thursday afternoon to give a surprising statement about Jeffrey Epstein. She said she had no relationship with him, was not a victim of his and had no knowledge of his crimes. She said she wanted to clear “my good name”...

She talked about “numerous fake images and statements about Epstein and me” that “have been percolating for years now.”

Mine too! All FAKE PERCOLATING!

It was not clear why she chose to speak out now, or to what reports she was referring.

“Donald and I were invited to the same parties as Epstein from time to time, since overlapping in social circles is common in New York City,” Mrs. Trump explained to the small group of stunned reporters arrayed in the entrance hall of the White House. The first time she ever “crossed paths with Epstein” was in 2000, she said, “at an event Donald and I attended together.”

nytimes

Yes, I TOO want the lies linking me to the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein to stop.👀


😐

Melania Trump holds extraordinary White House event to deny ties to Epstein, knowledge of his crimes

Reading an extraordinary statement at the White House, Melania Trump said she and her attorneys were fighting back against “unfound and baseless lies” in regards to her connections to the late financier...
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The extraordinary and seemingly out-of-the-blue message came as her husband, President Donald Trump, and his administration had finally seemed to move past more than a year of controversy surrounding Epstein...

The first lady’s comments almost assuredly served to push the story back into the political spotlight even as the president urged the public and media to move on from the case.

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It was not immediately clear what prompted the first lady to speak out about this issue now.



10:49 am:

European Leaders Demand That U.S. Cease-Fire With Iran Include Lebanon

Britain, France and European Union condemn Israel

nytimes

Ceasefire at risk with Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and Iran’s closure of Strait of Hormuz

AP

8:54 am:

Vance: Israel offered to restrain strikes in Lebanon during U.S.-Iran talks

The Israeli military's renewed attacks in Lebanon posed an immediate challenge to the stability of the ceasefire and led Iran to threaten to pull out of negotiations with the U.S. planned for Saturday. At least 254 people have been killed in Israel's strikes, according to Lebanese Civil Defense.

Stopping the Israeli strikes against Hezbollah, Tehran's proxy in Lebanon, was one of Iran's key demands for the ceasefire.

The Iranians are now threatening to resume the fighting and close the Strait of Hormuz if the fighting in Lebanon continues.

"The Iran–U.S. Ceasefire terms are clear and explicit: the U.S. must choose— ceasefire or continued war via Israel. It cannot have both. The world sees the massacres in Lebanon. The ball is in the U.S. court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X.

Egypt, which helped mediate the ceasefire, accused Israel of a "premeditated" attempt to undermine the truce.

Ax

That is what it is. I agree with "Egypt." Netanyahu stated after the October 7 attacks that he intended to remake the entire Middle East. When he went to the White House before the War, he was determined to undermine the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks. He wants Palestine and Palestinians, Iran and Iranians, Lebanon and Lebanese, territory and people alike, utterly destroyed. It's genocide.

On the volume of calls Members of Congress were getting on Trump's Removal posts

It was simply the “horror” of what Trump was saying, the strategist said, and the scale of the president’s threats, that appeared to have sparked the mobilization.

AP


 

He's acting, going through the motions. There is nothing behind those bloated, puffy eyes. It's empty.

This is also Iran

 


Wednesday, April 08, 2026

Public Occurrences April 8, 2016

Ceasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait again


IZ ATTACKS CIVILIANS IN LEBANON KILLING 182, WOUNDING HUNDREDS

...the deadliest day in the latest Israel-Hezbollah war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early Wednesday that the ceasefire deal doesn’t cover fighting against Hezbollah, contradicting what Pakistan, the deal’s broker, and other nations had said. Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanon, and the U.S. demanded that Iran immediately reopen it.

AP


Iran accuses US of violating parts of deal framework, says ceasefire is ‘unreasonable’

LOL!

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Wednesday that a ceasefire and negotiations with the U.S. on ending the war is “unreasonable” as he accused the U.S. of violating three of Tehran’s 10 conditions for an end to the fighting. It comes as the not yet day-old ceasefire appears at risk of fraying over significant disagreements between the parties.

Talentless, Now Cultureless

The "Heat" were blown out up Ontario State way last night 121-95. 

The players have given up. Trust/belief is broken. Management-->coaches<-->players.

Tuesday, April 07, 2026

Public Occurrences April 7, 2026

Florida Criminal's Removal Posts



1) "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.[1] President DONALD J. TRUMP

Apr 05, 2026, 8:03 AM [2]

2) "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change,[3] where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World.[4] 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!" [5]

April 7, 8:06 am [6]

85 Democrats have called for impeachment or application of the 25th Amendment. One of them is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who wrote today,

"This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted.

"To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat."

Similar characterizations of the Florida Criminal's mental state are below. I bolded one clause above ([3]), aside from the biblical, koranic threats, that illustrates to my mind that Trump's perception of reality is compromised. Notes [1], [4], and [5] show an End of Days intrusion. People who lose their minds sometimes reach a point where they have religious ideas of reference. Not uncommonly they thing of themselves as a God-like figure. The point is that when compromised individuals get to that point, it's an ominous sign.

Note the times of the two Removal posts [2] and [6]: almost identical, 8:03 am on Easter Sunday (Easter: the Resurrection of Christ. Hmm hmm hmm), and 8:06 am today. I don't know what, medication wearing off ?, medication kicking in?, but something.

Of course the efforts at removal will fail. The Grand Old Phascists in Congress will hide their eyes and do nothing. Of course, he should be removed. He is the most unfit person ever to hold the office. An unusually large number of folks have noticed this dark, darker than dark, turn.

And the war with Iran is NOT over. There will be other, several other, many other, points at which Trump could tip. And push the nuclear button. AOC anticipates: It is the duty of all those receiving illegal orders to refuse to carry them out. Trust them? I don't.

7:43 pm:

Also not clear: What Iran means in referencing ‘withdrawal’ of US combat forces

LOL

In question is another of the points messaged by the Iranians -- “the withdrawal of United States combat forces from all bases and points of deployment within the region.”

Iran did not define, however, what it meant by “combat forces,”...

...any step-down in troop levels in the region likely would anger the Gulf Arab states that have suffered through weeks of war.

AP

It isn’t clear if Iran will loosen its chokehold on the waterway that’s crucial to global energy supplies

[Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas] Araghchi wrote in a statement that: “For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran’s Armed Forces and with due consideration of technical limitations.”

Before the war, there were no “technical limitations.”

The statement did not say whether Iran would seek to charge ships as it had been doing during the war.


7:29 pm:

Both the aggressors, HNUS and Izvassal, as well as the aggression victim, Iran, have agreed to the cease-fire, a Pakistani proposal, with Iran agreeing to open the Strait of Hormuz under Iranian military supervision.


6:55 pm:

Sorry to interrupt. TACO just arrived.

TRUMP PULLS BACK ON IRAN THREAT


3:29 pm:
Senator Patty Murray described Trump’s post as “the rantings of a bloodthirsty lunatic” while Senator Chris Coons said: “This is a threat to commit a war crime.”

Representative Joaquin Castro said the threat “suggests he’s either considering using a nuclear weapon or wants Iran to believe he would”.

“In just 48 hours, the president has gone from threatening war crimes to threatening genocide. He is clearly unstable and must be set aside [i.e. 25th Amendment].”

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman


“25TH AMENDMENT!!!

I know all of you and him and he has gone insane, and all of you are complicit. I’m not defending Iran but let’s be honest about all of this.
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This [is] NOT what we promised the American people when they overwhelmingly voted in 2024, I know, I was there more than most,” Greene wrote on Sunday. “This is not making America great again, this is evil.”


“One month after starting the war in Iran, this is the statement of the President of the United States on Easter Sunday. These are the ravings of a dangerous and mentally unbalanced individual. ..."


3:13 pm:
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” the US president posted on Truth Social about the country with more than 90 million people. “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.”

The president’s own words, posted publicly and tied to a specific deadline and set of demands, provide unusually direct evidence of intent to violate international law...

The...immediate legal framework is the Geneva conventions of 1949 onwards, which both countries have ratified. Article 33 of the Fourth Convention explicitly prohibits collective punishment of a civilian population. Article 54 of Additional Protocol I – whose core principles are binding as customary international law even on states, like the US and Iran, that never ratified it – prohibits attacks on infrastructure indispensable to civilian survival, with only a narrow exception for objects used exclusively to sustain enemy armed forces.

The Guardian

12:35 pm:

US-Israeli strikes hit Iran’s oil, rail and bridges ahead of Trump deadline



AP

11:31 am:

Trump Calls for Killing a ‘Whole Civilization’ as Iranians Reject Threats

The United States and Israel stepped up their attacks on Iran ahead of President Trump’s 8 p.m. Eastern deadline to make a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran is said to withdraw from negotiations.

NYT

11:14 am:
War Crime, Inc. Israel’s military says it struck eight bridges in Iran

10:29 am:

Trump Attacks Kharg Island Again on D-Day

8:51 am:


Trump warns a ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ but says Iran could still capitulate