President Trump tells Iranian forces to surrender or face ‘certain death’
As the Iran conflict continues to escalate, President Trump has called on Iran’s military to surrender or face “absolute death.”
Defining Trump’s worst day in the White House: Growing questions about an unpopular war aren’t the worst news you’ll face.
On March 6, President Donald Trump found himself having to deal not only with an escalation in US attacks on Iran, but also with job losses, rising gas prices, and unconfirmed sexual misconduct allegations with the release of more Jeffrey Epstein files.
It was a reminder that even presidents with the most expansive ambitions can’t control at least all of them. Some, including those who had enjoyed a rosy first term, saw signs of the curse of a second term, where excesses can sometimes weaken a president.
President Trump chose the timing of a week-long war with Tehran that has spread to NATO and Gulf states. However, the release of the Department of Labor’s February jobs report, which showed an unexpected 92,000 job losses, came as expected. Gasoline prices, a thermometer of economic well-being for many Americans, have soared to an average of $3.32 nationally, reflecting the oil crisis caused by the war.
The price sets a record high during Trump’s two terms as president, and it comes just a week after Trump boasted in his State of the Union address that low gas prices were proof that “inflation is plummeting” under his leadership.
“I have no concerns about that,” Trump told Reuters. “Once this is over, they will decline rapidly.”
Additionally, there have been delays in releasing additional files from the Justice Department’s investigation into disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It included FBI interviews with women who said they were abused by Epstein and Trump as teenagers. The accusations have not been verified, and President Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
It is well known that Mr. Trump loves chaos. Still, what should the president do?
He suggested hitting another ball into the air.
“Cuba is going to collapse soon,” he told CNN’s Dana Bash in a morning phone interview. “I’m going to put Marco in there and let’s see what happens.”
Of course, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is already doing a lot.
It’s the economy, idiot. everytime.
Endangered presidents are sacrificing the table economy to focus on overseas adventures and other pursuits.
Just ask George H.W. Bush. After a quick and victorious victory in the first Gulf War, he lost re-election to challenger Bill Clinton, who promised a “laser-like” focus on the economic plight of Americans.
The Trump administration blamed the disappointing jobs report on strikes, bad weather and former President Joe Biden.
“There continue to be some positive signs in the U.S. economy that American workers are recovering from the mess left behind by Mr. Biden,” Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said in a statement. However, the 46th president stepped down more than a year ago.
Democrats, who see voter concerns about inflation and health care as the biggest issues in this year’s midterm elections, criticized President Trump.
“This is sounding the alarm that President Donald Trump’s economy is rapidly deteriorating,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said in a statement. He warned that the economy was “tottering” on the brink of recession and could soon “go over a cliff”.
The weak employment report is sure to intensify the debate at the Federal Reserve’s next meeting on March 17th and 18th over whether to lower interest rates again as a step to promote growth and employment, or to leave them unchanged due to concerns about rising prices.
We’ll learn more about the current state of inflation next week with the release of the Consumer Price Index.
Oh, about that war
President Trump’s tone on Iran was triumphant.
“There is no deal with Iran other than unconditional surrender!” he declared in a March 6 post on Truth Social. “After that, and after we elect a great and acceptable leader, we and our many wonderful and very brave allies and partners will continue to work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction.”
He concluded by saying, “We will make Iran great again (miga!).”
But posts on social media sites reinforced questions about the war.
He told The Atlantic that he was open to negotiations with Iran, then called for “unconditional surrender.” His assertion that the U.S. government would decide whether Tehran’s new leadership was “acceptable” suggested regime change was the goal of the attack, which the administration has generally denied.
Also, it’s a sign of something that the removal of the Secretary of Homeland Security after a checkered tenure doesn’t make headlines.
It’s been a while, Kristi Noem.
