[Youngian]

The spirit of Brant* lives on

*The Daily Telegraph live cartoonist spoof on the Day Today

[kreuzberger]

He's going to fucking nuke them, isn't he?

[davidjay]

He's going to fucking nuke them, isn't he?

For the first time in my life I fear so.

[Boiler]

I don't think he will.

TACO.

[Samanfur]

All the same, I hope we have a Stanislav Petrov somewhere in the chain of command.

[mattomac]

You wonder if he has already tried a few times and then forgot and moved on to something else.

[Abernathy]

Trump has now (of course) withdrawn (or "postponed" for 5 days) his threat to attack Iranian power plants. TACO, again.

[Oboogie]

Trump has now (of course) withdrawn (or "postponed" for 5 days) his threat to attack Iranian power plants. TACO, again.

He claims this is as a result of negotiations with the Iranians.
The Iranians have just released a statement that they have had no contact with the US government.
Take your pick.
There's a (so far unsubstantiated) rumour that Starmer talked him down.

[Yug]

Seeing how so much of what Trump says is total bullshit I'm assuming that the truthful statement is the one from Tehran.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Tehran aren't short of massive liars, I'm sure.

[Oboogie]

Seeing how so much of what Trump says is total bullshit I'm assuming that the truthful statement is the one from Tehran.

I'm assuming nothing, the Iranian regime is no better than the USA's.

[Spoonman]

Seeing how so much of what Trump says is total bullshit I'm assuming that the truthful statement is the one from Tehran.

I'm assuming nothing, the Iranian regime is no better than the USA's.

Whilst a pox shall be put upon both their houses, I'd be inclined ATM to believe the Iranian government for now, given that Tr*mp has come out with gibberish as to being questioned whom exactly they're talking to. He also came out with this gem earlier...

"Look at the way Iran attacked unexpectedly all of those countries surrounding them. That was not supposed to-- nobody was even thinking about it."

...he makes Dubya look like a heavyweight in the world political arena.

[Spoonman]

In saying all that, he is playing the markets - and it's surely no coincidence that he's given Iran until the end of this week to "do something or else"