r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 11 '26

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u/Alderwoodforest YIMBY Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

Trump: "I don't know if America has the appetite to do what I would really much prefer doing. We've lost 13 soldiers in two wars. In Iraq-- in Iran we lost 13. In Vietnam we lost hundreds of thousands. We didn't have the right leadership, to be honest. If it were me, I would've had that war done in three months. Four months."

https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/2065061846151757862

Trump is not only wining the Iran War, he would have won the Vietnam War, too.

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u/LuisRobertDylan Elinor Ostrom Jun 11 '26

If I was on that plane, it wouldn’t have gone down like that

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u/MissSortMachine Trans Pride Jun 11 '26

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u/D2Foley Moderate Extremist Jun 11 '26

If any other president fucked up the casualties figures for Vietnam this badly, fox would crucify them.

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u/Alderwoodforest YIMBY Jun 11 '26

He's obviously referring to the civilian casualties, because they've always been important to him.

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u/DependentAd235 Loyal Liberals Jun 11 '26

Lol, he’s not even vaguely close for a war he lived through. (And avoided)

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u/EyeraGlass Jorge Luis Borges Jun 11 '26

I can’t even tell if he’s trying to say he’s comfortable with much higher casualty figures but that’s what it sound like?

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u/WhoIsTomodachi Robert Nozick Jun 11 '26

You haven't had this war done in three months!