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Trump says Iran operation could take "four weeks or less," 3 U.S. troops killed

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The Pentagon confirmed Sunday that three U.S. troops have been killed in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, the first American casualties of the conflict, now on its second day.
Iran's military has lashed out against the strikes with missiles targeting ships and countries across the Middle East. Israeli medics said at least eight people were killed in a blast near Jerusalem.

 

During his first term in office. Trump assassinated Qasem Soleimani, a major general of Iran, with a missiles launched by a drone when he arrived in Iraq for diplomatics talks.


Assassination of Qasem Soleimani - Wikipedia

 

Trump’s Reckless Decision to Pursue Regime Change in Iran
And the risks Democrats face if they fail to strongly oppose the war.
By Isaac Chotiner
February 28, 2026

Trump’s Reckless Decision to Pursue Regime Change in Iran

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"But ultimately, even if a resolution about Trump’s latest attack on Iran did pass, which I don’t think it will, given that Trump has such total control over his party and they’re in the majority, the deeper problem is just the political consensus around the use of force. So there is not a legal fix here. We need a political fix. Our politics is broken and the fact that the Presidents, not just this President, but multiple Presidents have gotten much more comfortable using violence around the world on very flimsy legal pretexts is a reflection of that broken politics."

 

Trump, 79, Posts Crazed 4 AM Rant Right After Starting War
Ewan Palmer, Reporter
Updated Feb. 28 2026 7:30AM EST / Published Feb. 28 2026 7:06AM EST

Trump, 79, Posts Crazed 4 AM Rant Right After Starting War

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Soon after sharing the video, Trump also posted another JustTheNews article on Truth Social, suggesting that a war with Iran is justified because the regime apparently “sought to undermine President Donald Trump’s reelection bid in 2020.”

 

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/03/02/trump-buries-the-20th-century-00806414

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"He is burying the 20th Century: Its villains, its alliances, its political norms and ceasefires. And he is unleashing a future of uncertainty and disruption with no new equilibrium in sight.

Across both his terms as president, and in so many different areas of policy and governance and culture, his signal achievements have been acts of demolition.

His Supreme Court appointees struck down Roe v. Wade, ending the seething political and legal stalemate on abortion rights that governed America since the 1970s.

His military interventions in Latin America have brought the Cuban government, one of the last surviving Cold War regimes, to the brink of collapse.

His tariffs and trade threats have blown apart the Reagan-Clinton policy consensus on free trade, upending half a century of global commercial arrangements and diplomatic relations."

 

Trump vows to retaliate against Iran as he warns Iran not to retaliate.


Trump vows to 'avenge' the deaths of U.S. service members, says combat operations continue

 

Israel strikes Lebanon’s capital, responding to missiles from Hezbollah

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The attacks on Iran showed no signs of relenting as the U.S. and Israel took aim at warships and ballistic missile sites. It was a startling show of military might for an American president who swept into office on an “America First” platform and pledged to keep out of “forever wars.”

 

“He Could Be Impeached.” Donald Trump’s Base Revolts Over War With Iran

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“This is insane. Regime change will result in a bloody civil war, killing hundreds of thousands and creating another massive Muslim refugee crisis. Topping a leader is NEVER as easy you think. It almost always results in further involvement, a civil war, and chaos. Resist this!”

That was Charlie Kirk, speaking last summer and just a few months before his killing, in response to Lindsey Graham’s call for regime change in Iran. His protest reflected a sentiment pervasive among supporters of President Donald Trump, who campaigned on an end to foreign interventions that have cost the United States trillions of dollars and thousands of lives in this century alone: that Trump’s bellicosity is a betrayal of everything the MAGA movement stands for.

 

Trump says his war on Iran is ahead of schedule.

Trump's high officials such as Vance have been quiet. They're usually on the Sunday news-talk shows blabbing about the greatness of Trump.

 

In a lengthy statement, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., questioned why Trump felt the need to carry out new military strikes against Iran when the president previously declared that his June 2025 strikes “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program.

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"In a lengthy statement, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., questioned why Trump felt the need to carry out new military strikes against Iran when the president previously declared that his June 2025 strikes “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program."

 

Hegseth says Trump's war on Iran is U.S. retribution on Iran for everything it has done.

 

https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/new...nces-enrollment-period-farmer-bridge-payments

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"(Washington, D.C., February 20, 2026) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is opening the enrollment period for the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program, providing $11 billion in one-time bridge payments to row crop producers in response to temporary trade market disruptions and increased production costs. The FBA enrollment period opens Feb. 23 and closes April 17, 2026. "

 

Trump applauds his $12 billion bailout to farmers.

 

Trump wants U.S. Supreme Court to once again hear the tariffs case he lost and rule in his favor this time.


https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-news-02-27-26

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“It doesn’t make sense that Countries and Companies that took advantage of us for decades, receiving Billions and Billions of Dollars that they should not have been allowed to receive, would now be entitled to an undeserved ‘windfall,’ the likes of which the World has never seen before, as a result of this highly disappointing, to say the least, ruling. Is a Rehearing or Readjudication of this case possible???” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump expressed concern that the court’s decision could allow for “Hundreds of Billions of Dollars to be returned to Countries and Companies that have been ‘ripping off’ the United States of America for many years, and now, according to this Decision, could actually continue to do so, at an even increased level.”

 

Federal appeals court rejects Trump delay of tariff refunds to American companies.


Federal appeals court rejects Trump administration's push to delay start of tariff refund process after Supreme Court ruling
By Jacob Rosen, Melissa Quinn
March 2, 2026 / 1:39 PM EST / CBS News

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"Washington — A federal appeals court on Monday declined to delay implementation of the Supreme Court ruling that invalidated most of President Trump's tariffs, allowing next steps in processing of tariff refunds to begin swiftly, following the high court's decision last month.

The decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clears the way for the lower court, the U.S. Court of International Trade, to begin the process of crafting relief for the small businesses that successfully challenged Mr. Trump's global tariffs."

 

Melania Trump became the first spouse of a sitting world leader to preside over the UN security council on Monday, calling on member states to protect children’s access to education days after her husband's airstrike killed at least 165 people at a girls’ school in southern Iran.

 

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/g-s1-112272/melania-trump-presides-un

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"Shortly before Monday's session began, Iran's ambassador to the U.N., Amir Saeid Iravani, said it was "deeply shameful and hypocritical" for the U.S. to convene a meeting on protecting children during conflict while launching airstrikes on Iranian cities.

"For the United States, 'protecting children' and 'maintaining international peace and security' clearly mean something very different from what the U.N. Charter provides," he told reporters.

U.N. political chief Rosemary DiCarlo said the world body was aware of the reports of the deaths at the girls' school. She noted the impact the U.S.-Israeli strikes and the Iranian retaliatory strikes was having on children across the region."

 

Donnie will say it was all part of the cover plan...

 

G.W. Bush's 'Mission Accomplished' event in 2003.

He thought the war that the U.S. started in Iraq and Afghanistan would take a few weeks to win.


Mission Accomplished speech - Wikipedia

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Mission Accomplished is the name given to a televised speech made on May 1, 2003, by United States president George W. Bush on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln near the coast of California. Bush, who had launched the United States invasion of Iraq six weeks earlier, mounted a podium in front of a White House-produced banner that read "Mission Accomplished". Reading from a prepared text, he said, "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed ... because the regime [of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein] is no more."[1] Although Bush went on to say that "Our mission continues" and "We have difficult work to do in Iraq",[1] his words implied that the Iraq War was over and the United States-led Coalition forces had won.[2]

 

Gauging the Impact of Massive U.S.-Israeli Strikes on Iran | Council on Foreign Relations

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"It is time to say farewell to arms control. The fact is that the Iranians were engaged in serious negotiations with U.S. officials. News accounts indicate that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had tabled proposals that called for the suspension of uranium enrichment for several years before allowing it to then resume at low levels. Perhaps more could have been extracted from Iran if diplomacy had more time than a mere two weeks and two sessions. The Iranian side was trying to be imaginative in addressing U.S. concerns. All this has now ended, as the Trump administration opted for military attacks while the talks were unfolding. It would not be unreasonable for Iranian officials to assume that diplomacy was a mere ruse before the bombs fell."