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> “I think Minnesota is behind it,” Mr. Trump said on Friday in response to a reporter’s question about Iran’s possible involvement,

What a coward and a traitor to the American people.

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He knows he brought these attacks with his war, but he doesn’t take the blame for anything.

Either he knows and doesn't want to take the blame, or he doesn't know. I'm not sure which one is worse.

He stopped going to security briefings before, maybe he simply doesn't care to know.

> he brought these attacks with his war

I'm no Trump supporter and this war was a big mistake, but justifying a nation poisoning another's civilian water supply is a bit upside down.

Yeah, what could we possibly have done[0] to justify an attack on our water supply?

[0]: https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-water-desalination-pl...

Ask the people of Flint, Michigan?

We don't follow "rules" in war anymore, according to "Secretary of War" Pete Hegseth. We show no quarter and take no prisoners, we pursue "maximum lethality, not tepid legality."

That's American policy now. The gloves are off, no holds barred, everything and everyone is on the table. So I guess we reap what we sow.

Context: He said the state was “behind it” because of gross incompetence and that he doesn’t buy the Iran attribution

It was probably the same (imaginary) people who damaged the lining of the Reflecting Pool.

I think we should think about making blatant lies by politicians a crime.

What's one more crime compared to all of the ones they've already committed?

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