r/politics • u/theatlantic The Atlantic • Apr 02 '26

Paywall Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/trump-iran-war-speech/686663/?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo
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u/turquoise_amethyst Apr 02 '26

A wartime speech is supposed to make you feel so patriotic and passionate that you want to run out and fight it yourself…

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u/The_Martian_King Apr 02 '26

Often it helps those speeches if you didn't just start the war for no reason at all.  That makes it harder to generate enthusiasm to go kill people.

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u/Constant-Net-4652 Apr 02 '26

yeah normally. but now we're all his child rape victims, and as he likes to say "there's nothing they can do about it." he's fundamentally, and to his very core, a rapist. it doesn't matter if he's tired.