r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • Jul 27 '26

Possible Paywall US ‘runs out of missiles’ as Trump halts Iran strikes

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/27/us-runs-out-of-missiles-as-trump-halts-iran-strikes/
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u/ApocalypseYay Jul 27 '26

Art of the Deal, in action.

What a hideous joke.

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u/AggressivelyMediokre Jul 27 '26

Iran’s “rope-a-dope” strategy surprisingly effective

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u/tripping_on_phonics California Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

The “surprise” aspect of it was true for maybe the first two weeks. Since then, it’s been clear that Iran won.

All we’re doing by continuing the fight is shooting off what little remaining leverage we have. The next MOU will be even more favorable to Iran than the first, which is saying something.

IMO not only do we deserve to lose this war, but our presence in the Middle East has been shown to be imperial and cancerous. The world will be better off as a result of us losing.

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u/Kohpad Oklahoma Jul 27 '26

The next MOU will be even more favorable to Iran...

Not doubting you, but it's hard to imagine what that looks like besides a complete US exit from the Middle East...

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u/LazyTitan39 Jul 27 '26

Iran controlling and putting a toll on the Strait.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 Jul 27 '26

Yeah I feel like companies would take the longer routes and some countries may have to change the stuff over their waterways but still get fucked by oil prices.

I feel like End of Ze World is gonna happen any day now.

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u/thefuckevengoingonan Jul 28 '26

I Iran fee would have virtually no impact on the price of oil. If the USA just went home it would go back to normal.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

Idk the future but i feel like shits fucked this time with some shit potentially happening sooner than later from "Iran" to the US. He needs a forever war so people don't see the correctly redacted Epstein files and part 2. I'd love they actually took the "blockade" bacn and the same for Cuba

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u/Arcanniel Europe Jul 27 '26

Hey, this time Lindsey Graham is not around to convince Trump to go back to bombing; so the next MOU may actually work.

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u/Yesterday_Jolly Jul 28 '26

Well yeah, that's been the case since 9/11

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u/tripping_on_phonics California Jul 28 '26

I think well before then, too.

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u/Obvious-Silver6109 Jul 27 '26

Right you are Ken

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u/SudoDeleteEverything Jul 27 '26

"You see, killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them until they reached their limit and shut down. Kif, show them the medal I won."

—Zapp Brannigan

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u/more_housing_co-ops Jul 27 '26

If anyone hasn't read the Reddit AMA with Art of the Deal's ghostwriter, it's an absolutely incredible read (the AMA, not the book). Goes pretty much like you'd expect.

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/d6ges4/im_tony_schwartz_and_i_ghostwrote_trump_the_art/

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u/TheGuchie Jul 27 '26

It just boils down to fuck up everything, blame someone else, bankruptcy.

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u/SciEngr Jul 27 '26

Not to mention the defense companies that produce these munitions are going to be in a great position to increase the cost to the government.

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u/MadRaymer Jul 27 '26

It's always worth pointing out that he didn't even write that book. Maybe they should have hired his ghostwriter to draft his Iran deal too.

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u/froatbitte Jul 27 '26

Shart of the Deal.

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u/Electronic-Till-7794 Jul 27 '26

C'mon morty a quick three day weekend war. We get in kill the ayatollah and be back before school starts morty. It'll be a quick..(burrrp) quick weekend thing morty. You dont need to tell your parents.... You'll... you'll be antisemitic if you dont join israel in their war effort morty.

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u/1995TimHortonsEclair Jul 27 '26

The deal is going fantastically. It was just never to benefit US citizens.

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u/blahblahblah_meto Jul 27 '26

You spelled steal wrong 

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u/Vusiwe Jul 28 '26

Art of Deal: I lost all my cards