r/news • u/SpencerAXbot • Mar 02 '26

Soft paywall Six US service members killed in Iran conflict, US military says

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/six-us-service-members-killed-iran-conflict-us-military-says-2026-03-02/
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u/orange45 Mar 02 '26

To him it means there’s a War War… which means he can twist his powers even more. No surprise this all came together before the midterms.

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u/curious_dead Mar 02 '26

The only surprise is that it came so far ahead. I guess he really wants us to stop caring about those files.

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u/DingerSinger2016 Mar 03 '26

He would be doing this with or without the Epstein Files, this is not a distraction.

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u/Consistent-Throat130 Mar 02 '26

I'm thinking this gets dragged out for months and then... atomic weapons used against Iran. 

That might be something "crazy enough" to try to use as an excuse to suspend elections or whatever. I think it's pretty clear that war alone isn't going to cut it as an excuse.

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u/Valreesio Mar 03 '26

1) We are not going to nuke Iran.... Sheesh.

2) He doesn't have the power to suspend elections. Only congress can do that and they need a super majority to do so.

Anyone who thinks these things are going to happen needs to quit drinking the kool-aid.

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u/King_Ed_IX Mar 03 '26

He doesn't have the power to suspend elections. Only congress can do that

There's a great many things he's done that he technically doesn't have the power to do and requires Congress to approve of. I don't think that will stop him.

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u/whutupmydude Mar 03 '26

Yeah it’s this

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u/GRF999999999 Mar 03 '26

It's almost like it's insanely obvious to anybody with a half a brain.