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Zorro

(17,563 posts)
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:26 AM Sunday

Trump Says US 'Could Get Involved' in Iran-Israel Conflict

Source: Bloomberg News

President Donald Trump said that it’s possible the US could become involved in the Israel-Iran conflict.

“It’s possible we could get involved,” Trump said in an interview with ABC News on Sunday. He noted that the US is “not at this moment involved.”

The US has jet fighters, ships and ground-based air-defense systems positioned near the warring countries to help counter any Iranian attack on American assets or people. It has not yet openly assisted Israel in its strikes, but has helped the country defend itself.

In a separate post on Truth Social, Trump said that many calls were taking place and that “we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran!”

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-15/trump-says-us-could-get-involved-in-iran-israel-conflict?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MDAwMTEwNiwiZXhwIjoxNzUwNjA1OTA2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWFdJR1hEV1JHRzAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDNjgyQTUwQzJCRDM0MTFCQTgwQjEwQjZEQjczQzM1MSJ9.kaBONIOw6Jj4OK3PrYkRmlWOiT8V1oTzP5e2JzReAeI



You just know he's itchin' to nuke Iran.
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Trump Says US 'Could Get Involved' in Iran-Israel Conflict (Original Post) Zorro Sunday OP
"we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran!" William Seger Sunday #1
He wants to nuke somebody, doesn't care who RainCaster Sunday #2
This message was self-deleted by its author bdamomma Sunday #16
His sick family bdamomma Sunday #17
Yeah.."we could get involved" but it depends which way the wind blows. He's turned his back on Ukraine Deuxcents Sunday #3
Ask the Afghani translators, etc., who helped us over there. slightlv Sunday #34
TSF thought bubble: Well, my perade crowd numbers were low johnnyfins Sunday #4
Wasn't one of his main promises to his people was that slightlv Sunday #35
Didn't he make a deal with the Houtis Bluestocking Sunday #5
There was a deal manicdem Sunday #28
As if we're not? stillcool Sunday #6
Exactly! Nukes are like a fun toy to the demented toddler. ananda Sunday #7
I commented to hubs yesterday who trump was gonna nuke first... slightlv Sunday #36
LOL ananda Sunday #38
All pouty over his petite parade C_U_L8R Sunday #8
Involved? twodogsbarking Sunday #9
Orange Anus gave the Greenlight from the get-go Pachamama Sunday #10
I don't know... Shipwack Sunday #30
Saying that the US could get involved is a very biased statement. taxi Sunday #11
More distraction while our democracy at home is raped and pillaged Cheezoholic Sunday #12
He's criminally insane. LudwigPastorius Sunday #13
Criminally insane describes slightlv Sunday #37
Trump had asked several times why the US couldn't use its nuclear weapons chowder66 Sunday #14
Qom war plans include a tactical nuke option if conventional JCMach1 Sunday #20
Like he and Bibi didn't plan this together? 50 Shades Of Blue Sunday #15
trump and bibi are both corrupt with only their positions keeping them out of prison PSPS Sunday #18
It will take heavy bunker busters to take out Qom JCMach1 Sunday #19
What happened to peacenik Trump? "The world wonders" flashman13 Sunday #21
It's all a BS con job. He could care less. Just wants a "peace prize" but not demonstrating anything to qualify. nt Evolve Dammit Sunday #27
Drones targeted US troops in Iraq according to Al Jazeera Ponietz Sunday #22
Fuck no Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sunday #23
bibi and agent orange, plotting together, what could possibly go wrong? Magoo48 Sunday #24
I call BS on "not at this moment involved". WestMichRad Sunday #25
God help us. Irish_Dem Sunday #26
"It's possible we could get involved." We ARE INVOLVED butt-wipe!!!! Grins Sunday #29
Many calls were taking place lonely bird Sunday #31
This is just Trump's latest attempt to distract everyone. nt BootinUp Sunday #32
lol so Lockheed stock was up almost 4% Friday fujiyamasan Sunday #33

William Seger

(11,693 posts)
1. "we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran!"
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:33 AM
Sunday

Just a few calls is all it takes! Also in Ukraine, any day now.

A reminder: RUMP's current state of delusion and mental illness is called "power psychosis."

RainCaster

(12,940 posts)
2. He wants to nuke somebody, doesn't care who
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:34 AM
Sunday

That limp dick-tator wannabe is desperate to be seen as a strong man, especially after his failed parade. When will our military sit him down and teach him to STFU? Probably won't happen with Little Marco heading up the State Department.

Response to RainCaster (Reply #2)

Deuxcents

(22,718 posts)
3. Yeah.."we could get involved" but it depends which way the wind blows. He's turned his back on Ukraine
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:35 AM
Sunday

So I’m not sure what our support would mean these days

slightlv

(5,873 posts)
34. Ask the Afghani translators, etc., who helped us over there.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:38 PM
Sunday

they can tell you what our support these days looks like. Ask the one religious group who are neither muslim or jew (or xtian), but the old Pagan religion of millenia ago. We left them hanging out on their own, their women captured, raped, and sold into slavery. The men killed on site. I mean, what could be worse than being a muslim or a jew over there? Being neither, but upholding and keeping alive one of the oldest religions of the area.

johnnyfins

(2,274 posts)
4. TSF thought bubble: Well, my perade crowd numbers were low
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:43 AM
Sunday

and everyone knows it. Everyone also knows that millions turned out for no kings day. How can I redirect the media????

I know, I'll just say we COULD get involved in the Israel/Iran thing.

slightlv

(5,873 posts)
35. Wasn't one of his main promises to his people was that
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:40 PM
Sunday

we wouldn't get into any more wars?! Even talking about it in the abstract can't be good for him with the magats. The only ones I think this would sit well with would be the Dominionists. And only because they believe every person of the Book.. Jewish, Xtian, Muslim, must be turned to their form of Xtianity before their christ will return. They're for killing everyone and leaving the land in ruins, if it means their revered 2nd coming!

Bluestocking

(124 posts)
5. Didn't he make a deal with the Houtis
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:50 AM
Sunday

that if they stop attacking our ships we will leave them alone. Thanks to Trump they can focus their attacks on Israel.

manicdem

(524 posts)
28. There was a deal
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 03:25 PM
Sunday

"On May 6, 2025, a ceasefire deal between the United States and the Houthi movement in Yemen—brokered by Oman—took hold, ending the March–May 2025 United States attacks in Yemen, as well as the wider US–UK airstrikes on Yemen since the beginning of the Red Sea crisis. The Houthis agreed to halt their attacks on US vessels but otherwise would continue their attacks on vessels in the Red Sea[1] and emphasized that the ceasefire did not in "any way, shape, or form" apply to Israel, which had begun launching its own strikes on Yemen.[2]"

ananda

(32,256 posts)
7. Exactly! Nukes are like a fun toy to the demented toddler.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:53 AM
Sunday

Maybe he thinks they'll make him king of the world.

slightlv

(5,873 posts)
36. I commented to hubs yesterday who trump was gonna nuke first...
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:42 PM
Sunday

the middle east, Ukraine, or LA. I wouldn't put it past him to do any of them. Or perhaps he's just waiting for the right hurricane this season?!

C_U_L8R

(47,547 posts)
8. All pouty over his petite parade
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:54 AM
Sunday

he's gonna act out and over-compensate as the world laughs at him

Pachamama

(17,334 posts)
10. Orange Anus gave the Greenlight from the get-go
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 11:57 AM
Sunday

Despite what Lil Marco claimed

He wants this

Shipwack

(2,735 posts)
30. I don't know...
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 04:19 PM
Sunday

While I distrust anything from anyone in the mis-administration, Marco might be telling the truth here.

Israel, like Ukraine, knows that Trump is untrustworthy. Even if he didn’t slip Putin a timetable, there’s a good chance he’d blab it to some rando at Mar-a-lago, just to look important.

taxi

(2,346 posts)
11. Saying that the US could get involved is a very biased statement.
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 12:15 PM
Sunday

Last edited Sun Jun 15, 2025, 03:24 PM - Edit history (1)

From outside the ring, when the ref grabs the arm of one fighter and lets the other fighter swing at will, one might observe that the ref is somehow involved. The held fighter, from inside the ring, may also suspect the ref is involved. So, my question is, how can Iran not believe that the US is already involved? What am I missing here?

eta - you see, what the problem is here is that the US did not intercept missiles of Israeli origin for targets in Iran, however the US did intercept missiles of Irani origin for targets in Israel. By these actions it is not possible to credibly state that the US 'could get involved', a more accurate statement would be that the US is already involved.

Cheezoholic

(3,013 posts)
12. More distraction while our democracy at home is raped and pillaged
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 12:37 PM
Sunday

Everything these Repukes do is for themselves and to enrich themselves and their buddies with taxpayer dollars period. It's not for Israel or peace or any such shit. They are going to play the 3 Card Monte on us until the day we as a country squash them, which will probably be never unfortunately. We're too busy watching Fake Housewives' of Mars or some shit.

slightlv

(5,873 posts)
37. Criminally insane describes
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:43 PM
Sunday

the entire R party and all their voters! Alignment with another party isn't going to help that. That would only diminish us and what we're trying to accomplish peacefully.

chowder66

(10,786 posts)
14. Trump had asked several times why the US couldn't use its nuclear weapons
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 12:54 PM
Sunday

In August MSNBC's Joe Scarborough reported that candidate Trump had asked his foreign policy advisers several times why the US couldn't use its nuclear weapons - a claim the Trump campaign denied.

The report, however, followed on the heels of an April 2016 town hall forum exchange between Mr Trump and MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who asked him why he had refused to categorically rule out the use of nuclear weapons.

"Would there be a time when it could be used?" Trump replied. "Possibly. Possibly."

When pressed on the risks of openly talking of using nuclear weapons, Mr Trump said: "Then why are we making them? Why do we make them?"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40879868

JCMach1

(28,722 posts)
20. Qom war plans include a tactical nuke option if conventional
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:48 PM
Sunday

Weapons fail.

Bunker busters are not a slam dunk.

PSPS

(14,605 posts)
18. trump and bibi are both corrupt with only their positions keeping them out of prison
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:14 PM
Sunday

Of course they'll work together to keep each other out of prison even if it means slaughtering even more innocent civilians.

JCMach1

(28,722 posts)
19. It will take heavy bunker busters to take out Qom
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:46 PM
Sunday

And that's a maybe.

Bibi knew the score when he laid into Iran. US will have little choice if needed to take out the final boss .

Evolve Dammit

(20,836 posts)
27. It's all a BS con job. He could care less. Just wants a "peace prize" but not demonstrating anything to qualify. nt
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 03:18 PM
Sunday

Ponietz

(3,934 posts)
22. Drones targeted US troops in Iraq according to Al Jazeera
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:52 PM
Sunday
The Associated Press news agency is reporting that three drones launched towards the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq, which houses US troops, have been shot down.

The agency, which cited two anonymous US officials, said that no group has claimed responsibility for the launches.

The reported assault comes amid fears in the US that Iran-backed groups could attack American forces across the Middle East as the Israel-Iran conflict escalates.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/6/15/live-iran-fires-missiles-as-israel-strikes-oil-facility-in-tehran?update=3775592

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(124,659 posts)
23. Fuck no
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 02:02 PM
Sunday

Send the "End Times" fundamentalists since it seems that's what they want but leave the rest of us out of it..

WestMichRad

(2,346 posts)
25. I call BS on "not at this moment involved".
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 03:02 PM
Sunday

We have loads of military involvement in the region, no doubt on high alert. Most definitely any and all of our military and commercial interests in the region are potential targets for Iran and its allies. The US arms Israel and presumably helps them defend against missiles and drones.

It’s only a small step between the current situation and exchange of fire.

Grins

(8,488 posts)
29. "It's possible we could get involved." We ARE INVOLVED butt-wipe!!!!
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 04:15 PM
Sunday

And the whole world knows it! That attack has "MADE IN AMERICA!" all over it.

Because of Trump; and the army of red-faced-angry, buttoned-down bottom feeders who support him. And his Party. The same people who lied to themselves and voted for him because "He kept us out of war!", are the same people who will get us into the next one.

lonely bird

(2,363 posts)
31. Many calls were taking place
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 05:43 PM
Sunday

He’s got the vocabulary of a fourth grader.

What an embarrassment.

fujiyamasan

(260 posts)
33. lol so Lockheed stock was up almost 4% Friday
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 08:41 PM
Sunday

Along with most other defense stocks. Meanwhile American oil and gas companies did great too…while much of the rest of the market was down.

And we’re not already involved? Sure…

Always look to see who profits.

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