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BeneteauBum

(149 posts)
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 11:52 PM Saturday

Trump says U.S. 'completely and totally obliterated' nuclear facilities in Iran

Source: NPR

We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan," President Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/06/21/nx-s1-5441127/iran-us-strike-nuclear-trump



As if the American people can believe anything this moron says….
Peace ☮️
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Trump says U.S. 'completely and totally obliterated' nuclear facilities in Iran (Original Post) BeneteauBum Saturday OP
Yeah, right. Ocelot II Saturday #1
Yep. "Mission Accomplished" for sure ! SorellaLaBefana Sunday #22
Is he trying to overcompensate for his floppy p... Beartracks Saturday #2
Yes Alice Kramden Saturday #7
So they didn't of course. Remember how Tora Bora Klarkashton Saturday #3
There is no way JBTaurus83 Saturday #4
Iran claims they moved the centrifuges in secure locations some time ago. Justice matters. Sunday #9
There is one way that 2025 Iran is like 2003 Iraq FBaggins Sunday #38
Was there nuclear material at the facilities? 33taw Saturday #5
Lots of it FBaggins Sunday #39
NO ONE knows that! Grins Saturday #6
I guarantee he is completely full of shit Picaro Sunday #8
But Donnie Dementia thought he was super slick faking them out with his decision in 2 weeks travelingthrulife Sunday #23
Gonna need some confirmation from FOREIGN intelligence we can trust. Silent Type Sunday #10
Nobody wants to share it with him and his stupid drunk... Justice matters. Sunday #11
Whatever damage assessment Deminpenn Sunday #15
And Bibi is also trying to save face LSparkle Sunday #29
No kidding... Hugin Sunday #28
Other than just Netanyahu n/t LSparkle Sunday #32
"Trump says..." littlemissmartypants Sunday #12
Is this trump's "Mission Accomplished" moment? C Moon Sunday #13
Evacuated buildings and the enriched uranium had been moved. travelingthrulife Sunday #24
I knew that was going to happen. Another failed trump moment. C Moon Sunday #47
Someone must have told him that bombing Iran would make him look "strong." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sunday #14
After the week (weak?) he's had, he needed a really biggly distraction Attilatheblond Sunday #16
Unfortunately, the American people are now in the position of any country living under a dictator. Jim__ Sunday #17
I'm waiting for the "Totally and completely obliterate" BigmanPigman Sunday #18
It was big beautiful complete obliteration. Raw meat for the true believer MAGA public. marble falls Sunday #35
Iran could have avoided this though if they had simply shut down their enrichment program. cstanleytech Sunday #19
trump's a selfish nut. Nobody else is to blame here but conservative assholes...which is ALWAYS the case. C Moon Sunday #20
They sell the oil though. That is their income and it is finite. travelingthrulife Sunday #25
Sure. It's finite but for now it's a huge breadwinner which they could use to prepare for when it's gone. cstanleytech Sunday #43
Why shouldn't Iran have nuclear weapons any less than Israel (275 weapons and was the third largest nuclear power ... marble falls Sunday #31
Where did I say I thought Israel should have them? cstanleytech Sunday #44
Israel with it's nuclear threat to it's neighbors just might justify developing their own nuclear weapons programs ... marble falls Monday #48
Why was it up to Iran to avoid the big fucking bully PoS?????? marble falls Sunday #36
Oh. I'm sure he would have found some other pretext but they simply made it far easier for him. cstanleytech Sunday #45
That's true enough. marble falls Monday #49
Everyone keep repeating that all he hit was a "pill factory" Bengus81 Sunday #21
Like the aspirin factory in Sudan that got cruise missiled in the "war on terror"? marble falls Sunday #27
Heard that before. We were going to be out of Viet Nam in a couple of months, too. Russia was going to be done in ... marble falls Sunday #26
Anyone who believes anything Trump says is a gullible fool, he lies about everything. sop Sunday #30
Trump gets his intelligence from watching FOX Ohioboy Sunday #33
Hubris OC375 Sunday #34
If the US obliterated the he** out of Iran's nuclear facilities, where is the radiation fall out? nt in2herbs Sunday #37
That misunderstands the science involved FBaggins Sunday #41
The sites they use to power their grid? Brainfodder Sunday #40
No FBaggins Sunday #42
Lies on top of lies on top of lies on top of lies on top of lies. Passages Sunday #46

SorellaLaBefana

(370 posts)
22. Yep. "Mission Accomplished" for sure !
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 07:42 AM
Sunday

Bu$h must be sooo envious!

Providentially, going into our latest quagmire, we do have four outstanding, if newly minted, Lieutenant Colonels upon whom tRump, if not the nation, can rely—since all are billionaire tech-bros

Now, The Nobel What A Piece Prize will surely be awarded to Supreme Leader !

Imagine, as PM Chamberlain said in 1938, we now have "Peace in our time!" For as an ancient is quoted as having said of the Romans, "they make a desert and call it peace."

Let us all fall to our knees to Praise the Lord on this, this Holy Day of worship and be grateful for those who prey upon us for the Lord our God dost ordereth all things in Heaven and Earth in this anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi 2025




Klarkashton

(3,639 posts)
3. So they didn't of course. Remember how Tora Bora
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 11:54 PM
Saturday

Was the end of all our problems? JFC with this shit. It never ends.

JBTaurus83

(550 posts)
4. There is no way
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 11:54 PM
Saturday

Of knowing this. Did we use the bombs that would be capable of hitting the underground facility? I’ve heard debate that even those could be unsuccessful.

Justice matters.

(8,497 posts)
9. Iran claims they moved the centrifuges in secure locations some time ago.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:06 AM
Sunday

With all the talks of the corporate media about blowing them up, I guess they figured tunnels can extend anywhere around (like anywhere in circles) more likely farther than near where they were...

If that is true, they just punked the lying orange mad king and his band of thieves as all they had to do was to do something about it (move the centrifuges to somewhere else?).

2025 Iran is not 2003 Iraq...

FBaggins

(28,167 posts)
38. There is one way that 2025 Iran is like 2003 Iraq
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 09:00 AM
Sunday

Their press releases are ridiculously and obviously wishful thinking

High-end centrifuge cascades are not mobile.

It wouldn’t be that difficult to remove hundreds of pounds of enriched uranium… but not the ability to further enrich it.

FBaggins

(28,167 posts)
39. Lots of it
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 09:03 AM
Sunday

But if you’re thinking of dangerous contamination- the risk is quite low. Even weapons-grade uranium is not particularly radioactive. It’s the “daughter” elements that result from fission and decay that pose a risk.

Picaro

(2,064 posts)
8. I guarantee he is completely full of shit
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:06 AM
Sunday

The Iranians had a lot of warning.

It’s impossible to believe that they did nothing to prepare for what they knew was coming.

We have a long history of believing that our overwhelming power will carry the day.

Only thing that ever does it is boots on the ground. And even that doesn’t always work.

travelingthrulife

(2,752 posts)
23. But Donnie Dementia thought he was super slick faking them out with his decision in 2 weeks
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 08:19 AM
Sunday

feint. They are like clueless children

LSparkle

(12,055 posts)
29. And Bibi is also trying to save face
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 08:38 AM
Sunday

More Israelis have died on his watch than any other PM so he needs to convince Israelis he’s keeping them safe (yeah right).

C Moon

(12,946 posts)
13. Is this trump's "Mission Accomplished" moment?
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 01:03 AM
Sunday

Next we'll hear (in two weeks) is that there was actually very little damage done.

travelingthrulife

(2,752 posts)
24. Evacuated buildings and the enriched uranium had been moved.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 08:21 AM
Sunday

Why wouldn't Iran move it after all Trump's bomb the nukes bluster.

14. Someone must have told him that bombing Iran would make him look "strong."
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 01:10 AM
Sunday

Instead, it makes him appear weak to the rest of the world -- and to anyone who is not in the MAGA cult.

Americans are going to die because of his actions. If he missed even one bomb-making plant we can expect a cargo ship carrying a nuclear device to enter the harbor in New York City in the foreseeable future. We would wake up to a vaporized city and Trump and the GOP screaming that it was Biden's fault.

Jim__

(14,784 posts)
17. Unfortunately, the American people are now in the position of any country living under a dictator.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 01:32 AM
Sunday

We can't believe anything the government or the media tell us. We just can't be sure what's true.

BigmanPigman

(53,237 posts)
18. I'm waiting for the "Totally and completely obliterate"
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 01:36 AM
Sunday

tRump as the happiest headline news of my lifetime to appear on the TV captions and newspaper headlines. But, since anyone with a triple digit IQ knows, that will not be coming. The MSM is OWNED by greedy, corporate, millionaire traitors who have sold this country to fascists.
His BIG, FAT, FASCIST, FLOP of a PARADE NEEDS A BIG, FAT BEAUTIFUL DISTRACTION!!!

That is the headline I want to see 24/7 starting at midnight!!! He must be permanently destroyed. Where is the fucking CIA, mafia, or some pissed of "cult members" when you need them...like for the past 8 years?!?!?

Still waiting.............I guess his big, beautiful birthday parade was not as wonderful as he wanted and now the big, fat, smelly, stupid, crazy, old POS needs to get some more attention and he wants to be seen as a military leader since the 4 squeaky tanks and 1,250 huge crowds have to have a bigger, beautiful distraction.

cstanleytech

(27,700 posts)
19. Iran could have avoided this though if they had simply shut down their enrichment program.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 03:27 AM
Sunday

It's not like actually need nuke power either as they have a shit ton of oil that could fund them switching over to solar and wind power for their internal needs.

Edit: No, I'm not claiming that I believe the bullshit Trump and the other Republicans fertilizing the lawn with as I suspect it's another yellowcake lie.

C Moon

(12,946 posts)
20. trump's a selfish nut. Nobody else is to blame here but conservative assholes...which is ALWAYS the case.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 05:39 AM
Sunday

Money hungry, power hungry asswipes who thrust the lower classes into war—that they want us to fight so they can have more creature comforts.

Look at history—it's always been the same.

travelingthrulife

(2,752 posts)
25. They sell the oil though. That is their income and it is finite.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 08:24 AM
Sunday

After all, western civilizations have stolen all their artifacts and other wealth.

There was an effective nuclear agreement in place and Trump tore it up in his last maladministration.

cstanleytech

(27,700 posts)
43. Sure. It's finite but for now it's a huge breadwinner which they could use to prepare for when it's gone.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 09:31 AM
Sunday

marble falls

(66,371 posts)
31. Why shouldn't Iran have nuclear weapons any less than Israel (275 weapons and was the third largest nuclear power ...
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 08:39 AM
Sunday

... ahead of China for several decades), India, Pakistan?

marble falls

(66,371 posts)
48. Israel with it's nuclear threat to it's neighbors just might justify developing their own nuclear weapons programs ...
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 02:37 AM
Monday

... all that plutonium derived from nuclear power stations is hard thing to not be tempted by to develop fission weapons.

Frankly, I think the US should disarm it's "nuclear deterrent". I was a boomer. I slept and worked 30 - 40 feet from nuclear weapons.

Look up MIRV warheads on Polaris and what is now Poseidon missile systems. I would tell you more detail, but when I was in this was 'secret'. It may all be declassified now, but the information is on WIKI and as far I know about Polaris and what I understand about Poseidon, it's all accurate. I do not want say anything out of line.

cstanleytech

(27,700 posts)
45. Oh. I'm sure he would have found some other pretext but they simply made it far easier for him.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 09:36 AM
Sunday

Had they not then coming up for a legit excuse to attack them would have been a hell of a lot harder.

marble falls

(66,371 posts)
26. Heard that before. We were going to be out of Viet Nam in a couple of months, too. Russia was going to be done in ...
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 08:32 AM
Sunday

... Ukraine in four DAYS.

Ohioboy

(3,690 posts)
33. Trump gets his intelligence from watching FOX
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 08:39 AM
Sunday

The man who claimed "they are eating the pets of the people who live there" is running this.

in2herbs

(3,746 posts)
37. If the US obliterated the he** out of Iran's nuclear facilities, where is the radiation fall out? nt
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 08:50 AM
Sunday

FBaggins

(28,167 posts)
41. That misunderstands the science involved
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 09:28 AM
Sunday

There wouldn’t be much in the way of fallout.

There’s no fission involved - and even if there was enriched uranium still in the caves (they claim they had already removed it) - it would be almost entirely entombed in the collapsed cavern

Brainfodder

(7,438 posts)
40. The sites they use to power their grid?
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 09:07 AM
Sunday

His reasons for not getting Congressional approval will of course hold up under scrutiny, never but be accepted especially by let's see whose available to pretend/bad act today?

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