{"id":200363,"date":"2020-01-05T11:59:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T11:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=200363"},"modified":"2020-01-07T07:56:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T07:56:06","slug":"brand-new-beautiful-equipment-heading-irans-way-to-hit-harder-than-ever-before-trump-goes-hyperbolic-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=200363","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Brand new beautiful equipment\u2019 heading Iran\u2019s way to hit harder \u2018than ever before\u2019: Trump goes hyperbolic on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>RT \u2013 Jan 5, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Trump-Twitter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-200365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Trump-Twitter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Trump-Twitter.png 596w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Trump-Twitter-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Hours after threatening to destroy 52 Iranian sites, President Trump went back on Twitter to brag about two trillion dollars\u2019 worth of \u2018beautiful\u2019 US military hardware, which he expects will carry out the destruction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Facing promises of retaliation for the killing of a popular Iranian general whose death he ordered personally, Donald Trump threatened in no uncertain terms to escalate the conflict further. He said that if Tehran fails to turn the other cheek, the US will hit 52 Iranian sites of great value. Hours later, the US president <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1213684819537932293?s=20\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>returned<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to Twitter to brag about the amount of money the US military has received for equipment under his watch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>\u201cWe are the biggest and by far the BEST in the World!\u201d<\/em> he tweeted, going on to promise that if attacked, the US <em>\u201cwill be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The United States just spent Two Trillion Dollars on Military Equipment. We are the biggest and by far the BEST in the World! If Iran attacks an American Base, or any American, we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way&#8230;and without hesitation!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1213689342272659456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/477502-trump-beautiful-weapons-iran\/\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Comment \u2013 Jan 5, 2020<\/h1>\n<h5>Meanwhile in Iran itself hundreds of thousands of mourners have taken to the streets to commemorate Soliemani&#8217;s martyrdom. Moreover, far from calming things President Trump\u2019s Twitter posts are likely to inflame things still further. Is this intentional? Does this explain his boastful bragging comments?<\/h5>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s southern Khuzestan province attend mourning ceremonies to commemorate martyrdom of Commander of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGC<\/a> Quds Force Major General Qassem <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Soleimani?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Soleimani<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NJLqX2Ds20\">pic.twitter.com\/NJLqX2Ds20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tasnim News Agency (@Tasnimnews_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tasnimnews_EN\/status\/1213703408923881472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5>Of course, Trump campaigned on promises of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2016\/dec\/07\/donald-trump-we-will-stop-racing-to-topple-foreign-regimes\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">no more foreign wars<\/span><\/a> and that helped him win the election. Yet he now appears ready to commit the U.S. to direct military confrontation with Iran.<\/h5>\n<h5>The main beneficiaries from this would be the arms manufacturers and Israel. Israel and its allies in Washington have in fact been relentlessly pushing for a U.S. military campaign against Israel\u2019s arch regional rival. Is Trump about to betray American voters and deliver on the Zionist dream of a U.S. war with Iran?<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s bragging on Twitter is likely to inflame matters. Is this intentional?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,41,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary","category-Inside_the_White_House_and_Washingtons_Beltway","category-Iran"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=200363"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200378,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200363\/revisions\/200378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=200363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=200363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=200363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}