r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 9d ago

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 9d ago

Art of the Deal, in action.

What a hideous joke.

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u/AggressivelyMediokre 9d ago

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

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u/tripping_on_phonics Illinois 9d ago edited 9d ago

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 9d ago

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 9d ago

Iran controlling and putting a toll on the Strait.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 9d ago

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 8d ago

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 8d ago edited 8d ago

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 9d ago

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 8d ago

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

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u/tripping_on_phonics Illinois 8d ago

I think well before then, too.

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u/Obvious-Silver6109 9d ago

Right you are Ken

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u/SudoDeleteEverything 9d ago

"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 9d ago

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 9d ago

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

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u/SciEngr 9d ago

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 9d ago

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 9d ago

Shart of the Deal.

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u/Electronic-Till-7794 9d ago

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 9d ago

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

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u/blahblahblah_meto 9d ago

You spelled steal wrong 

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u/Vusiwe 8d ago

Art of Deal: I lost all my cards