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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump is out of control, and there's no one left to tell him no
HEATHER DELANEY REESE
JUN 22, 2026
On a warm June Sunday, while Americans were gathering with family to celebrate Fathers Day, the President of the United States spent the better part of his day hiding away at Camp David, posting erratic threats on social media. Instead of reflecting on his children or remembering his own father, he posted concerning rants on Truth Social and found twenty minutes to give a telephone interview with a Fox News reporter, threatening to end the lives of foreign dignitaries and erase an entire country from the planet.
During the interview, Trump reportedly warned that if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, the United States would blow the sh*t out of them. He reportedly floated taking over the strait itself, collecting tolls from international shipping, and told Iranian officials, You wont have a country if they did not back down. Then he escalated even further. According to Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst, Trump warned, You wont even make it back to your f------ country.
These were the words of the President of the United States during what was supposed to be a diplomatic process to end a war and bring peace to an entire region. And the more Donald Trump spirals about Iran, the clearer the situation has become: Trump has lost all control. Not just self-control or impulse control, but control over his government and control over this war. There are no guardrails remaining. No safe adults left in the room.
The most disturbing part wasnt the profanity. It wasnt even the threats. It was how casually he made them. When Yingst told Trump that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had stated Iran would not give up its right to enrich uranium, Trump responded that Pezeshkian better watch his mouth and shape up or well take over the rest of the country. He described the memorandum of understanding, the very agreement he signed just days ago to end the war, as just an option, adding, I can do whatever I want after that option. He then floated the idea of the United States seizing control of the Strait of Hormuz permanently and collecting twenty percent of all oil that passes through it, describing America as the guardian angel of the Middle East. This is not a strategy. It was a man fantasizing about colonial extraction on a telephone with a reporter while his vice president was physically in Switzerland trying to negotiate peace on his behalf.
And Trump did not stop at the phone call. At 9:30 this morning, he posted on Truth Social: Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble. If they dont, well hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP. That post was shared around the time that Vice President J.D. Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner were sitting inside the Bürgenstock resort in Switzerland, waiting to begin the first round of talks under the memorandum of understanding Trump himself had signed. The agreement explicitly prohibits the use of threats or force between the two nations. Trump violated his own peace deal on social media, while his own delegation sat in the room where the deal was supposed to be implemented. He undermined his own talks.
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https://heatherdelaneyreese.substack.com/p/donald-trump-is-out-of-control-and
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Baitball Blogger
(52,867 posts)Meloni from Italy, for one. Iran for another.
You know, I think Trump retaliated against Meloni because she turned her face and held her nose along with Macron when they were sitting at the table with Trump. But, it could have been a deep fake.
mike_c
(37,171 posts)...finally acknowledge this is neither normal nor acceptable? Do they really want a petulant, angry man-boy with minimal self control running the country? Really?
dweller
(28,892 posts)and owning the libs , yeh I guess so .
November cant get here soon enough
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vanlassie
(6,293 posts)wyn borkins
(1,566 posts)I had been looking for a general recap of his (djt) ruminations over the past few days. This(your) posting of details related by Heather Delaney Reese fits that bill perfectly. Thank you heather and thank you dweller, as well.
dweller
(28,892 posts)She does a great job of covering him
Sometime a bit too much
there is only so much of the Pisswig I can take
But she is definitely worth the time to read
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31st Street Bridge
(262 posts)They do nothing to stop the abuse. They abandon their role in the balance of power. They are chronically and criminally invisible.
And to hell with SCOTUS, too.
dave99
(484 posts)Because IT IS NOT the Democrats in control of The House or The Senate
unweird
(3,312 posts)Its the republicans that are in control of congress. It is on the republican misrepresentatives, not congress as a whole.
twodogsbarking
(19,785 posts)kentuck
(116,006 posts)...and would be comical, if it was not so serious.
dweller
(28,892 posts)The Pisswigs Reflection Poo
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Wonder Why
(7,361 posts)Those "right" are either too stupid to recognize their faces are being eaten or to cowardly to admit it.
Locutusofborg
(602 posts)nearly every day. Today it was: "Federal judge quashes Trump DOJ subpoenas aimed at Minnesotas Walz, Frey" and "Judge strikes down Trump administration database of Social Security numbers, citizenship status"
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,943 posts)during what was supposed to be a diplomatic process to end a war and bring peace to an entire region."
I am so sick of this crap.
Yes, the corrupt convicted felon, pathologically lying pedophile is a diplomat ending a war HE STARTED, and bringing "peace to an entire region" like a guardian angel, while totally fucking up the US. He has NEVER had "control of this war."
"He undermined his own talks." No!
I am so sick of so many idiots pretending that asshole is legit in ANY way!
Cha
(321,491 posts)TY, dweller.