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BumRushDaShow

(168,951 posts)
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 04:14 PM 8 hrs ago

Trump's inner circle showing 'buyer's remorse' over Iran war and fear president was 'high on his own supply,' report say

Source: The Independent

Monday 16 March 2026 12:26 EDT


Members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle are experiencing “buyer’s remorse” over the Iran conflict and are beginning to regard Operation Epic Fury as a disastrous mistake, according to a report.

The U.S. and Israel launched surprise joint airstrikes against Tehran in the early hours of Saturday, February 28, killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Ayatollah Khamenei on the first day of the aerial bombardment, ending his 47-year authoritarian reign in one fell swoop.

Iran quickly hit back with retaliatory strikes of its own against its Gulf neighbor states hosting American and Israeli military assets. So far, 13 U.S. servicemembers have died. Meanwhile, Tehran’s moves to target tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world’s total oil supply is shipped, have caused global fuel prices to soar.

Now an administration source quoted by Axios has claimed that Trump was “high on his own supply” when he gave the greenlight for the joint operation to commence.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-white-house-iran-war-b2939542.html

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Trump's inner circle showing 'buyer's remorse' over Iran war and fear president was 'high on his own supply,' report say (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago OP
They are so unqualified to deal with mental health crises bucolic_frolic 8 hrs ago #1
Operation EPSTEIN FILES Fury !!!! Jack Valentino 2 hrs ago #25
This administration leaks like a sieve Fiendish Thingy 8 hrs ago #2
They completely fucked up big time. This wretched regime has gone completely mad with power. Initech 8 hrs ago #3
This wretched regime has gone completely mad with power. That sums it all up in nine words. flashman13 7 hrs ago #5
And that's the nicest thing I can say about these scumbags! Initech 6 hrs ago #7
Realistically how much longer can this last? The harm is being felt globally, how long are the ptb putting up with this Blues Heron 8 hrs ago #4
Until t is no longer useful, and they can't make any more money off of it. mwmisses4289 5 hrs ago #15
Sadly, I believe Blue_Roses 5 hrs ago #18
And given the Trump spawn Quanto Magnus 4 hrs ago #20
Ahem ... (cough, cough) ... 25th Amendment ... maybe it's time? FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #6
Should have been invoked during his first term Grim Chieftain 6 hrs ago #13
Trump was "high on his own supply"? ShazzieB 6 hrs ago #8
Time for an intervention. cab67 6 hrs ago #9
He would just fire them Blue_Roses 4 hrs ago #19
Yup Polybius 4 hrs ago #22
And joining the Trump regime was a disastrous mistake. J_William_Ryan 6 hrs ago #10
Why. Can't. He. Just. Die? Grim Chieftain 6 hrs ago #11
Buyer's remorse? C_U_L8R 6 hrs ago #12
High on sniffing his own farts. diane in sf 6 hrs ago #14
Methinks methane...it IS poisonous,btw BattleRow 4 hrs ago #23
He's been high on his own supply since he came down the escalator. pat_k 5 hrs ago #16
His own supply? of WHAT ??? liberalla 5 hrs ago #17
Farts! truthisfreedom 4 hrs ago #21
Trump has very carefully selected those that surround him for their best 'qualities'. Aussie105 2 hrs ago #24

bucolic_frolic

(54,910 posts)
1. They are so unqualified to deal with mental health crises
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 04:21 PM
8 hrs ago

Malignant narcissism becomes more pronounced with age. Could result in oodles and boodles of plastic surgery. Or invincibility delusions. Or younger and younger companions, no matter the cost. Power is not studied as much because of fewer examples. Mix in Operation Epstein Files, and there you have a home brew.

Fiendish Thingy

(22,979 posts)
2. This administration leaks like a sieve
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 04:23 PM
8 hrs ago

Would love to know who the source is…my guess is it’s someone not wearing a brand new pair of ill fitting Florsheims…

Initech

(108,584 posts)
3. They completely fucked up big time. This wretched regime has gone completely mad with power.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 04:24 PM
8 hrs ago

All the sick fucks that made this happen need to be fired and imprisoned immediately.

flashman13

(2,356 posts)
5. This wretched regime has gone completely mad with power. That sums it all up in nine words.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 04:48 PM
7 hrs ago

Blues Heron

(8,744 posts)
4. Realistically how much longer can this last? The harm is being felt globally, how long are the ptb putting up with this
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 04:24 PM
8 hrs ago

Quanto Magnus

(1,342 posts)
20. And given the Trump spawn
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:33 PM
4 hrs ago

just got into military drones, you can bet this is going on longer.

cab67

(3,712 posts)
9. Time for an intervention.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 05:54 PM
6 hrs ago

I doubt it would actually work, but a bunch of people in that inner circle need to sit him down and read him the riot act. Threaten to 25th him if he doesn’t do something.

J_William_Ryan

(3,471 posts)
10. And joining the Trump regime was a disastrous mistake.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 06:05 PM
6 hrs ago

Consider the stupidity of believing the second Trump regime would be any different than the first.

Grim Chieftain

(1,644 posts)
11. Why. Can't. He. Just. Die?
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 06:06 PM
6 hrs ago

Think of all the good, decent people we have lost in recent months, and yet there he is, the most vile, toxic, wretched being ever to occupy the presidency.

God, I loathe him and his enablers.

C_U_L8R

(49,310 posts)
12. Buyer's remorse?
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 06:07 PM
6 hrs ago

It’s more like a dumbass’s doubletake.
Trump and his clueless team are creating a failure of historical proportion.

BattleRow

(2,341 posts)
23. Methinks methane...it IS poisonous,btw
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 08:16 PM
4 hrs ago

Cattle were blamed for the vast amount of methane emissions they produce.

Well...how's about all the toxic emissions emanating from ALL the b.s. from the oral orifice?

pat_k

(13,237 posts)
16. He's been high on his own supply since he came down the escalator.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 06:46 PM
5 hrs ago

He lives in a fantasy world created by his malignant narcissism and cruel psychopathy. He doesn't just believe his own hype. He is so immersed in his own delusions of brilliance and power he lost all contact with reality years ago.

The true insanity is the number of people who joined him in his deluded bubble.

As more of them crash into the wall of reality, there will be more and more "leaks" about his volatility and opposition in the ranks.

liberalla

(11,059 posts)
17. His own supply? of WHAT ???
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:06 PM
5 hrs ago

Idiocy? Lunacy? Stupidity?

Those are all his strengths... They liked that when they weren't being harmed. They liked the "make-believe" picture he painted because it appealed to people who shared his prejudices and who bought the rest of his foolishness...



And now? Everyone is still too chickenshit to step up and tell him some truth.
Get used to those feelings of buyer's remorse!

Aussie105

(7,851 posts)
24. Trump has very carefully selected those that surround him for their best 'qualities'.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 09:31 PM
2 hrs ago

Those being:

1. Less competent than Trump at running a country.

2. Capable of loud bluff and bluster that signify nothing.

3. Unable and unwilling to tell Trump he is mentally defective and doing it wrong.

Result?
Well, we are watching it in action now.

Let's face it, America is a world superpower in decline.

Only two things can rescue America.
1. Celebrating the day of his death and declaring that a public holiday to be repeated every year.
2. Removing anyone tainted by the smell of the Orange Menace from any position of power.

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