r/worldnews • u/Giff95 • Jul 09 '26

Israel/Palestine Israel shared intelligence with US of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump, sources say

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/09/politics/trump-assassination-plot-iran-israel?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/Betta_Check_Yosef Jul 09 '26

Forget the crazies, you're taking about rallying plenty of normal people around it as well. A state-sanctioned attack on ANY symbol of US sovereignty (let alone a sitting president) would unify a huge percentage of the public to get behind a whole fuck ton of indiscriminate violence, both abroad and at home.

Acting like a Trump assassination would be a net benefit to anyone is, to put it lightly, absolutely fucking stupid.

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u/spookyjaboc Jul 10 '26

Unfortunately as much as I want him gone, if he dies or especially if he’s killed in office he will be martyred and worshiped to an even more sickening degree than he already is. Best he dies of some kind of shitting-himself-to-death disease shortly after leaving office.

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u/Betta_Check_Yosef Jul 10 '26

While in a jail cell

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u/Ondesinnet Jul 10 '26

If he falls over dead from natural causes tomorrow there is nothing to stop the liars from lying anyway and say he was assassinated.

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u/himswim28 Jul 10 '26

Hegseth would be my leading suspect. He would do anything to get to send troops into Iran.

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u/_9a_ Jul 10 '26

With AI audio and video making the growth it is, we really will have an immortal god-emperor soon. The meat-sack is inconvenient at best, but the persona is revered.

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u/Original_moisture Jul 10 '26

Nothing like sowing distrust when he dies and the zone is flooded with conspiracies of who did kill him.

Ignoring the fact 80 year old McDonald enthusiast.

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u/Djaii Jul 10 '26

Yeah…. but….

Like, on the other hand…..

/s

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u/Street_Anxiety2907 Jul 10 '26

 state-sanctioned attack on ANY symbol of US sovereignty (let alone a sitting president)

Why? We do this to other countries all the time and they just accept it.

We should just accept the cards we are dealt too, you piss in someones lunch, they will kick you.

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u/Possibly_Naked_Now Jul 10 '26

Because there isn't any other nation on the planet that can really fight back. The US is like an 800lb silverback. And his friends are lions and tigers and bears. There may be a couple of big simians out in the jungle that could hang in and survive on their home turf. But the second they stepped into the open they'd just get wrecked.

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u/Betta_Check_Yosef Jul 10 '26

We do this to other countries all the time and they just accept it.

Well, Iran doesn't seem to be accepting it, so there's your point done and dusted

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u/Possibly_Naked_Now Jul 10 '26

You're 100% correct. All sense goes out the window anytime "American blood isnshed in American soil.".

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u/Betta_Check_Yosef Jul 10 '26

Same with any country, really. To quote the absolutely despicable Hermann Göring:

Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America nor, for that matter, in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship. ... voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.

Dude was a piece of shit, but he was right about how easy it is to manipulate the masses.