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What principles have you got for me? I'll preface this by saying that I can definitely see that he's a 'loophole jumper' (pretty standard for politics), but I'd be interested in your thoughts on what principles have been rejected.
Depends on how you and I are defining democratic principles, and I'll also preface this by saying I believe there's a very clear trajectory and we're seeing all the signals in the last 6 months that Trump will refuse to go regardless, unless of course he's physically forced out or the Republicans take a stand

I haven't too much time to spend on this:

1. Attempting to overturn the 2020 election result - failing to accept the election

2. A number of times he has spoken openly about there not being a need for elections

3. Gerrymandering of electorates - https://www.npr.org/2025/12/23/nx-s1-5634001/2025-saw-trump-set-off-a-race-to-redraw-voting-maps

4. The stacking of the supreme court with Trump aligned judges, and the open attacks on those who go against him

5. General authoritarian behaviour and threats

6. The cowering of journalism through open attacks and malicious lawsuits https://theconversation.com/democra...ions-frontal-assault-on-the-free-press-275629

7. He does whatever the fuck he wants - and has amassed huge amounts of gifts, wealth and bribes

8. The maga private army of ICE


etc etc etc etc etc


There's an obvious trajectory.
 
Depends on how you and I are defining democratic principles, and I'll also preface this by saying I believe there's a very clear trajectory and we're seeing all the signals in the last 6 months that Trump will refuse to go regardless, unless of course he's physically forced out or the Republicans take a stand

I haven't too much time to spend on this:

1. Attempting to overturn the 2020 election result - failing to accept the election

2. A number of times he has spoken openly about there not being a need for elections

3. Gerrymandering of electorates - https://www.npr.org/2025/12/23/nx-s1-5634001/2025-saw-trump-set-off-a-race-to-redraw-voting-maps

4. The stacking of the supreme court with Trump aligned judges, and the open attacks on those who go against him

5. General authoritarian behaviour and threats

6. The cowering of journalism through open attacks and malicious lawsuits https://theconversation.com/democra...ions-frontal-assault-on-the-free-press-275629

7. He does whatever the fuck he wants - and has amassed huge amounts of gifts, wealth and bribes

8. The maga private army of ICE


etc etc etc etc etc


There's an obvious trajectory.
Good synopsis. Could actually be Marxism?
 
Depends on how you and I are defining democratic principles, and I'll also preface this by saying I believe there's a very clear trajectory and we're seeing all the signals in the last 6 months that Trump will refuse to go regardless, unless of course he's physically forced out or the Republicans take a stand

I haven't too much time to spend on this:

1. Attempting to overturn the 2020 election result - failing to accept the election

2. A number of times he has spoken openly about there not being a need for elections

3. Gerrymandering of electorates - https://www.npr.org/2025/12/23/nx-s1-5634001/2025-saw-trump-set-off-a-race-to-redraw-voting-maps

4. The stacking of the supreme court with Trump aligned judges, and the open attacks on those who go against him

5. General authoritarian behaviour and threats

6. The cowering of journalism through open attacks and malicious lawsuits https://theconversation.com/democra...ions-frontal-assault-on-the-free-press-275629

7. He does whatever the fuck he wants - and has amassed huge amounts of gifts, wealth and bribes

8. The maga private army of ICE


etc etc etc etc etc


There's an obvious trajectory.
So you was a Kamala Harris guy? 😂
 
Depends on how you and I are defining democratic principles

Yeah, this one's on me for leaving it so vague. But hey, I like a challenge.

1. Attempting to overturn the 2020 election result - failing to accept the election
2. A number of times he has spoken openly about there not being a need for elections

Personally, I pin these down to him being a giant baby (unprofessional and ridiculous for a person of such power to be).

Granted there are valid discussions to be had around how vulnerable their electoral system is (specific states that don't require proof of identifications for example).

But yes, very Undemocratic rhetoric. If you believe that 'talk' holds weight, fair play. I won't get into constituency discussions; both sides have absolute mongs who like to riot at any given chance.


This has long been a problem of US politics on both sides of the spectrum. Hell, the term 'gerrymandering' got it's namesake from a democrat.

This practice is undemocratic, however it's more common than people would like to admit over there. Hard to condemn one side, when the other side does it too. I mean, at that point does it just become a part of the US?

Again, hard for me to associate this as specifically 'Trump' being undemocratic when everyone's on the same playing field. I also can't disagree with you, as:

1. Technically it is undemocratic.
2. He/The Republicans are doing it.


4. The stacking of the supreme court with Trump aligned judges, and the open attacks on those who go against him

This one's an interesting one to me. The whole point of a supreme court is that they are to react to the cases in front of them in a non-partisan way. However, the inherent nature of human bias, combined with the tendency for older people to become more conservatives, with age, would make it easier to fill those roles with conservative leaning people.

Got a link for the open attacks?

5. General authoritarian behaviour and threats

Again, many presidents talk a lot of aggressive shit. You'll have to be a bit more specific.

6. The cowering of journalism through open attacks and malicious lawsuits https://theconversation.com/democra...ions-frontal-assault-on-the-free-press-275629

I would argue that this is more indicative of legacy media dying, rather than Trump being the reason for it's downfall. I'd posit that he's 'feeding off the carcass' rather than solely killing the legacy media industry.

Sadly, social media is the place to get your information these days.

7. He does whatever the fuck he wants - and has amassed huge amounts of gifts, wealth and bribes

He had the majority vote, majority seats in the senate and the republican party go along with whatever he does. It's basically second nature for all senators to amass silly amounts of wealth too (look at Ilhan Omar).


8. The maga private army of ICE

This is an over exaggeration. Their methods are brutal and to be condemned, but their purpose exists in 'upholding' domestic law, not foreign invasion.

The TLDR of what I said is that I believe that his offensive caricature amplifies the problematic state of politics in the US. Basically, there's a crap ton of corruption that happens over there and he is just such an easy character to hate as he just says stuff to annoy people. Does he reject democratic principles? by our definition I'd assume so. But by American standards? I think he's right on the money for the crap that they normally serve up, just with a little cherry on top.

Thanks for posting these. It forced me to use my brain and taught me a lesson in being more specific with my wording.
 
Yeah, this one's on me for leaving it so vague. But hey, I like a challenge.




Personally, I pin these down to him being a giant baby (unprofessional and ridiculous for a person of such power to be).

Granted there are valid discussions to be had around how vulnerable their electoral system is (specific states that don't require proof of identifications for example).

But yes, very Undemocratic rhetoric. If you believe that 'talk' holds weight, fair play. I won't get into constituency discussions; both sides have absolute mongs who like to riot at any given chance.



This has long been a problem of US politics on both sides of the spectrum. Hell, the term 'gerrymandering' got it's namesake from a democrat.

This practice is undemocratic, however it's more common than people would like to admit over there. Hard to condemn one side, when the other side does it too. I mean, at that point does it just become a part of the US?

Again, hard for me to associate this as specifically 'Trump' being undemocratic when everyone's on the same playing field. I also can't disagree with you, as:

1. Technically it is undemocratic.
2. He/The Republicans are doing it.




This one's an interesting one to me. The whole point of a supreme court is that they are to react to the cases in front of them in a non-partisan way. However, the inherent nature of human bias, combined with the tendency for older people to become more conservatives, with age, would make it easier to fill those roles with conservative leaning people.

Got a link for the open attacks?



Again, many presidents talk a lot of aggressive shit. You'll have to be a bit more specific.



I would argue that this is more indicative of legacy media dying, rather than Trump being the reason for it's downfall. I'd posit that he's 'feeding off the carcass' rather than solely killing the legacy media industry.

Sadly, social media is the place to get your information these days.



He had the majority vote, majority seats in the senate and the republican party go along with whatever he does. It's basically second nature for all senators to amass silly amounts of wealth too (look at Ilhan Omar).




This is an over exaggeration. Their methods are brutal and to be condemned, but their purpose exists in 'upholding' domestic law, not foreign invasion.

The TLDR of what I said is that I believe that his offensive caricature amplifies the problematic state of politics in the US. Basically, there's a crap ton of corruption that happens over there and he is just such an easy character to hate as he just says stuff to annoy people. Does he reject democratic principles? by our definition I'd assume so. But by American standards? I think he's right on the money for the crap that they normally serve up, just with a little cherry on top.

Thanks for posting these. It forced me to use my brain and taught me a lesson in being more specific with my wording.
Appreciate the time as well James





And the corruption is what I meant by he does what the fuck he wants - while the US has never been overly big on integrity they at least had some kind of pretence. Now?

there's heaps more instances, that's just a quick google.

I truly believe the Russians have quite a bit on Trump, as well as his obvious hideous involvements in the Epstein files as well.
 
Appreciate the time as well James





And the corruption is what I meant by he does what the fuck he wants - while the US has never been overly big on integrity they at least had some kind of pretence. Now?

there's heaps more instances, that's just a quick google.

I truly believe the Russians have quite a bit on Trump, as well as his obvious hideous involvements in the Epstein files as well.

This is why it's important to hammer down what a definition of democratic principles really is. Like communism there is the ideology and the reality.

I view these lashings out as unprofessionalism. As long as they still stand, that's as close as you'll get to a democracy. Whether or not a leader is okay with it is irrelevant really.

The crypto scam stuff was probably the only real issue that I had as I believe it crossed a line and nobody really gave a toss. Still, there was no cohersion and that's the bottom line for democratic definition.

Stupid is as stupid does, I guess.

As for the Putin thing. Maybe?

Looping back around to the topic at hand. Hate it all you want, but the precedence is there for the bombing of Iran.

It's insane, but it's there

America is broken, in so many ways.
 
What’s people’s thoughts on the legality of US attacking Iran?

The UN and Helen Clark consider it illegal/ wrong but people from Iran seem to support the regime change. The feeling I get on here is muted acceptance it needed to be done.

The issue seems to be that the UN doesn’t have a legal method for removing dictators, which is ironic seen as the UN was set up because of a dictator
 
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What’s people’s thoughts on the legality of US attacking Iran?

The UN and Helen Clark consider it illegal/ wrong but people from Iran seem to support the regime change. The feeling I get on here is muted acceptance it needed to be done.

The issue seems to be that the UN doesn’t have a legal method for removing dictators, which is ironic seen as the UN was set up because of a dictator
We're probably all pretty nervous about it escalating into a wider global hot war now, I know I am.
 
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