Trump spent the morning posting to Truth Social about oil prices and nuclear threats. Tim and Sam discuss why the chaotic bleats could be incredibly dangerous.
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Hey, it takes a real man to wear pink.
Sam, I personally love you in pink.
I recommend to all download app called Trump’s Truth created by Defending Democracy Together (basically all The Bulwark peeps). Shows all Trumps bleats (?) and searchable bleat archive. Better than signing up to Trump’s social media platform.
I really can't believe that as we look down the barrel of incipient fascism, nuclear war, and God only knows what else, that these two made me spit out my damn coffee this morning laughing.
Fellas, you have great chemistry and you made me laugh in the face of unimaginable horrors. Bless thee, Bulwark, and all who sail in thee.
The reason why Donald Trump does what he does and bleats what he bleats is because his mind is mush, he has no inhibitions due to dementia, and he is afraid and paranoid.
He's your problem now Europe and Nato.....good luck he's feeling rascally, he needs to crap on somebody. I'm looking at you Macron
Obliterated....that's a five syllable word. I'm really impressed that Trump has upped his rhetorical skills
He still will not be awarded a Noble Prize, for either Literature or Peace.
For literature, not with his inappropriate use of CAPS, FFS!
Not to mention his nodding acquaintance with punctuation.
Trump will come out of this smelling of roses and with a Nobel Peace prize hanging around his neck. Sickening.
His Nobel Prize nomination has been withdrawn, so there’s some good news anyway.
Yes, but I meant a Peace prize for his Middle East efforts. :)
I don't think so. He calls it a Noble Prize
What?? We can’t keep the prices down by hollering at the gas pump “keep your price down!”
I love Tim’s description “shit post’in” . Now that’s truth social..
As a shareholder of Exxon, who benefits from higher oil and gas prices, I guess I’m the enemy.
So is the DOE an oil & gas exploration company? Socialism baby!
The Economist estimates governments across the world subsidized the petroleum industry to the tune of 6% of global GDP or about $6-$7 Trillion a year
“It’s really hard that to believe that this is what we have to deal with”— yes Tim & Sam— wake us when it is over.
Iran announces the ceasefire per BBC News:
“ Iran state TV news channel IRINN has announced the ceasefire by saying that it has been “imposed” on Israel following the “successful” Iran attack on the US base in Qatar.
State TV said in a statement that Trump “begged” for a ceasefire following Iran’s attack. The statement was read aloud by the presenter.
The statement also hailed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Army and praised the “resistance” of Iranians.”
THIS FUCKING GUY!!
I’m watching a Nat Geo documentary miniseries about the mob. I’m tapping my inner Sopranos when I say this. Plus I’m drunk.
Bada bing.....bada boom!
But do the regular rank and file MAGA know that the Dept of Energy has no relation to drilling....the price of oil.
Short and mostly comical...thanks for making me laugh!!
If this was a soap opera, it would be ridiculous! But it’s real life, so it’s downright dangerous and disgusting!!!!
Unfortunately, the MAGA morons choose to believe the Apprentice was real, instead of trump’s habit of running all his businesses into the ground.
And now guess where the US is headed!!!!
Well, Mission Accomplished may actually have happened, per NYT:
“ Qatar intervened on behalf of the Trump administration and persuaded Iran to agree to a cease-fire with Israel, according to three diplomats briefed on the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomacy.
There was no immediate confirmation from the Israeli or Iranian governments of a cease-fire, which President Trump said on social media Monday night was imminent, following more than a week of missile attacks between the two nations.
Two Iranian officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss security matters, confirmed that Tehran had agreed to the American proposal. But an Israeli military spokesman declined to comment, and Israel was continuing to strike Iran with missiles in the early hours of Tuesday local time.
Earlier, the three diplomats said, Mr. Trump told Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, that Israel had signed off on an American cease-fire proposal and that the president asked that Qatar help bring Iran on board.
Then the Qatari prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, persuaded Iran to agree to the proposal in a call with the Iranian leadership, the diplomats said.
The exact details of what the diplomats said Israel and Iran agreed to remain unclear. Mr. Trump said on social media that the cease-fire would not take place until after the two countries “wound down” military missions in progress, a process he said would unfold in phases over a day….”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/world/middleeast/iran-israel-ceasefire-qatar.html?smid=url-share
I know he thinks he looks strong and resolute, but every time I see that stupid Situation Room photo...he looks like the grumpy old fart waiting for dinner in The Home.
I don’t think the idiot in chief wrote that long big bleat (with the “n” word). Too many larger words…and not nearly enough CAPS.
Or, alternatively, his bleats during the day rise almost to the level of a high schooler, while his middle of the night bleats deteriorate to maybe a sixth grade level, at best.
Does cognitive decline get worse as the day progresses into night?
He’s sun downing.
Biden's mental state appeared much worse in that late-night debate than usual.
Kinda off topic, but.. if only we could all age as well as Sam! 😂
Thanks guys! Appreciate you bringing us the ridiculous but serious crap doing on in the Trump regime with some humor. If we don’t laugh once in a while we’d be screaming or crying continually.
Yes Sam you just said "the tits get better". Trumpster probably said that after his affair with Stormy Daniels.
Does trump’s ‘everybody’ mean gas stations? 🙄
My only thoughts are, this is insane. We have a president that is crazy and they are discussing his bleats like they're normal! There is no way this guy can stay in office for 3 1/2 more years.
Trumpster never took Econ 101.
He had someone else take the tests for him.
JD agrees that its Mission Accomplished (per WSJ):
“ Vice President JD Vance said on Fox News that President Trump has "been working the phones constantly" to reach a cease-fire agreement between Iran and Israel. "When I left the White House, I thought we might be able to get it across the finish line before this broadcast, and it looks like the president has been able to do that," Vance said during the live interview.
"The president really hit the reset button and said, 'Look, let's actually produce long-term peace for the region,'" Vance said, adding that Israel helped the U.S. dismantle Iran's nuclear program, and Iran has a new opportunity to pursue a "path to peace."..”
Trump posting from his bunker no doubt. Two miles under the White House.
"Can I build a big beautiful golf course down here"?
Well, folks, it’s all done, Mission Accomplished. Per the WSJ:
“ President Trump said Israel and Iran had agreed to a cease-fire that he said could lead to the end of the war between the countries.
"It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World. During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL."
Israel’s military referred questions about the cease-fire announced by Trump “to the political echelon.”
Neither the Iranian mission to the United Nations nor Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office immediately responded to a request for comment….”
Oil drilling IS a business! It's done by PRIVATE COMPANIES! The DOE has nothing to do with it!
When is it going to sink in to some of these Manly Blue-Collar MAGA Men that the guy they worship has shit for brains?
When do the shit-for-brains notice the cult leader has shit-for-brains? Oh, it's rhetorical. Never mind.
I need help getting past Bills Morning Shots I’m still so freaking angry with him for just stroking Trumps ego and all the atta boys for him I’m sick inside
Satire?
Poor Sam, having to edited Bill Kristol's diatribes. Bill's warmongering was turning me into a Zohran-loving DSA communist. Until things calm down in the Middle East, I'm only reading Andrew's half of Morning Shots and skipping Tim's Monday pods.
In that case, you should probably stay away from Adam Kinzinger for a while too . . .
I respect the hell out of what Kinzinger did on the J6 committee. He's a man of integrity. And that's all I have to say about that. [[Forrest Gump voice]]
you guys are so funny. love it!
Glad the Marco Rubio, JD, Hegseth and Johnson "team" are all over it. The finest of intuitive thinking lead by a blithering idiot. Who is staffing the autopen? The Don is too busy bleating like an old goat.
The fucking Republicans criticized Jimmy for his presidency. Long live Billy beer. I guess it does no good if you treat others with respect and do your preaching from the pulpit as a private citizen.
Tim & Sam, Appreciate the banter with the countering concern. The daily insanity of Donald J.Trump continues to not be reported by the broader main stream media. The Trump being Trump thing is still with many of our dim witted fellow citizens. His above the law, corruption, incompetence and cruelty are on full display. The Iranians are not a danger to the world but this 79 year old, demented, self centered lunatic surely is.
Remember when we were using “do we want Trump to have access to a nuclear weapon?” As a hyperbolic metaphor?
Why doesn't he call the Saudis who are the largest oil exporter in OPEC? He's heard of OPEC hasn't he?
I'm sure Putin has mentioned OPEC to him in one of their long phone calls.
Probably not, actually.
I think chili comes from the Strait of Hormel. Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s Hormel.
Spot on! And in the Strait of Hormel is the Gulf of Potato. You know, where they net the hash.
Very good 👏🏽😄
Trump is too scared of Russias’ nuclear weapons to ever attack them. Putin knows that and so does Iran, which is why they’re going to do whatever they can to get their hands on a nuclear weapon now.
Dum dum doesn't know that gas prices usually go up around 4th of July. He's probably never pumped his own gas
He’s probably never been to a gas station! ⛽️
“I’m watching”. 😂😂. He is so ridiculous. Like oil prices will obey him because he “is watching”. 🙄
Trump hates impersonal institutions like courts and markets. He wants to personalize everything because he believes that if he can get another person across the table from him he can "win" by the force of his personality.
Yeah, he's a narcissist who thinks he can control everything. Including, apparently, Iran and oil markets. He believes he can "win" everything and it doesn't help that he is surrounded by sycophants who reinforce that belief. Sigh.
Is this like when your mom told you she had eyes in the back of her head when you were in the backseat of the car as a kid?
Lol. My kids are adults now and have children. We've laughed about how they would ask, "how did you know?" when they'd done something. And it was totally obvious to anyone adult looking on. The magic of parenting and the "all-knowing" thing.
I'm sure it's the same.
Sam, you are the managing editor. Have someone on your staff watch Truth Social.
That's already Tim's sick obsession. He's the one who always brings the bleats to the table.
It’s amazing to me that POTUS doesn’t have a clue about how the energy markets work.
I'm sure Trump said something about the "lazy nuclears" on Juneteenth
If ever there was an example of beta energy—it’s thinking you’re leading by talking loud on the internet, on a minor social media platform you had to have built to showcase your words.
Gross.