URGENT Update From Really American Founder
This morning, the President of the United States had a meltdown in front of the entire NATO alliance and the world.
Trump landed at the summit, declared his own Iran ceasefire dead, and called Tehran’s leaders “scum” while oil shot past $78 a barrel.
I’ll tell you about that in a moment.
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Now, here’s what happened this morning.
Standing in front of the entire alliance in Ankara, Trump torched the ceasefire he spent last month bragging about, calling Iran’s leaders “scum” hours after the two countries traded more than 80 strikes.
Then he ordered the United States to cut off all trade with Spain, a NATO ally, on live television, because they wouldn’t help him bomb Iran.
He revived his old demand to seize Greenland, and Denmark’s prime minister looked straight at the cameras and invoked Article 5, NATO’s promise that an attack on one member is an attack on all.
And here’s the part that should worry you most. Trump told the world that “the Islamic Republic of Japan” fired 111 missiles at a U.S. aircraft carrier. Minutes later he turned to the room and asked for a question for “President Putin,” while Volodymyr Zelensky sat right next to him.
That’s it. This is the man deciding right now whether to restart a war in the Middle East. He doesn’t know which country attacked us. He doesn’t know which leader is sitting next to him.
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— Justin, and the Really American team