He is one of a number of senior figures in the Trump administration including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the new chief of staff, Stephen Miller, to leave their home to live on a military base or protected housing.

The US national intelligence chief, Jay Clayton, said last month that Tehran had “substantially increased” its efforts to target Americans in the Middle East and beyond.

These include intensifying the targeting of current and former US officials such as Bessent, the NYT reported on Tuesday, citing three sources familiar with the matter.

    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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      IMHO preparing for a coup in January.

      Slightly more batshit insanely: preparing for a false flag “Iranian” attack on the US.

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        I mean, probably. If not January 2027, then January 2029.

        But in this particular case, with this particular person, at this particular time, I imagine the failed Iranian attack on the US airbase in the UK is the proximate reason.

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        It could be, but they’ve lost most of their base. The magas may vote republican again, but I doubt there would be enough to go full coup.

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          6/1 was kind of like a “citizens coup”.

          This time they’ve already purged the military of “disloyal” brass. This time, if it actually happens, will be a military coup.

          The executive is filled with sycophants and apparently has control of the military enough that it can ignore Congress.

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    You would ban be for answering. Lmfao. Get ready sweetie.

    Edit: I meant that for your top level comment, but you know how thumbs work. Anyway, I’m choosing not to correct it because of lazy.

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      I wouldn’t ban you for your opinion on why they moved there. I would ban you for encouraging others to go after them. I’m thinking that it’s not just Iran. These guys are shitty and evil with no loyalty and now a lot less power, they may have pissed off a lot of the wrong people.

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        They still have the same power through much of January, unfortunately. Knowing Trump’s vengefulness, I’m leaning slightly more towards the coup theory, but agree that they’re unlikely to pull it off.

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          Sorry to burst your reality-denying bubble, but shitty humans are everywhere. Who’s being the most shitty at any given moment rotates, but they’re pretty universal & make up a rather large percentage of the entire world’s population.

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            Whataboutism is changing the topic. Shit on one side doesn’t excuse shit on another. That’s lazy Democrat speak.

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              It’s not whataboutism if I’m not redirecting away from your target, but merely expanding it to include those you deliberately left out. Your response is “lazy” thinking & obviously biased rage that’s too laser focused on the target of your hatred to care about the full truth of the matter.

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                Let’s talk about the market then. Since you’re not doing something to redirect.

                Keep going… about the topic.