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How Israel and the FBI manipulated assassination plots to goad Trump into Iran war

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How Israel and the FBI manipulated assassination plots to goad Trump into Iran war

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How Israel and the FBI manipulated assassination plots to goad Trump into Iran war - The Grayzone
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The FBI manufactured plots to convince Trump that Iran sought to kill him, while Israel and its administration allies exploited the president’s deepest fears to keep him on the war path. “I got him before he got me,” an ebullient President Donald Trump remarked to a reporter when asked about his motives for authorizing the killing of Iran’s Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on February 28, 2026. With his off-the-cuff remark, Trump revealed that anxiety about his own assassination at the […]

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  • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    This is the problem with electing stupid people.

    • over_clox@lemmy.world
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      goad isn’t even a verb.

      We have dictionaries for reasons…

      • BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml
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        Like merriam webster?

        Screenshot showing the merriam webster page for goad

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          Long story short, GOD is a stick you prod animals with.

          Thanks for the info.

          • BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml
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            That’s… Where the verb came from yes… It’s literally in the screenshot as the second definition.

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
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    ‘goad’ is a noun, not a verb.

    • stepintomydojo@sh.itjust.works
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      …it’s both a noun and a verb.

      https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goad

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        Interesting. I used to read paper books.

        Nice to know those aren’t a thing anymore.

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      Really? I never knew that. Maybe I’ve only ever heard it used wrong in my life. “Don’t let them goad you into thinking…”

      Edit: appears it is both

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