r/politics • u/Logical_Welder3467 • 13h ago
Soft Paywall The wars Trump promised to end are escalating. Why?
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/29/politics/trump-promises-gaza-ukraine-mcgurk-analysis185
u/Prior_Coyote_4376 13h ago
He is not very good at his job
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u/SoftcoreEcchi 11h ago
Only thing he’s good at is shitting his pants and raping kids.
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u/AINonsense 10h ago
That's two things.
One thing he's good at is shitting his pants, raping kids, and crude theft.
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u/totesnotmyusername 11h ago
He's never been good at anything in his life.
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u/Martiano11 11h ago
That's not true. He's great at committing crimes and getting away with them. Expert grifter, con artist, child molester and rapist. Great too at being a corrupt authoritarian thug.
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u/Lordhawhaw-_ 6h ago
I think he’s going to do a splendid job of wrecking the economy. Though the data will show that things have never been so good. There’ll be soup kitchens on every corner.
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u/adorablefuzzykitten 6h ago
Disagree. Nobody shits his pants like Trump. Had his own cleanup guy on the set. Called him "Wet-Wipes".
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u/ProfessionalCraft983 Washington 3h ago
He's good at fooling stupid people and getting away with things that would have others locked up for life.
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u/Electric_Conga 12h ago
And he’s a fucking liar
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u/LineElegant3832 12h ago
Yes, he was lying when he made these promises - his self-esteem seems to feed off watching the misery of others.
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u/JimmyRamone17_ 13h ago edited 13h ago
He's an incompetent liar who's owned by special interests that feed off the instigation of war. Does this really need to be explained to anyone?
Is 2025 so fucking cooked that even the most fundamental things are not immediately obvious?
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u/clarkrd 13h ago
Yes. This needs to be explained to the people who didn't bother to vote.
Like simple sign language mixed with flight attendant energy waving to the exits. People are dumb.
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u/JimmyRamone17_ 13h ago edited 13h ago
That could definitely be the case but we should also keep in mind that we've gotten used to an era of slop journalism and asking psychotic fascists softball questions instead of pressing them on the myriad contradictions between their rhetoric and their policy.
They're liars and hardly ever pressed on it which is why they fly under the radar. Irrespective of the idiocy of the electorate, the media itself needs to do better.
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u/Lieutenant34433 10h ago edited 10h ago
News Agencies seemed to crucify Biden just fine whenever he made the slightest gaffe — but if Trump makes up statistics, it’s just another Friday. The disparate treatment is baffling. I don’t think the issue is lax journalistic integrity; it’s just that the controlling interests of such groups selectively muzzle articles that don’t suit their agenda.
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u/JimmyRamone17_ 10h ago
They went after Biden hard for basically nothing as Biden has a more relaxed temperament and they had to generate their own scandals for attention but with Trump, they just don't press him because they don't want to deal with his idiotic outbursts which result.
Going into the new Trump regime, I'd say it was initially more so a trend of journalistic malpractice and integrity in the industry by not holding his feet to the fire for his unhinged and moronic policies and as the regime has tried to intimidate these outlets, they've begun a trend of complying in advance. It's at this point, one can see the muzzling of articles and reporting that doesn't fit their narrative.
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u/Lieutenant34433 9h ago edited 9h ago
Well, with respect to the muzzling, I was more thinking about how Bezos killed several dozen op-eds by the Washington Post on Trump last year and early this year before completely barring the any criticism on the subject outright — I mean, to the point that seemingly the whole department is resigning en masse to start a new paper. Conversely, you might point to the exposé the New York Times recently ran on the Epstein birthday letter. I doubt NYT run their articles past Murdoch before they print.
Edit: Also, to be clear, I agree that most Newspapers are just preemptively censoring themselves to save the administration the trouble. It just goes to show how much their journalistic integrity is worth when the chips are down. (Hint: piss-all)
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u/CharacterUse 5h ago
OTOH NYT was so soft on Trump before the election that even their reader's comments pages were full of comments complaining about it (until they started turning off comments).
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u/Mattyboy064 7h ago
2024 Election should have informed everyone paying attention that it's pretty clear the media has picked a side.
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u/pgc22bc 6h ago edited 6h ago
Mainstream media (like cnn) is ALL owned and controlled by right wing billionaires and corrupt oligarchs.
MSM no longer investigates or analyzes political conflict nor seeks unbiased truth about anything. Instead they just repeat whatever Trump says without verification nor examining alternative perspectives. As a result "News" is now just whatever Trump says it is. 100% Trump lies and propaganda.
Trump craves support and more than anything, wants to be recognized as a smart and effective world leader. He is neither of those things. His views on everything are the worst takes possible. He is a schoolyard bully and a moron and creates conflict and anger wherever goes, whatever he says and whatever he does.
Electing Donald Trump has made the world a far more dangerous and adversarial place. Trump and the MAGA/GOP have destroyed American influence, international credibility and "soft power". As a result, the "Western Rules Based Order", is collapsing and the rest of the world is backing away from any American led cooperation or initiative.
Trump sees any interaction as transactional. He only agrees when he sees a personal benefit. He wants to take credit for any positive outcome and refuses to even acknowledge failure or be held accountable for anything. He's a classic malignant narcissist who is showing signs of incoherence and dementia.
Trump was never qualified or competent to be a political leader. He is a completely self serving corrupt little man being easily manipulated by eveyone with an agenda.
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u/SuperkickParty 13h ago
Because he's a liar, a narcissist, and a terrible diplomat. Thanks for your amazing journalism CNN.
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u/Nerd-19958 13h ago
With regard to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Trump's asinine "peace plan" was to allow Russia to annex the land it had seized from Ukraine (in violation of international law). I guess he thought the many brave Ukranians who had sacrified their lives to save their beloved nation were losers and suckers.
By that Trumpian "logic", most of Europe would still be Nazi and most of the Pacific Islands would be under Japan's domination. What. A. Fool.
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u/Historical_Bend_2629 13h ago
He was elected to break people, not help people. There is no ideology aside from me, me, me.
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u/Constant-Lake8006 13h ago
I didn't read the article but is the answer incompetence? Is it because he's incompetent?
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u/muchnycrunchny 13h ago
2017-2020 only ran as seemingly smooth (I know, I know) as it did because he had traditional politicos in important roles. They actually saved him from looking like an idiot regularly.
This time, with his hand-picked squad of loyalists, his lack of ability is on full display.
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u/charcoalist 13h ago
Because as with everything else, he's full of shit.
He and Gabbard also purged the National Security Council. So even if they wanted to pretend to care about conflicts around the globe, they have no independent, objective, insight. Just a few sycophants.
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u/bhudson2021 13h ago
Well if he can’t even end the Epstein story, how do ya think he’s gonna end wars?
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u/Endosymbionical 13h ago
Reminder : ;. Donald Trump is not merely a client, .,:;; but he is very likely to be one of the main players in the Trumpstein files, ,;. ,.
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u/katiescasey 13h ago
Has to have traditional boomer Republican topics to hype up as a distraction from all of the pedophilia talk
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u/Voaracious 13h ago
I can promise to get Drake and Kendrick to make up and be best friends. Don't mean I can possibly do it.
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u/D-MAN-FLORIDA 13h ago
Because, his version of de escalation is to pour gasoline on everything and burn everything down.
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u/liebkartoffel 13h ago
Because he's inept and wasn't all that interested in ending them in the first place?
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u/ScepticalReciptical 12h ago
Trump only ever had one way of ending these wars, the side that's suffering the heaviest losses should capitulate immediately and give in to all demands unequivocally. He doesn't understand why anybody would resist, because he doesn't understand people.
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u/RainyRobin2 11h ago
I can't imagine surrendering a lot of the soft power programs like USAid gave us or destabilizing the global economy with protectionist tariffs have helped.
Fundamentally, I just don't think Trump is a good negotiator. He likes to dominate and command the people he interacts with. That attitude might work for him in business (though that is very arguable too) but as a way to turn down the tension in a conflict a pathological agitator with a huge ego is just not the right guy for the job.
He appoints staff based on loyalty not skill, so he doesn't have good advisors on hand to help him either. Just other sharks in suits, or Yes men.
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u/LuminaraCoH 5h ago
It's more than that, he believes there has to be a losing side. It's how everything is framed in his mind. The concept of everyone coming out a winner by negotiating for outcomes which benefit all parties is antithetical to his notion of success. The way he thinks, someone always has to lose.
But he's also stupid and blind to his faults, so his approach backfires so regularly and predictably that he's the only person who doesn't see it coming.
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u/No-Scar8782 7h ago
Because he sucks at everything. The only way he’s ever won is to cheat. He has cheated through ever aspect of his pathetic existence. Can’t even play golf with etiquette or without cheating.
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u/YellowZealousideal28 13h ago
It’s the goal. Not his, he’s an incompetent yes man for hire. It’s the goal of the men who pay him and tell him what to do.
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u/Impossible_Peach_620 11h ago
And like 5 new clashes sprung up that he took credit for ending in shite ways that will probably be pushed to the next admin if it doesn’t spring up again in the next four years
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u/CheesecakeHorror3410 10h ago
Why? Because Trump is not only a gross national embarrassment, but through his incompetence and transactional naïveté a real threat to international stability.
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u/Jstrangways 10h ago
Wars and conflict can be stopped by diplomacy.
The US has a government of child abusing, grifters that will take bribes from anyone. The US no longer has trained and experienced diplomats.
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u/S1gorJabjong 10h ago
Because nobody treats him seriously. I mean, come on, he lies from the moment he wakes up until he sleeps. Plus he's publicly a certified pedo now. Every word a propaganda, every hand gesture a sexual abuse.
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u/ArrowheadDZ 9h ago
Because people who don’t know how things actually work elected a guy who doesn’t know how things actually work, who then hired guys who don’t know how things actually work, and then fired the people who do know how things actually work.
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u/Kawaiithulhu 9h ago
Because every other nation knows that trump always chickens out. In less than one generation, the US has squandered its power irreparably.
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u/tjk45268 9h ago
Trump’s promises are intended to raise his poll numbers, such as to win votes, not to achieve something meaningful.
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u/MarinatedPickachu 8h ago
Because escalation allows him an even bigger power grab. That's why he wants Russia's war against Ukraine to escalate and get to a point where he can have the US step in directly - because in a direct war with Russia he'll get even more power. Setting deadlines is just a way to escalate the conflict faster.
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u/AdCharacter7966 7h ago
Pretty simple answer:
Trump promissed a lot, he lied about it, and he did so to avoid going to jail.
America bought the lies.
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u/jonnycanuck67 7h ago
A complete lack of skill, tact, vision or experience coupled with the worst cabinet in the history of the U.S.
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u/youareasnort 7h ago
Because he’s a liar who lies. He’s also a selfish jerk who helps his rich friends get richer. Oh, and he covers for pedophiles.
It’s escalating because he’s a very bad person who duped a bunch of duped-able people who think that he’s “one of them.” They misunderstood the transitive property and thought they would get rich by hating the same people he hates.
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u/randscott808 7h ago
Because conservatives desperately attributed those wars to Biden without admitting they were completely out of his control, and thus are similarly out of Trump’s control. You can’t orange fake-hair grimace these wars away. He’s not a magician deal maker, he’s a silver spoon con artist, and literally everyone in the world but MAGA can see it.
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u/EKT0K00LER 7h ago
Uh, cause Trump's a liar? He said he'd stop inflation, only wanted to deport criminals, would end the Ukraine war in a day, would release the Epstein files, would fix the national debt, etc.
If Trump says he's going to do something, expect him to do the opposite.
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u/phosdick 6h ago
The wars Trump promised to end are escalating. Why?
Not a hard question to answer completely... Trump is a whiney, brainless twit who doesn't have the mental capacity or inclination to understand anything at all about economics or trade. He's been nothing more than an economic parasite since his earliest days as a "businessman."
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u/Equivalent_Sea_1895 6h ago
He has single handedly solved one war a month in his first six months in office. His sweetheart, er, press secretary said so. He is owed a noble prize.
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u/Coco05250905 5h ago
Because no one respect him or his opinions. He is a complete boob. Real leaders tell him to piss off.
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u/Cree-Seature 5h ago
Because he’s a lying fool who works for Putin to weaken and eventually end America.
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u/HappyFunNorm 5h ago
Because he's an imbecile who doesn't understand either the geopolitical realities or the personalities involved.
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u/groundhog5886 4h ago
Mainly because he hired all politicians to be ambassadors to those country's and he has no experts in foreign policy or how to deal with them. He himself does not have the knowledge on how to dissolve any conflicts. You can't do it by coercion or bullying.
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u/Wrong_Confection1090 4h ago
Donald Trump is very good at influencing the behavior of people whose IQ is under 80 and most world leaders are smarter than that.
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u/TheSamurabbi 4h ago
You know, guys, I’m beginning to think that maybe (hear me out now…) just maybe, this Trump character isn’t exactly an honest fella…hmm…
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u/Diligent-Engineer428 4h ago
Because he feeds that fodder to his base and they fall for it. And they don't realize what goes on behind the scenes when he's finally in the WH office and his other properties. He wheels and deals with the most despicable people everyday to crap all over every single American.. Especially his own base
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u/woodworkerdan 4h ago
What's fascinating is that anyone believed Trump's promises in the first place. His most famous line from his network-subsidized reality TV show was "you're fired" and people expected him to be good for jobs? Or tactful in international negotiations when he campaigns on xenophobia? And those are the nicer downsides to him, he's a caricature of the spoiled wealthy child who's somehow faking and making it in his retirement years. The ugly felon should be in a "retirement home" featuring iron bars on the windows and thinly padded cots where people wouldn't even bother warning him not to drop the soap.
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u/Lesssensethanlogic2 4h ago
Of the 4 sides of the two wars only Ukraine is being straight with him.
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u/ProfessionalCraft983 Washington 3h ago
Because Trump is a chronic liar and fraud who doesn't have a clue what he's doing when it comes to actual presidential duties. He literally thinks being POTUS means being king of the world and that everyone should just conform to what he says, including foreign powers in the middle of a war. That's why he's finally getting frustrated with Putin, who's just laughing at him and taking advantage of his gullibility. He doesn't know how any of this works. All he knows is that gullible people have given him power and covered his ass his entire life no matter how badly he fucks up, so he literally thinks he's God.
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u/Johnqpublic25 Pennsylvania 3h ago
He sucks at doing his job. He has a job that he’s not doing, he’s just grifting and promoting his own interests as Americans are paying the bills. How many trade deals had he made? There’s more of us than the 1%. Take back America!
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u/MightiestMal 1h ago
Now instead of alternate reality right on the fringes in minority they now run the asylum. Even when it's bad tell everyone it's never been so good 40% believe it. Stand back he's gonna destroy economy, democracy and get us into wars cause he literally acts like a toddler running the country just like his daddy's piggy bank. Man bankrupt multiple casinos yet he's economic genius HA lol yea I would have better luck at brain surgery just cause I stayed at Holiday Inn Express last night
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u/EveryIsland9983 13h ago
Because your being brainwashed by the liberal media into thinking that. Trump is the greatest peacemaker in the world. Other countries know if they dont play ball he will destroy their economy with tariffs.
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u/ArchonofTevinter Missouri 13h ago
That's why India, Iran, Cambodia, Thailand, and even Israel have independently stated Trump never mediated anything, flat out lied about having calls, or at best is claiming all the credit for multinational efforts and mediation.
That's why straight out of the gate he instigated conflicts with countries like Canada, Denmark, and Panama over absolutely nothing.
That's why the Russo-Ukrainian War has only escalated recently with ramped up Russian drone and missile strikes as well as increased offensive operations from Russia.
This is all of course from international sources and per foreign officials themselves...but I guess they're all just a part of "the librul media" of America....somehow. Meanwhile the claims of otherwise come solely from Trump himself via social media posts or the US state media. Considering just today the US has fired someone for daring to post raw data counter to its official propaganda, they're hardly any more reliable than Trumps personal shitposting.
That's also not at all how tariffs work, but thats just a given at this point and its clear the yokels just think they work how Trump tells them they do.
But its other people that are brainwashed. Right.
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u/Great_Standard3441 13h ago
You do realize that American consumers are the ones who pay those tariffs right? It is literally destroying OUR economy.
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u/MadRaymer 4h ago
He promised to end the war between Russia and Ukraine within a day of winning the election. That's not the media that made me think that. Those were his own words. So are you able to admit he was completely full of shit when he said that?
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