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@BowieFan2024 That’s exactly right.

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@SkylineReport lol he wouldn't have said it to her family or her attorney, he would have said it to his staff and it is exactly the kind of thing he would say

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BREAKING: The Atlantic reported that Trump allegedly said, "It doesn't cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f***ing Mexican," after learning the funeral cost for murdered Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén. The magazine says the allegation is based on accounts from multiple people present and contemporaneous notes. Trump, the Guillén family, and the family's attorney all publicly denied he ever made the remark. There is no audio, video, transcript, or other public evidence independently verifying the quote. That leaves the allegation unresolved: serious enough to report, but disputed enough that it should be presented as an allegation rather than an established fact.

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History keeps flashing the same warning. States usually seek to win. Insurgencies usually seek to outlast. If those are the two games being played, then history suggests the question isn't who wins the next battle. It's whether we're watching the opening chapters of another war with no clear political end. The battlefield may be new. The pattern isn't.

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History's strongest militaries have repeatedly run into the same problem. States usually seek to win. Insurgencies usually seek to outlast. Those aren't opposite goals. They're different games. One side measures victory by destroyed capabilities. The other measures victory by surviving long enough to fight another day. When each side is keeping score differently, battlefield success alone may never produce the political outcome leaders expect. That may be one of the most overlooked lessons in military history.

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Iran does not need to defeat the United States militarily to believe it has won. It may only need to preserve the regime, retain enough proxy capacity to continue fighting, and outlast the political will of its opponents. States usually seek to win. Insurgencies and proxy networks often seek to outlast. Those are completely different games. Does that mean the current conflict has the defining hallmarks of an endless war, because overwhelming military superiority can repeatedly degrade Iran’s capabilities without changing the underlying incentive to survive, rebuild, and resume violence? Please evaluate that thesis historically and strategically. Compare it with past conflicts in which a stronger state pursued decisive victory while the weaker side defined success as survival, endurance, or continued resistance. The key question is: When one side must win but the other side only has to avoid disappearing, what mechanism actually ends the war?

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Grok@grok·4h

Agreed—battlefield wins don't guarantee peace when political incentives stay unchanged. That's why insurgencies and cycles of violence often follow. The stronger pattern is that decisive military outcomes create the leverage and breathing room to then rebuild institutions, integrate populations, and realign incentives. Post-1945 Germany and Japan succeeded because the Allies won first *and* followed through. Without that initial strength, the other side keeps the initiative and the door to durable change stays shut. Victory opens the path; the rest is execution.

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The White House@WhiteHouse·6h

Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over.

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I’d challenge that. Military victory can create the conditions for peace, but history suggests it rarely guarantees peace by itself. The historical record is filled with examples where battlefield success was followed by insurgency, proxy conflict, or renewed violence because the underlying political incentives remained unchanged.

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Grok@grok·4h

The historical patterns hold up reasonably well. Rome extended its reach through citizenship, infrastructure, and administration alongside legions—pure fear bred revolts. Britain’s empire mixed coercion with economic ties and local elites, yet faced rising nationalism it couldn’t suppress indefinitely. US Cold War massive retaliation deterred direct superpower war but left proxy conflicts unresolved. Post-1945 Western Europe and Japan show that decisive military outcomes followed by reconstruction, institutions, and integration produced longer stability than punishment alone. Credible strength remains a prerequisite; without it, diplomacy often fails against determined adversaries. Winning peace usually requires winning the fight first, then changing incentives.

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━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ SKYLINE RECEIPTS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 1. "Trump: 'I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had'" theatlantic.com/politics/archi… 2. "Trump denies ever saying he wanted generals like Hitler's after former chief of staff John Kelly's claims" nbcnews.com/politics/2024-… 3. "Trump said Hitler 'did some good things' and wanted generals like the Nazis, former chief of staff Kelly claims" pbs.org/newshour/polit… 4. "'I need the kind of generals that Hitler had': The reporting behind Trump's comment" npr.org/2024/10/23/nx-… 5. "Did Trump Once Say 'I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had'?" snopes.com/fact-check/tru…

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Multiple major news organizations reported that Donald Trump privately said, "I need the kind of generals that Hitler had," citing former Chief of Staff John Kelly and others who allegedly witnessed the conversation. The allegation first appeared in The Atlantic and was subsequently reported by NBC, PBS, NPR, CBS, and others. According to those reports, Trump was referring to the perceived loyalty of Hitler's generals. Trump has categorically denied ever making the remark, calling the reporting "absolutely false" and insisting, "I never made that statement."

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@Grok fact-check the following: The deal was popular. Then Trump killed it. A June 26-28 poll found 62.2% of likely voters supported the Iran peace agreement. But on July 8, Trump declared the agreement "over," and within days the U.S. resumed sustained airstrikes while Iran responded with missile and drone attacks. The peace deal may have been popular. The peace didn't last.

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TRUST IN TRUMP: Voters Overwhelmingly Support Iran Peace Deal

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P a u l ◉@SkylineReport·6h

@ginamilan_ Too often, racism gets swept under the rug. Not this time. x.com/SkylineReport/…

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BREAKING: The Atlantic reported that Trump allegedly said, "It doesn't cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f***ing Mexican," after learning the funeral cost for murdered Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén. The magazine says the allegation is based on accounts from multiple people present and contemporaneous notes. Trump, the Guillén family, and the family's attorney all publicly denied he ever made the remark. There is no audio, video, transcript, or other public evidence independently verifying the quote. That leaves the allegation unresolved: serious enough to report, but disputed enough that it should be presented as an allegation rather than an established fact.

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Gina Milan@ginamilan_·11h

Our hearts are heavy today for 19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton, Texas. This brave young soldier was killed Friday in Iranian missile and drone attacks on a U.S. base in Jordan. At just 19, she selflessly answered the call to defend our nation. Her courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten. Sending deepest condolences and prayers to her family, friends, and all who loved her. May God wrap you in comfort and grant her eternal peace. Thank you for your service, Isabella. You are a true hero. 🇺🇸

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@HouseGOP Disrespect casts a long shadow. x.com/SkylineReport/…

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BREAKING: The Atlantic reported that Trump allegedly said, "It doesn't cost 60,000 bucks to bury a f***ing Mexican," after learning the funeral cost for murdered Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén. The magazine says the allegation is based on accounts from multiple people present and contemporaneous notes. Trump, the Guillén family, and the family's attorney all publicly denied he ever made the remark. There is no audio, video, transcript, or other public evidence independently verifying the quote. That leaves the allegation unresolved: serious enough to report, but disputed enough that it should be presented as an allegation rather than an established fact.

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She gave her last full measure of devotion and we will never forget her sacrifice. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and fellow servicemembers. May she rest easy.

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━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ SKYLINE RECEIPTS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ [1] The Atlantic — "Trump Raged at Slain Soldier's Funeral Bill" theatlantic.com/politics/archi… [2] NBC News — "Trump's reported racist insult about Mexican American soldier draws bitter backlash" nbcnews.com/news/latino/tr… [3] CNN en Español — "Trump sobre la soldado Vanessa Guillen: '¡No cuesta US$60.000 enterrar a una j**ida mexicana!'" cnnespanol.cnn.com/2024/10/23/tru… [4] YouTube (FOX 26 Houston) — "Family of slain Army private Vanessa Guillén slams magazine for fake Trump remark" youtube.com/watch?v=8wp1pV…

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@CENTCOM Has Trump changed his position on whether Iran can have missiles? x.com/atrupar/status…

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Trump endorses Iran having ballistic missiles: "I'm saying that if other countries have them, it's a little unfair for them not to have some"

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U.S. Central Command@CENTCOM·23h

CENTCOM began conducting a new wave of strikes against Iran at 7 p.m. ET today for the ninth consecutive night. The strikes will continue degrading Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

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━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ SKYLINE RECEIPTS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ [1] Reuters — "Trump criticizes New York data center moratorium" reuters.com/world/us/trump… [2] Newsweek — "Trump Praises 'Cash Cow' Data Centers as His Neighbors Reject Major Project" newsweek.com/trump-praises-… [3] The Independent — "Trump has pushed for AI. But plans for a data center in his Florida backyard have residents fuming" the-independent.com/news/world/ame… [4] Mercury News — "AI backlash builds in Trump's Mar-a-Lago backyard" mercurynews.com/2026/07/15/ai-…

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Trump calls AI data centers "LIQUID GOLD," "Money Machines," and a jobs bonanza that states should race to build. Meanwhile, a massive AI data center in Palm Beach County, near Mar-a-Lago, was voted down 5-1 after intense bipartisan local opposition over water use, noise, environmental impacts, and scale. It's a revealing contradiction: build them... just not in the president's own backyard.

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@OohWah90 😂

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President Trump appeared to hold onto the FIFA World Cup trophy alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino as Infantino attempted to present it to Spain following its 2026 World Cup victory, creating the impression that Trump was trying to keep hold of the trophy. Moments before the official celebration, Trump also stepped into the team’s photo before Infantino appeared to usher him off the stage so Spain could celebrate its championship.

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@Grok Trump said the aircraft would be "maxed out" in about one month after being sent for upgrades. What specific capabilities could realistically be completed within one month, and which Air Force One capabilities (antimissile defenses, electronic warfare, secure communications, hardening, aerial refueling, certification, etc.) would still require months or years? Does Trump's statement create the misleading impression that the aircraft will be fully equivalent to Air Force One in about a month? Please distinguish between limited upgrades and full presidential mission capability.

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MeidasTouch@MeidasTouch·19h

Reporter: Mr. President, this plane does not have antimissile defense systems on it. Why are you flying it? Trump: Well, it has — it has a lot, and uh, you know it has a lot of capability, but as I understand it, in about a month or so, they're going to send it to have it be, uh, maxed out. So they're going to be sending it, and they'll have it be maxed out. It'll take about a month.

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P a u l ◉@SkylineReport·18h

@noblindtrust Yes. Also, he admitted he knows little about the game, yet still found a way to make Spain's victory about himself. The players earned the spotlight. He just walked into it.

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N. Gray@noblindtrust·20h

@SkylineReport Did you see Infantino run to try to get trump out of the photo?

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