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riversedge

(70,332 posts)
Sat May 5, 2018, 08:01 PM May 2018

Giuliani: Trump is 'committed to' regime change in Iran

Source: Politico



05/05/2018 06:31 PM EDT

Rudy Giuliani pushed for regime change in Iran on Saturday, saying President Donald Trump is "as committed to regime change as we are."

It's "the only way to peace in the Middle East" and "more important than an Israeli-Palestinian deal," Trump's newest attorney in the ongoing Russia probe and former mayor of New York City told reporters after giving a speech to the Iran Freedom Convention for Democracy and Human Rights in Washington.

The speech was hosted by the Organization of Iranian-American Communities, a group that aims to promote democracy in the Islamic Republic and was supportive of the December protests there.


At one point in his speech, Giuliani, who has served as an informal adviser to Trump and had been under consideration to be his secretary of state, pretended that his notes were the Iran nuclear deal, ripping them up and spitting on them....................................

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/05/giuliani-trump-iran-regime-change-570744



















Done with trump
? @debleg58
1h1 hour ago
Replying to @politico

I thought he was only suppose to be Trumps lawyer. Know he's making world decision?
2 replies 5 retweets 42 likes
Frank D
? @FrankD15045027
58m58 minutes ago

Regime change, how ? By going to another Fkg war ? Is this an example of Trump foreign policy 👇
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Giuliani: Trump is 'committed to' regime change in Iran (Original Post) riversedge May 2018 OP
When did Spanky's washed-up, incompetent lawyer start making foreign policy decisions? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #1
Excellent question. +1000 Freethinker65 May 2018 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author lordsummerisle May 2018 #17
Then asshole re-instate the draft so that everyone can join there time in the barrel................ turbinetree May 2018 #2
I remember sitting in front of the TV... SergeStorms May 2018 #22
F them both. Ohiogal May 2018 #4
Rump does not know what "regime change" is or why it would be good or bad. Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #5
Giuliani wanted to serve as SOS..now as the president's personal attorney he is making DPRK hostage riversedge May 2018 #6
Send your kids assholes jpak May 2018 #7
Yup sharedvalues May 2018 #10
Giuliani would never make this statement without Gump's blessing. John Fante May 2018 #8
Re: "Will your kid die for Trump's ego" sharedvalues May 2018 #9
Pass BeyondGeography May 2018 #11
Those sorry bastards BigMin28 May 2018 #12
Fuckers are determined to get us into another war. nt Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #13
He has no authority They_Live May 2018 #14
If he's committed to regime change, then Trump should resign. C Moon May 2018 #15
So he is saying Trump wants to start a war? rurallib May 2018 #16
Right now thise is what is best for America.. Cha May 2018 #18
"President Trump believes that Iraq was a mistake. that regime change has destabilized the region" oberliner May 2018 #19
i hope his family is keeping a close eye on him. mopinko May 2018 #20
Words of war from the administration. JohnnyRingo May 2018 #21
The U.S. helping Britain with regime change in Iran in 1953 dflprincess May 2018 #23
Exactly! Nt Docreed2003 May 2018 #28
We are committed to regime change also. VOTE!!! secondwind May 2018 #24
The group he was talking to is linked to the terrorist cult MEK muriel_volestrangler May 2018 #25
Sarah Huckabuck Sanders is going to be pissed, bigly. KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #26
What's this "we" shit Rudy!!?? Docreed2003 May 2018 #27
Rudy's opportunity to go down in history as "America's mayor" is going to be covered by Trump shit. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2018 #29
Regime change begins at home. think4yourself May 2018 #30
I would like to thank every fucking racist Retrumplican voter maxrandb May 2018 #31
Excuse me but... Takket May 2018 #32

Response to Freethinker65 (Reply #3)

turbinetree

(24,720 posts)
2. Then asshole re-instate the draft so that everyone can join there time in the barrel................
Sat May 5, 2018, 08:06 PM
May 2018


starting with "all of your children's in your advisory and cabinet positions"


FUCK YOU assholes...........................and John Bolton and the worthless new head at the state department



Like we can afford another "regime change"............................




November 2018 cannot get here fast enough








SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
22. I remember sitting in front of the TV...
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:51 PM
May 2018

watching "the game of life" unfolding before me. According to the announcers numbers up to 125 were almost guaranteed to be drafted. Whew! My birthday is November 13. I MADE IT PAST 125! Number 126........November 13. Thank Dog for student deferments. I felt bad because a lot of my friends were going, two of which died in that hell-hole, for nothing more than old men's folly and stupidity. In times of peace sons bury their fathers. In times of war fathers bury their sons.

riversedge

(70,332 posts)
6. Giuliani wanted to serve as SOS..now as the president's personal attorney he is making DPRK hostage
Sat May 5, 2018, 08:11 PM
May 2018

Does Rudy have security clearance??


Yashar Ali
🐘
?Verified account @yashar
4h4 hours ago

Yashar Ali

🐘 Retweeted Tara Palmeri

Giuliani wanted to serve as Secretary of State...now as the president’s personal attorney he is making DPRK hostage announcements and talking about the Iran deal at big events


John Fante

(3,479 posts)
8. Giuliani would never make this statement without Gump's blessing.
Sat May 5, 2018, 08:12 PM
May 2018

Especially after Thursday's fiasco.

This farce administration is actually contemplating war with Iran! That is truly insane.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
9. Re: "Will your kid die for Trump's ego"
Sat May 5, 2018, 08:15 PM
May 2018

First, it should be: “Will your kid die for GOP chickenhawks that make money off of our wars”? Cheney, Bolton, Prince, DeVos - all profit from war. It’s not just this president. Do we forget so quickly that GW Bush lied us into a war he put on a credit card?


But second,

Silly question. The only kids that will die for the GOP lies and profiteering are poor kids. Our military has slowly become a military of the poor and working class. If you’re poor or working class, the GOP doesn’t give a shit about you.


Ps. THIS GOP child is certainly not going to die in any war.. he’s too busy making shirts on Daddy’s dime. And now he can spend even MORE time on yachts after his dad got a $1 billion tax cut, thanks to the GOP.


https://m.

rurallib

(62,460 posts)
16. So he is saying Trump wants to start a war?
Sat May 5, 2018, 09:00 PM
May 2018

Probably before the election I would bet. Americans love to support their leaders in war time.

Donny if you start a war, draft your fucking family first, Republican congress's family members next and the registered republicans.
O and fuck you

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
19. "President Trump believes that Iraq was a mistake. that regime change has destabilized the region"
Sat May 5, 2018, 09:56 PM
May 2018

That's a Rand Paul quote from a few weeks ago for anyone playing at home.


mopinko

(70,262 posts)
20. i hope his family is keeping a close eye on him.
Sat May 5, 2018, 10:05 PM
May 2018

there was talk he was starting to drool a little lately.

JohnnyRingo

(18,657 posts)
21. Words of war from the administration.
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:16 PM
May 2018

There's no other way to put it. Iran would have to stupid not to gird itself from invasion, and that includes joining the nuclear club. We never bother countries in that club.

dflprincess

(28,086 posts)
23. The U.S. helping Britain with regime change in Iran in 1953
Sun May 6, 2018, 12:13 AM
May 2018

is why we're in the mess we're in today.

We just never learn.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,385 posts)
25. The group he was talking to is linked to the terrorist cult MEK
Sun May 6, 2018, 04:29 AM
May 2018

From Talking Points Memo:

I mentioned a few days ago that just last March Rudy Giuliani went to Albania to speak before an Iranian exile group which is widely regarded as a cult and was for many years a US-government designated terrorist group. Giuliani is a long-time recipient of money (for speeches and lobbying) from the MEK and its various front groups. (There’s no word yet on what he was paid if anything for the March appearance.)

This evening we have news that Giuliani spoke in Washington today before a group called the Organization of Iranian-American Communities and promised that President Trump (for whom Giuliani now works as lead personal lawyer) remains “committed” to regime change in Iran. I don’t know if Giuliani was paid for this appearance as well. But few if any of the news reports note that the OIAC is a front group for the MeK, the cult group noted above. (See this report also which similarly confirms the group’s front group relationship to the MEK.)

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/wheres-rudy-getting-the-money

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,496 posts)
26. Sarah Huckabuck Sanders is going to be pissed, bigly.
Sun May 6, 2018, 05:36 AM
May 2018

She's gonna have fun spinning this one.

....... .......

Docreed2003

(16,878 posts)
27. What's this "we" shit Rudy!!??
Sun May 6, 2018, 06:53 AM
May 2018

"We" support regime change as much as he does?? Nah, fuck that. You and Mr Mustache(Bolton) can take that shit and shove it! If you are so convinced about this, maybe you two shitstains should sign up for service! Oh right, I'm sure you both will have excuses but sending someone else's kid is cool. Fuck you, Rudy

29. Rudy's opportunity to go down in history as "America's mayor" is going to be covered by Trump shit.
Sun May 6, 2018, 07:33 AM
May 2018

As much as he was taunted for all his sentences being made up of "a noun, a verb, and 9/11," Giuliani's leading role at the time of our country's biggest crisis in modern times was going to be his claim to fame -- the first item in his obituary. Now it will be that he was just another of IQ45's lawyers.

Everything and everyone Donnie Two Scoops touches is tainted by his stink. I'm surprised he can find anyone who wants to work for him. Clearly, the more significant law firms in Washington want to have nothing to do with him -- they have more to lose than to gain.

maxrandb

(15,362 posts)
31. I would like to thank every fucking racist Retrumplican voter
Sun May 6, 2018, 10:18 AM
May 2018

We are now just short of our politicians taking off their shoes and pounding them on a podium as they threaten to "bury" the rest of the fucking world.

But her emails!!!

Takket

(21,639 posts)
32. Excuse me but...
Sun May 6, 2018, 10:52 AM
May 2018

Since when are presidents’ personal attorneys authorized to speak publicly on affairs of state????

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