If Trump were actually capable of 4D chess

by atxND, Tuesday, April 07, 2026, 19:43 (51 days ago) @ Jeff (BGS)

He’d tip his insiders that something was going down, watch the markets crash and oil spike and then see how the Iranians responded.

Because if you’re capable of that observation, they sure as shit are too.

But that would take a degree of cunning and calculation he’s incapable of.

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Complete thread:

Oh boy! - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2026-04-07, 07:14
- Pentagon bullying the Vatican - Jay, 2026-04-08, 11:09
  - Coincidence? HA!: - Grantland, 2026-04-09, 04:42
  - Imagine the reaction if a Democratic administration did this - San Pedro, 2026-04-08, 16:40
  - This totally tracks. - Joe I, 2026-04-08, 12:15
- enlightening read on how Netanyahu talked him into it - Jay, 2026-04-08, 08:55
  - None of this is remotely surprising. - KGB, 2026-04-08, 10:23
    - I will bet that Vance and Rubio will take credit - oviedoirish, 2026-04-09, 07:06
      - Bet taken. - KGB, 2026-04-09, 08:11
    - Rubio and Vance honestly come out of this looking the worst. - ReginaldVelJohnson, 2026-04-08, 19:29
  - How in the world can they not figure out who the insider is? - Grantland, 2026-04-08, 09:27
    - Seriously. It's gotta be even less subtle than Merry and - BillyGoat, 2026-04-08, 09:34
    - The article states "multiple sources", so the real question - Joe I, 2026-04-08, 09:31
      - absolutely - Jay, 2026-04-08, 15:19
      - One of the leakers is always Trump, right? - nedhead, 2026-04-08, 15:19
      - yeah, in that first Netanyahu meeting - Jay, 2026-04-08, 09:37
        
        It’s obviously Rubio - MattG, 2026-04-08, 12:02
        
        Then he clomped out of the room - KGB, 2026-04-08, 12:15
  - Very worthwhile read… somebody in the Vance camp doing some - atxND, 2026-04-08, 09:21
- Meanwhile, plenty more election results - BPH, 2026-04-07, 20:00
- The WH is a glorified elder care home - KGB, 2026-04-07, 08:26
- He must be removed before it's too late! - oviedoirish, 2026-04-07, 08:26
  - I think we need to ask ourselves... - domer.mq, 2026-04-07, 09:44
    - And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?" :-) - oviedoirish, 2026-04-08, 05:21
      - "You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack . . ." - omahadomer, 2026-04-10, 10:21
    - Yes We Do! - Joe I, 2026-04-07, 11:01
  - You think JD is stepping up to do that? - Chris, 2026-04-07, 09:10
- That's just genocide - IrishGuard, 2026-04-07, 08:23
  - TACO - Jeff (BGS), 2026-04-07, 08:45
    - replacement efforts need to keep moving forward - Jay, 2026-04-08, 06:31
      - That is total folly. I don't think there are even 3 Cabinet - BillyGoat, 2026-04-08, 09:42
        
        oh, it's a nonstarter for sure - Jay, 2026-04-08, 09:50
    - You called it - IrishGuard, 2026-04-07, 15:49
      - nothing from the Iranians yet - Jay, 2026-04-07, 15:59
        
        Iran is declaring victory. - domer.mq, 2026-04-07, 16:25
        
        If they truly "won" in their minds - Tim, 2026-04-08, 06:09
        
        The 10-point plan is as far from Iran giving up as possible - Jeff (BGS), 2026-04-07, 18:40
        
        All 10 points - Jeff (BGS), 2026-04-07, 20:32
        
        These 10 points were devised and agreed to by both sides? - BPH, 2026-04-08, 08:45
        
        I don't think so - Jay, 2026-04-08, 08:46
        
        The absurd part is that Trump explicitly stated last night - Joe I, 2026-04-08, 08:57
        
        Well, it didn't take long for shit to hit the fan. - Joe I, 2026-04-08, 10:01
        
        think there' s a high chance - Jay, 2026-04-08, 08:58
        
        I would buy puts on SPY just in case. - San Pedro, 2026-04-08, 09:01
        
        I would bet the over. Meanwhile, Israel will keep bombing - Joe I, 2026-04-08, 09:01
        
        Israel killed 245 people in Lebanon today - Jay, 2026-04-08, 12:48
        
        Thanks, that makes more sense - BPH, 2026-04-08, 08:53
        
        So a worse deal than Obama negotiated. - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2026-04-08, 05:31
        
        And radicalized another generation of Iranians - KGB, 2026-04-08, 06:52
        
        And destroyed alliances. - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2026-04-08, 06:55
        
        He's been killing those for a decade now. - KGB, 2026-04-08, 07:13
        
        This, far more than anything else. - Joe I, 2026-04-08, 07:00
        
        An overwhelming geopolitical victory for Iran on these terms - suave_andrew, 2026-04-08, 04:24
        
        and those girls are still dead - Jay, 2026-04-08, 05:49
        
        God only loves fetuses and white children - terribletr, 2026-04-09, 07:01
        
        Those girls are almost completely forgotten. - Grantland, 2026-04-08, 06:29
        
        Heartbreakingly correct. - Angel, 2026-04-08, 06:39
        
        they weren't protected by Hegseth's god - Jay, 2026-04-08, 06:43
        
        I do not know why I do this to myself, but I listen to those - Grantland, 2026-04-08, 07:16
        
        Iran will make $2B every ~10 days - domer.mq, 2026-04-08, 04:15
        
        NYT says Iran accepted after China, Pakistan intervened. - Savage, 2026-04-07, 16:25
    - as an added benefit, our 401Ks will go up - NDinVA, 2026-04-07, 09:39
      - This is why I don’t think anything will happen - Jeff (BGS), 2026-04-07, 15:14
        
        If Trump were actually capable of 4D chess - atxND, 2026-04-07, 19:43
        
        He can't play tic tac toe, much less checkers. - BillyGoat, 2026-04-08, 06:58
- a Hegseth/Pentagon presser this morning was canceled - Jay, 2026-04-07, 08:21
- Sounds like a Bond villain - bpeters07, 2026-04-07, 08:20
  - Blofelt - Busco21, 2026-04-07, 15:17
- Did you know... - PMan, 2026-04-07, 08:10

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If Trump were actually capable of 4D chess