The Beclowning of a President
Substack,
by
Erick-Woods Erickson
Original Article
Posted By: Elljay,
6/12/2026 11:27:24 AM
At least 39 times in the last 65 days, the President of the United States has declared the United States and Iran were close to a deal only to have the Iranians openly mock him and deny it. (Snip) The President, the other days, said Iran was playing us. The only one being played is President Trump. A state of war exists between Iran and its neighbors. The ceasefire is a farce. The President has turned into a clown.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
valinva 6/12/2026 11:43:21 AM (No. 2115723)
The writer of this article is an idiot. Does he think that if Trump just went in and destroyed the Iranian government including boots on the ground (which would be needed), the leftist would not make this their mantra? "Trump is spending money on a needless war to support terrorist Israel while allowing poor Americans to starve and die because they don't have free healthcare" What Trump is doing is bypassing the Iranians by having 12 ships carrying oil go through the strait each day under the nose of Iran and thus keeping the price of oil from rising any further. He is also selectively destroying Iranian infrastructure as needed a little at a time putting enormous internal pressure on the regime. I Iran does sign an agreement they will be held completely accountable to live up to it. If they break it in anyway, Trump will have the perfect right to totally annihilate the regime once and for all and the Democrats will not be able to make a fuss about it. I don't believe that Trump actually believes that Iran will uphold their end of any agreement but with a signed agreement, it takes away the Democrats talking points and gives him the ability to punish Iran for breaking the agreement. This guy Erick-Woods Erickson is not very bright and plays checkers instead of 3D Chess.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
davew 6/12/2026 11:52:41 AM (No. 2115729)
Trump understands what the armchair generals don't. When weak, appear strong. When strong, appear weak. He would rather have Iran defeat itself internally than expend American lives in some cavalry charge. Thr actual fighting has not yet started.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
5 handicap 6/12/2026 11:56:29 AM (No. 2115731)
#1
I agree with you, mostly; however, the author does have a point, in that, I'm really tired of waking up to no deal when one had been promised! Albeit, I do not believe any deal with Iran is worth the paper it's written on! One cannot ever trust someone who wishes you dead!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Lucky5 6/12/2026 12:05:49 PM (No. 2115733)
Do not like this article one bit. Also the "TACO" label is stupid and more than that, so wrong. I do not need this kind of negativity on Lucianne. It is already on 95% of all the coverage out there.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 6/12/2026 12:09:22 PM (No. 2115735)
Did any on you read the article that Donald Trump says the latest article/reference to a deal in Iran is fake news? Some of the comments here are tiring because you have no idea what this President of the USA is having to deal with. So in response to #3, I am really tired of the negative comments here on this site. We knew in July 2024 after the first assassination attempt that if Donald Trump won, he was going to have a long road. Cleaning up after 12 years of Barack Obama/Joe Biden and Joe Biden/Kamala Harris administrations was going to be a long, arduous task.
Just like the RINO Republicans/politicians, I think there are RINO supporters so to summarize - I am extremely tired of the RINO supporters and their weak support. . .
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 6/12/2026 12:10:05 PM (No. 2115736)
Clarification - did any of you. . .
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Citoyen 6/12/2026 12:10:09 PM (No. 2115737)
I have my doubts as to whether a deal is imminent but I find it crazy to hope there isn’t a deal as this writer does. I suspect the author won’t be satisfied until there are boots on the ground and our country is stuck in an endless regime change operation.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
paral04 6/12/2026 12:22:55 PM (No. 2115738)
If this gyy is so smart why isn't he President?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/12/2026 12:33:48 PM (No. 2115742)
Erick Erijckson beclowned himself in 2015 when, as a self-crowned "conservative inflencer" he went off the rails against Donald Trump and has neever looked back. The green-eyed hydra (jealousy) raised its head?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 6/12/2026 12:35:34 PM (No. 2115743)
I bloody love Trump. There, I said it.
Lord, keep him safe.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
frankdn 6/12/2026 12:40:06 PM (No. 2115744)
Let's start with the assumption that Trump is not a fool. (If you disagree, you are one.) He knows that the only satisfactory outcome is regime change. He won't say that because it would focus his critics' attention where he doesn't want it. His strategy is an ancient one: he has placed Iran under siege, and he's starving them out. Sieges always take time, but he has plenty of that. Sit back, relax, enjoy the show.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 6/12/2026 12:40:20 PM (No. 2115745)
there a thousand loose ends that are always behind the scenes
that are NOT mentioned in reports by the - God forbid - msm..
believe it or not they are probably not aware of all the suitcase nukes
that have been brought over during the clinton/obama/biden eras
that President Trump is attempting to neutralize along with the rest of this mess..
thank God we finally have a President and a loyal cadre to do this..
i don't care if he takes ten years to GET IT RIGHT..
THANKS #9.. I'd forgotten about this guy..
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
philsner 6/12/2026 12:42:57 PM (No. 2115746)
Go pound sand Erik-woods. Hyphenated loser.
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