There’s an absolutely massive Israeli bot/shill campaign on Twitter and Reddit that started last night. They’re trying to convince Americans that everyone else wants to go to war with Iran.
Every conservative influencer’s replies are full of short generic pro-war comments that don’t reference anything in the original tweet like human tweets do. The accounts almost always have either a cross, American flag, or MAGA in their bio/name. They will also attack any normie who disagrees with them by calling them a bot, pointing out their small number of followers for their account age; the bot accounts typically have a few thousand followers whereas most normies have a few hundred at most because they’re not trying to gain them
This isn't surprising. Bot farms have been astroturfing to influence public perception for quite some time whether its one's opinion on
Star Wars Rebels or convincing people Trump is an mean orange warmonger this weekend.
It's sad to see social media become so bot-infested that spam email now seems less annoying.
I'd actually appreciate an explanation of this, too.
I believe it was answered already, but it's short for
Trump Always Chickens Out as a meme implying he lacks follow through or changes his mind when it comes to bold moves and announcements. If I recall, it was discussed earlier in this thread that the meme didn't seem to resonate the way it was intended to because "TACO" didn't quite have the desired negative connotations and it didn't sway public opinion on Trump apart from the people who already hate him for existing.
Trump's always acted a bit spergy. He's the content president (I get that from asmongold). But he has the golden touch for real. He can get in the dumps in the public eye for a few weeks, but comes back every time.
As much as Trump's rhetoric can go overboard at times, sometimes to the point it takes away from what he's trying to accomplish, he seems to have a knack for getting stuff done when the odds are against him. If I remember right, the Middle East is part of the word where leaders love to saber rattle because everyone from other parts of the globe freak out over it. Trump has the smarts to know he should saber rattle right back at them and it's going to get him heard and the chance to open up dialogue. It wouldn't surprise me if the bombing between the US and Iran bases was part of the saber rattling with Trump using the backchannels afterwards to say, "Okay, now that that's out of the way and I have your attention, let's talk about ending this now while we have the chance."
Sadly there is a good chance any kind of ceasefire (assuming of course both sides follow along with it) between Israel and Iran will be a temporary one and there will be more bloodshed somewhere down along the line.
Realistically, I expect the ceasefire to eventually be broken or called off because nobody in the Middle East seems to know how to play nice with each other on a long-term basis. However, I like the fact Trump is still trying to make something happen to get Iran and Israel to cease hostilities when all hope and likelihood for negotiations to continue was slim to none a week ago.
Edited for spelling and clarity.
