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Botany

(77,372 posts)
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 11:24 AM Mar 23

Trump is a mad man. He just killed all the Cubans in one hospital on ventilators because their was no power.




He killed people in Minneapolis with his ICE agents.
He murdered and wounded 263 schoolgirls, teachers, and rescuers in Tehran with his war.
And now this atrocity in Cuba?

All nations should withdraw their ambassadors and stop trade with America.

He made a joke about Pearl Harbor in front of Japan’s P.M. and said both Pearl Harbor and his
attack on Iran were both good because they were “sneak attacks.”

IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE 25th AMENDMENT.
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Trump is a mad man. He just killed all the Cubans in one hospital on ventilators because their was no power. (Original Post) Botany Mar 23 OP
Knowing that he is responsible for innocent people dying Bettie Mar 23 #1
He is a vengeful sadist so BigmanPigman Mar 23 #2
That's what it's all about. n/t Safe as Milk Mar 24 #45
Murdering over 120 Iranian Naval personnel by sinking an Iranian ship that was unarmed in Sri Lanka was fun Botany Mar 23 #3
And replace the DWI hire Hegseth, also. Prof. Toru Tanaka Mar 23 #21
Fun? Damn psychopath needs a straight jacket asap. And 25th his ass. 😡 Dave Bowman Mar 23 #27
This was foretold by psychiatrists who diagnosed his malignant narcissism MadameButterfly Mar 23 #38
Exactly. Give them an inch - it expands exponentially. yellow dahlia Mar 23 #39
Been no credible claims it was "unarmed", not even by Iran EX500rider Mar 24 #57
The Iranian ship was not a threat to America, it was @ least 1,000 miles from the Middle East and Botany Mar 25 #58
It wasn't underarmed, no credible report says it was EX500rider Mar 25 #60
Even armed it was cold blooded murder. The ship was in Sri Lanka as part of some kind of flotilla. Botany Mar 25 #61
Once it left port the obvious conclusion is that it's headed back to the war zone EX500rider Mar 25 #62
Pure unadulterated codswallop Botany Mar 25 #63
It only had to get within 200+ miles to be dangerous, letting it get that close would be foolish EX500rider Mar 25 #66
Sinking an enemy warship you are at war with has never been a war crime.. EX500rider Mar 25 #67
You do know that Russia and Iran are allies? EX500rider Mar 25 #68
More so, knowing that he can have people kill innocent people in his name... C Moon Mar 23 #26
Is this confirmed? Anything better than someone on X allegedly with flvegan Mar 23 #4
No, not confirmed. But Cuba has been without electricity and medical supplies and severe riversedge Mar 23 #7
We do have some credible reporting of black outs in Cuba. Botany Mar 23 #11
Also on Common Dreams. niyad Mar 23 #12
Yet Iran can sell oil, just not to Cuba. Sneederbunk Mar 23 #5
He is also a war criminal malaise Mar 23 #6
No respect for human life is a sign. Kid Berwyn Mar 23 #8
We are probably going to... 2naSalit Mar 23 #9
No one else is doing anything. yellow dahlia Mar 23 #15
And put that gallows... 2naSalit Mar 23 #17
In France the last execution by guillotine happened in 1977 so I guess that they have some that aren't too rusted. Dave Bowman Mar 23 #28
It's fine... 2naSalit Mar 23 #29
Just why do you think popsdenver Mar 23 #16
Never doubted why... 2naSalit Mar 23 #18
Not to mention the new 'ballroom' mzmolly Mar 23 #20
of course bdamomma Mar 24 #54
Story seems plausible, but I can't find confirmation. n/t SpankMe Mar 23 #10
Found mention both at Current Affairs (linked above), and Common Dreams. niyad Mar 23 #13
Trump could bomb... GiqueCee Mar 23 #14
For anyone out there STILL fighting to avoid Hitler comparisons... Moostache Mar 23 #19
Did they ever explain why we are blockading Cuba? Wounded Bear Mar 23 #22
Is Trump to blame for this? Absolutely. But and equal share of this must go to the GOP majority in Congress. Scalded Nun Mar 23 #23
tRump's a flow chart serial killer Blue Owl Mar 23 #24
I wish bdamomma Mar 24 #51
If I happened to have born regarding, the name "Trump" (There's about 4800 named of Trump... chouchou Mar 23 #25
He killed 400k to 1M in his first round by bungling Covid. I refer to it as the tRump plague. diane in sf Mar 23 #30
And people forgot about it 4 years later Polybius Mar 23 #42
The monster has developed a real taste for killing Walleye Mar 23 #31
We need to bdamomma Mar 24 #49
I'm getting real depressed at age 77. I don't think I will ever witness the recovery of this country. Walleye Mar 24 #50
As Wajahat Ali says bdamomma Mar 24 #52
Thanks I needed that. I'm sure there are people who understand. Where are they? Walleye Mar 24 #53
If Trump does not care about dead school kids in America (get over it), why would he care about Cubans? Norrrm Mar 23 #32
He is modern day mass murderer chelsea0011 Mar 23 #33
All true and yet.. Marie Marie Mar 23 #34
IMPEACH THE MOTHERFUCKER ALREADY!!!! LymphocyteLover Mar 23 #35
We need to be bdamomma Mar 24 #48
I've called my congress critters a few dozens times and saying he needs to be impeached. But they are Republicans and do LymphocyteLover Mar 24 #56
I can't find any official confirmation of this - Ms. Toad Mar 23 #36
And don't hospitals have back up generators? beaglelover Mar 25 #64
That was my thought - Ms. Toad Mar 25 #65
agreed, He is minimally a sociopath. War crimes. Evolve Dammit Mar 23 #37
Need a better source fujiyamasan Mar 23 #40
Racist psychopath wolfie001 Mar 23 #41
COURTESY OF THE "PRO-LIFE CHRISTIAN" PARTY Skittles Mar 23 #43
That is absolutely horrifying wendyb-NC Mar 24 #44
To date, 757,314 people - the majority children - have died from USAID funding cuts Danascot Mar 24 #46
this vicious bdamomma Mar 24 #47
Excellent thread bdamomma Mar 24 #55
Murdered due to a shakedown by a felon president. Passages Mar 25 #59

Bettie

(19,714 posts)
1. Knowing that he is responsible for innocent people dying
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 11:35 AM
Mar 23

is probably the only thing that brings him joy.

Botany

(77,372 posts)
3. Murdering over 120 Iranian Naval personnel by sinking an Iranian ship that was unarmed in Sri Lanka was fun
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 11:42 AM
Mar 23

President Donald Trump said U.S. military officials told him they had to sink Iranian ships rather than capture them because "it's more fun to sink them."

He is a sick man. 25th Amendment time.

MadameButterfly

(4,048 posts)
38. This was foretold by psychiatrists who diagnosed his malignant narcissism
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 07:02 PM
Mar 23

Malignant narcissists take joy from people suffering. The condition doesn't get better. It gets worse with power. Compounded by frontotemporal dementia. There is no reason, no strategy that can stop him. He can't even help it.

yellow dahlia

(5,951 posts)
39. Exactly. Give them an inch - it expands exponentially.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 08:59 PM
Mar 23

The sociopathy feeds on itself.

He was a sadist at a young age. He used to play a game called throw rocks at the baby.

Now he is a sadist with power and dangerous tools at his disposal.

EX500rider

(12,592 posts)
57. Been no credible claims it was "unarmed", not even by Iran
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 03:59 PM
Mar 24

Also the event it was at had live fire exercises as part of the event.

The Indian Navy's multilateral naval exercise MILAN 2026, held in February 2026 off Visakhapatnam, included intense live-fire exercises, anti-submarine warfare, and complex surface firing drills during its "sea phase". The exercise featured 42 ships and submarines from multiple nations, culminating in advanced gunnery and air defense exercises.

Botany

(77,372 posts)
58. The Iranian ship was not a threat to America, it was @ least 1,000 miles from the Middle East and
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 08:30 AM
Mar 25

…. the fighting, according to reports I have read it was supposed to be unarmed to take part
in the flotilla in Sri Lanka, and the U.S. submarine was underwater and unnoticed by the Iranian
ship. This was cold blooded murder by Trump and Hegseth because Donald Trump was raping
children and needed to change the subject.

EX500rider

(12,592 posts)
60. It wasn't underarmed, no credible report says it was
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 08:57 AM
Mar 25

The Iranians haven't even claimed it was.

Underwater and unannounced is how submarines work.

Botany

(77,372 posts)
61. Even armed it was cold blooded murder. The ship was in Sri Lanka as part of some kind of flotilla.
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 09:45 AM
Mar 25

Congress has not declared war on Iran, that vessel was 1,000 miles from the fighting in
the Middle East, and it posed zero threat to America just as the 263 Iranian school girls,
teachers, and rescuers who were killed and wounded in Tehran in our double tap missile
strike on a school, or the 150 or so Venezuelans and other nationalities that we have murdered
in the Caribbean claiming they were running drugs we zero evidence, or the 2 who ICE murdered
in Minneapolis who not a threat, or the ? # of Cubans that Trump murdered with his blockade of
Cuba that caused power outages which stopped ventilators to stop in a hospital, or those blown
up in his unneeded bombing of Nigeria, or the death of the West Virginia National Guard soldier
in D.C. that Trump had stationed there which made her a target, or the 700,000 Africans who died
because Trump cut USAID, or the …..

The man is a monster.

EX500rider

(12,592 posts)
62. Once it left port the obvious conclusion is that it's headed back to the war zone
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 01:04 PM
Mar 25

Last edited Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:44 PM - Edit history (1)

Be stupid to let it get within cruise missile range of the carrier Fleet operating in the Arabian Sea.
The other Iranian Skipper was smart and had "engine problems" and stayed in Port

Botany

(77,372 posts)
63. Pure unadulterated codswallop
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 02:04 PM
Mar 25

The Iranian ship did not pose a threat to American forces in the Arabian Sea and it was sunk in a
sneak attack because Trump and Hegseth thought killing people was fun.

That was a war crime end of story. That ship was either in Sri Lanka or on its way to Sri Lanka before Trump started this madness. The U.S. Military was well aware of its existence.

Какая погода в Санкт-Петербурге?



EX500rider

(12,592 posts)
66. It only had to get within 200+ miles to be dangerous, letting it get that close would be foolish
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:49 PM
Mar 25
As per Iranian Navy Commander Hossein Khanzadi, the ship carried a significantly greater armament compared with the frigates of the same-class. Dena was equipped with a vertical launching system, a first for an Iranian ship.
The ship was equipped with surface-to-air and anti-ship missiles.
It had an armament of four Ghader anti-ship missiles, a 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun, a 40 mm Fath-40 AA cannon, a 30 mm Kamand anti-aircraft defense cannon, two 20 mm Oerlikon cannons, two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns, and two triple 324mm anti-submarine torpedo launchers


Ghader
Anti-ship cruise missile with a range of over 300 km
A 200-kilogram warhead
Anti-ship cruise missile flying at low altitude with a low radar cross section
Digital autopilot system
High-precision navigation system
Advanced radar and ability to deal with electronic warfare
Quick preparation and reaction missile to attack on coastal targets in addition to a targeted vessel
Ability to launch from land, sea and air
Management systems: active radar can fly at a height of 3 to 5 meter

EX500rider

(12,592 posts)
67. Sinking an enemy warship you are at war with has never been a war crime..
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:56 PM
Mar 25

Last edited Wed Mar 25, 2026, 08:58 PM - Edit history (1)

...unless it is a marked hospital ship or carrying POW's etc

EX500rider

(12,592 posts)
68. You do know that Russia and Iran are allies?
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 05:13 PM
Mar 25

Somebody pro-Russian would be against this sinking...

C Moon

(13,650 posts)
26. More so, knowing that he can have people kill innocent people in his name...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:58 PM
Mar 23

is the only thing that brings him joy.

flvegan

(66,295 posts)
4. Is this confirmed? Anything better than someone on X allegedly with
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 11:52 AM
Mar 23

a friend in Cuba?

Not clicking on the X link to read more.

riversedge

(80,872 posts)
7. No, not confirmed. But Cuba has been without electricity and medical supplies and severe
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:08 PM
Mar 23

shortages for months on end. Mexico has shipped some necessities.
I do not know if other countries have done so-.
I did a quick search on google. Nothing comes up about the information given in the OP.

Botany

(77,372 posts)
11. We do have some credible reporting of black outs in Cuba.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:22 PM
Mar 23
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/turn-the-lights-back-on

As per the deaths in the hospital because of loss of power to the ventilators is much more
from social media posts.

Btw people like you make D.U. better by asking questions that need to be asked.

Kid Berwyn

(24,438 posts)
8. No respect for human life is a sign.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:11 PM
Mar 23

Sociopath. Psychopath. Sadist. Acts like Satan incarnate all the time.

2naSalit

(102,902 posts)
9. We are probably going to...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:14 PM
Mar 23

Have to march into the WH and remove him ourselves, in a big ass mob.

2naSalit

(102,902 posts)
17. And put that gallows...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:08 PM
Mar 23

Back up, only on the WH lawn. I'm sure there are a few guillotines out there that we could borrow for a week.

Dave Bowman

(7,175 posts)
28. In France the last execution by guillotine happened in 1977 so I guess that they have some that aren't too rusted.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:06 PM
Mar 23

popsdenver

(2,318 posts)
16. Just why do you think
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:03 PM
Mar 23

that since put back into office, These New Republicans, have been making DC into a FORTRESS????? The streets are swarming with U.S. Military, National Guard, FBI, ATF, Secret Service, etc etc.......

The U.S. Military, ICE, Border Patrol, and some LEO's have these new truck mounted weapons for crowd control during demonstrations.......Giant Microwave generators? that can focus on crowds, super heating everyone they aim them at.......also Giant high decibel speakers? that can be focused on crowds, dropping the Demonstrators to their knees in excruciating pain........

2naSalit

(102,902 posts)
18. Never doubted why...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:10 PM
Mar 23

There will be a reckoning, and we are the ones to bring it however it has to happen.

bdamomma

(69,533 posts)
54. of course
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:30 AM
Mar 24

and the rest of his sycophant's living on military bases, scared are they???? there are more of us.

GiqueCee

(4,302 posts)
14. Trump could bomb...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:55 PM
Mar 23

... an elementary school in a Blue State and you wouldn't hear a peep from the Dark Side of the Aisle, because they're just as evil as he is.
As Sun-Tzu so eloquently put it, "they want to rule over the ashes" of whatever's left of America when Trump is done with it.

Moostache

(11,191 posts)
19. For anyone out there STILL fighting to avoid Hitler comparisons...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:14 PM
Mar 23

Trump does NOT value human life at all. Extermination from mass concentration camps is the historical progression. We already HAVE concentration camps (and MORE are going up).

This man is obsessed with only one thing - whatever he thinks makes him look 'good' in the next news cycle. That's the entirety of the list. He has claimed powers that he does not possess, he has made war illegally, he has raped, he has exploited, he has cheated, he is oxygen-consuming pond scum in badly fitting suits and he is evil.

Hitler was very much the same and these kind of men attract evil the way shit attracts flies. Stephen Miller is Goebbels and Mengele reincarnated in one evil shell. Hegeseth is trying very hard to be Goering - though he'll need to gain a lot of weight to fill the roll properly...

Venezuela.
Iran.

Cuba.
Greenland?
Canada?
Mexico?
Consolidation of power across all of North America and the Caribbean?

Our allies are no longer NATO or Japan... the post-WWII alliances are gone.
Trump's power grab is Russia, China, USA as the trilateral heads of power.
Trump is willing to do ANYTHING to stay out of prison.
ANYTHING.

Israel and Saudi Arabia mean NOTHING to him... they are convenient scape goats with interests that he does not see as impactful to him or his lunatic visions. So he allows them to do whatever they want for $$$ and fake kindness to him personally.

Its time to start attacking the detention centers and making them unsustainable. If people are already held there, liberating them BEFORE the liquidation plans can be commenced is mandatory.

In the end, it is 100% required that Trump and all his henchmen either kill themselves in shame or are tried in The Hague and sentenced accordingly. Humanity faced down fascists in the 1940's and won the day. Now, however, its back and threatening to do far worse...Trump is intimating that he wants to bomb nuclear power plants. How far of a step does anyone believe it is from THAT war crime to the actual deployment of nuclear warheads? He WANTS to do it...that much was clear from his first shitshow and is even MORE likely in this sequel - which is already FAR worse than the original.

Donald Trump is aiming to be the 21st century Hitler, much as many thought Hitler to be the 20th century Napoleon or on and on throughout history's evil men.

Scalded Nun

(1,696 posts)
23. Is Trump to blame for this? Absolutely. But and equal share of this must go to the GOP majority in Congress.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:49 PM
Mar 23

They not only knew, but they had time to think about it, and the to eagerly go along with this cruelty. This was not spur-of-the-moment allegiance, this was thought-out, complicit support.

No GOPer in congress should ever be forgiven for the actions being taken by this country under Trump.

Me personally, I'll never forgive those who voted for him either.

Blue Owl

(59,149 posts)
24. tRump's a flow chart serial killer
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:52 PM
Mar 23

He gets off on killing others who are several levels below him on the flow chart, so that on paper, the lines never connect directly to him.

The more power he is given, the more underlings start being 'offed' due to his upper-level decisions.

He gets off on this depraved shit, yet nothing is ever done to stop him.

bdamomma

(69,533 posts)
51. I wish
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:04 AM
Mar 24

that the ICC would get involved and just classify him as a "War Criminal" like his other dicts.. Putin and Netanyahu.


He is a threat period.

chouchou

(3,154 posts)
25. If I happened to have born regarding, the name "Trump" (There's about 4800 named of Trump...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:54 PM
Mar 23

..I'd be on my knees to a judge to change my name.. Even if it was "Shitass"...would be better.

diane in sf

(4,248 posts)
30. He killed 400k to 1M in his first round by bungling Covid. I refer to it as the tRump plague.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:17 PM
Mar 23

Walleye

(44,896 posts)
31. The monster has developed a real taste for killing
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:26 PM
Mar 23

This whole family is immoral. Donald’s father used “killer” as a compliment. His children were found to be running a fraudulent charity. Immoral people. Disgusting, really so unlike Americans. And he represents all of us on the world stage

bdamomma

(69,533 posts)
49. We need to
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:53 AM
Mar 24

get him off the "world stage". The stench of his hatred and death will be a stain on all of us.

Walleye

(44,896 posts)
50. I'm getting real depressed at age 77. I don't think I will ever witness the recovery of this country.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:55 AM
Mar 24

bdamomma

(69,533 posts)
52. As Wajahat Ali says
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:08 AM
Mar 24

from the Left Hook we are committing murder/suicide on this country.

This is going to be a generational haul, for many generations.

This is for you

Norrrm

(5,100 posts)
32. If Trump does not care about dead school kids in America (get over it), why would he care about Cubans?
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 03:02 PM
Mar 23

Marie Marie

(11,330 posts)
34. All true and yet..
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 03:16 PM
Mar 23

he still truly does not understand why he was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. That is a lack of self-awareness that is almost impossible to comprehend for us normal folks.

bdamomma

(69,533 posts)
48. We need to be
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:51 AM
Mar 24

calling our Reps and Senators and calmly say that to their staff receiving our calls. Continuous calls.

LymphocyteLover

(9,863 posts)
56. I've called my congress critters a few dozens times and saying he needs to be impeached. But they are Republicans and do
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:51 PM
Mar 24

nothing. Too scared to criticize him in any way.

Ms. Toad

(38,662 posts)
36. I can't find any official confirmation of this -
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 04:52 PM
Mar 23

And an article linked to by one of the reports not only does not mention it, but suggests it is inaccurate.

“From that moment, a cascading effect occurred in the machines that were online,” said a report from the Ministry of Energy and Mines, which activated “micro-islands” of generating units to provide power to vital centres, hospitals and water systems.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/22/cubas-power-grid-collapses-in-third-nationwide-blackout-amid-us-oil-blockade

An article debunking claims that a band caused the failure also questions that all patients in Cuba on ventilators died:

The most distressing element of the viral story, that patients on ventilators died, has a basis in reported fact, though the attribution to Kneecap does not. Robinson, writing for Current Affairs on 22 March, reported that a 'report came in that patients on ventilators at the Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital have died.' He presented this as an unverified report he had received that night.

No official Cuban health ministry statement has independently confirmed the death toll or the specific number of patients affected, and no international wire agency has independently verified the figures cited by some social media accounts
.

Ms. Toad

(38,662 posts)
65. That was my thought -
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 02:19 PM
Mar 25

And the only reputable report I've found seems to indicate they do.

fujiyamasan

(1,734 posts)
40. Need a better source
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 09:11 PM
Mar 23

No disagreement about the characterization of Trump or the immorality of US policy toward Cuba. He’s all that and more (or less), but I’m not sure why I’m supposed to trust some random person’s tweet for reliable information.

wendyb-NC

(4,696 posts)
44. That is absolutely horrifying
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:47 AM
Mar 24

My heart goes out to them and their loved ones. Why is the attacking other nations, and their citizens, who have not threatened us in any way? The man in the Oval Office is an odious, belligerent madman. He's a volitile threat to the planet and everything on it.

bdamomma

(69,533 posts)
47. this vicious
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:46 AM
Mar 24

sick man needs to be REMOVED ASAP. He is SERIAL KILLER AND MURDERER. He has a record of killing Americans during Covid, and in his pedophile days too. He is a sick sick cretin.

He is competition with Putin, Un and Chi and of course Netanyahu.

Passages

(4,173 posts)
59. Murdered due to a shakedown by a felon president.
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 08:42 AM
Mar 25

I often wonder what Justice Roberts' face looks like when he first reads these types of headlines.

We have to rein in the executive branch's power, and the very idea that a convicted felon does not have to pay for his crimes must be altered within new laws. The 25th Amendment is not going to help us here, imho, due to the cons loyalty, but I would agree it should be utilized because it is the right thing to do regardless. It is not merely performative to try to prevent your government from pursuing war crimes.

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