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US citizens: Trump had no ‘backup’ plan to help them leave Middle East after Iran strike
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
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Forget a backup plan. Their main plan was half-baked, at best.
That's the true genius of this whole thing. If you don't have a plan at all, then there's no logical way to have a backup plan. Just think about all of the time and mental exertion you can save by just turning off your brain and doing whatever Russia and Israel command you to do.
Trump's final plan will be to simply put American armed forces directly under the command of Putin and Netanyahu. That way, he can conserve his precious little brain power to run his crypto scams.
The us plan was literally:
No part of the "plan" addressed that Iran would logically attack US bases.
Bibi just told Trump it was a solution so that was enough for trump.
It just guaranteed the bad result they thought might happen. But if just Israel had attacked, it's likely that would have been the only place Iran counter attacked.
I think Trump and his cronies literally thought this would be a Venezuela. They thought "Oh, we just kill the supreme leader and Iran becomes our lapdog".
It also probably helped that the Elisons likely promised trump a new mansion.