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Ketamine9000mg:
Trump and his madness. He helped revealed to the world the selfishness and exploitation of the world by America.

Read up friend.

The UK and EU are freeloaders. America has been carrying them all on its shoulders. They never trade fairly and Trump has the balls to say to them get on with it.

They could not help Ukraine, all talk no action. Trump asked the to raise military spending to 5% GDP and they’re all struggling.
They cannot efficiently control their borders. Look at London, the stealing, poor sanitary environment, and the radicalism.

Now they want a deal with a communist regime, same type of deal that has made Qatar own 40% of London.

I wish them goodluck, sometimes people need to get their hand’s burnt to know that not all red pots are hot and vice versa.

It gives Khomeini’s followers a hard-on whenever he puts the bass in his voice.

@OP, look up the subs below. Also, the US has the largest number of low orbiting satellites, so khomeinin can be struck from space if they wanted it so.

Truth is, there’s a reason why Russia threatens nuclear attack instead of conventional conflict with the west.
There is no world where Iran wins the US in an outright conflict.

What’s going on now is permutations of possible outcomes, regional instability and collateral damage mitigation.

Like in Venezuela , the strike has to be surgical to prevent an avalanche of casualties in the region.

For those who haven’t noticed, Russia, China and North Korea have been quiet since Venezuela. All military support given didn’t match the US military prowess. Putin has contributed $1BN to trumps peace club, no way he’s helping Iran.

China wants cheap oil hence its attempt to assist. North Korea is still in awe of Venezuela.

I believe the UN should be the one doing what the US is doing, but the have failed in their duties. No person should play God with the lives of people, why kill protesters? If the people don’t want your Godly help leave them and enjoy heaven alone. God will deem you righteous for your actions on earth.

HacheNoire:
A nuke added to its cheap and perfected hypersonic tech will be disastrous.

A deal was already in place and running. Trump himself annulled it.

That orange man is the most confused living thing.

It’s easier to say you’re a pro-Islamist and hate America than attempt to make a case of things you know nothing about.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164291

Iran was taking everyone for a ride and Trump is a man that hates BS.
From calling out Germany in his first term for giving pipeline security deals to Russia while expecting the US to be the biggest contributor to the G7 and NATO to pulling out of WHO, the man is the most prudent manager in the world.
He steps into office and creates an agency DOGE to ensure efficiency in government spending.

Iran has no wish to live in peace, a theocracy led by a principalist/fundamentalist who is a self proclaimed anointed servant of God. His mission is to impose his self righteous doctrines on the world. Starting with the Middle East.

The laws of the land should be subject to the lifestyle and foraging customs of fulanis and cows.

The Europeans spent time developing their thought processes hence the likes of Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, African should revisit its education system.

It is intellectually traumatizing to listen to such absurdity from a fellow black. That a human is being led by cows and the cow knows what treatment it requires, when drugs and vets exists.

She is pleased that a human being follows cows throughout his lifetime, like the cow isn’t meant to be food at the end of the day.
If this was a conversation to retrain Fulani herders to become experts in agriculture this would’ve made sense, to lead scientific research in animal husbandries, to add their wealth of knowledge to sustain global food security but no, a special route should be created for them to walk after cows all their lives as a national heritage.

This woman’s name should be gazetted, her children and grandchildren should steer clear of governance.

Kingosytex:
More like America got themselves a war monger who is more interested in fuelling his ego than building lasting policies that will bring peace and stability to his people.

While opinions are free on this platform, unsubstantiated claims should be deleted. Trump in one year has moved the American economy farther than Bidens 4 years.

All the indices were positive during his first term in office and now.
Please dissociate your disdain for a person from his capabilities.
Trump should be a prayer point for Nigeria.

Before you argue, check how much he takes as salary? Or what his wife gets as benefits?

To the topic at hand, the US is perfecting the act of shock and awe operations. No one has the time for war. They’re gathering all the intelligence possible. When it will happen it will be quick and surgical and Iran would be so overwhelmed they wouldn’t muster a response.

Trumps biggest weapon his simple, non verbose vocabulary.
He is the most pragmatic president in the world.
First term in office, there was terrorist activity in the US, what did he do, ban 7 Islamic countries… peace returned.

Border crossing- built a wall

Federal waste of resources - pulled the US away from several organizations.

@OP, look up which president has brought in the largest investment into the US.
What the current inflation rate is? Unemployment rate?

@OP

Baxilexi:
Is Wike a thorn in Tinubu’s flesh, well only he can declare, but if I were Tinubu, for the love of dirty politics, Fubara right now is the woman who told king Solomon to divide the baby in to two so both parties would lose, and I think it’s an evil genius idea, bring in a third force to rule rivers, use the Makinde faction of PDP to put forward a candidate, loyal to the president only, but also a friend to the old guards such as Odili and Amechi.

Offer Makinde a ministerial position and automatic ticket for his candidate in the Oyo elections. That way, he has appeased the south south, and south west.

If Wike and Fubara cry too much, offer them senatorial or ambassadorial positions.

I predicted Fubara’s defection, and here’s my submission on Makinde.

Do politicians now take notes off nairaland?!?!

ryloy:
Europe took on Trump — and won. Total surrender by Trump after he humiliated himself and the nation on the world stage.

See it this way, Greenland is denmark territory. Zero connection to America. In comes Trump and cuts a deal on what didn’t belong to him and you call it chickening out? After EU cried about the tariff hike?

Trump is the best thing that happened to the EU, for the first time, they’re have increased military spending in decades, cutting social welfare to migrants and thus reducing migration.

Putin takes Ukraine and EU could not do anything about it.
Russian drones enter the EU airspace at will and nothing can be done about it.
The only president in this world Putin would listen to is Trump.

I’ve followed this character since his time on showbiz. His first term in office he shutdown the civil service just to build his wall. He gave Nancy Pelosi hell.

He has never left the negotiating table with nothing, check his antecedents. Eg, forcing TikTok to sell, or Taiwan chip company to open in America, or Saudi and Qatar to invest over a trillion dollars in the US.
He brought all tech ceos to a meeting and got them to pledge billions in investment.

I sure hope you know what chickening out means.

An embodiment of premium negotiating skills, behavioral economics and tactical empathy.

Never splitting the difference.

That’s why it’s good to have professionals/technocracy’s at the helm of affairs driving the nation. Imagine former AfDB president as Nigerian president.

Instead we’ve got a geriatric corruption infested manipulator.

Canada is not naive so this is plain stupidity.

You’ve watched China grow its military exponentially.

You watch them steal blueprints from the west and make replicas which is considered a tort in law all in an attempt to sink the western economy. Yet you believe that you can be friends with a communist.

There’s decency in trade, that’s why Trump slammed the EU with tariffs for not respecting their American counterparts.

Good luck then, but remember, China’s foreign policy does not support military support or other intervention in any country.

It’s unfortunate that it has come to this but truth be told, Denmark cannot protect the arctic circle region. America cannot gamble with its security by subletting parts of it to the incompetent EU. China or Russia can put up spies/intelligence equipment, sleeper cells or even partner with Greenlanders to compromise US security as we saw with Venezuela.

Greenlanders should be at the forefront of the discussion, and an economically suitable deal made. The EU should not insert themselves in the discussion.

America cannot go to war without ensuring all doors are locked. But the economic gains should be shared by all concerned parties.

Biodun556:
Before trusting foreign powers, ask one honest question

Did they rebuild Iraq for its people after intervention??
Did Libya become safer, united, or richer??
Did Afghanistan gain stability after decades of help?
Did Syria find peace through foreign involvement?

If the answer is no, then ask yourself honestly:
Why would Iran be different?


Foreign powers do not intervene for freedom, they intervene for interests.
Promises come before collapse, truth is understood after it.
-Collected

And what you’ve said is the problem with autocracy. Everything is dependent on the whims and caprices of a single person. It’s not about foreign propaganda, I’ve watched the story of Saddam, a hired gun turn president that used the weapon of fear and violence to rule. Sent his people to a careless war with Iran and refused to accept his folly.
Libya the same situation, a megalomaniac with his chosen one syndrome.

You may ask, why is America concerned with these countries, but they should be. There’s always a spill over whenever crisis happens in one corner of the earth. Tyrants become regional powers, regional powers become superpowers.

Do you honestly believe if Iran had its way, and controlled Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Jordan that it wouldn’t vie for more? Today Syria is functioning, courtesy of the west. Venezuela has a president and is almost back to normalcy.

They admittedly got some things wrong with Afghanistan and Libya by not installing a transitional government, but if you look at what’s happening in Iran, it wouldn’t be Libya all over, Reza is gearing up to run the state affairs until democracy is restored.
It’s how it works…

The question you should ask yourself is whose model should we align with. Would you love to live in a world where Iran is the superpower?

Biodun556:
I love Iran





Don't ask Nairaland members for contact details (email, phone, bbpin) or investments.

I think it’s better to say you love the Ayatollah, IRGC, I doubt you love Persian Iran. Also when you say love for the regime I believe this is what you mean?
Factors like, forced religiosity;
Restricted freedom of worship;
Restricted freedom of expression;
Restricted female couture;
Death penalty for frivolous reasons(antigovernment songs);
Support for Shia Islamic movements worldwide;
Absent funding for global research or natural disasters , but sufficient funding for anarchy;
Extreme theological principles;

“ Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction." - Blaise pascal.
Think on this.

I see education as a stumbling block too in our development.

The speaker repeatedly used the word social contract how many Nigerians know what that means.
I have noticed with saddening amusement how Nigerians have accepted the notion of politicians being kings or lords. In many countries politicians are no better than doctors, lawyers etc.

Social contract is the reason why if there’s a pothole on your road and your car gets damaged you should sue the LG;
Social contract is the reason why you should be concerned when the president overstays his leave abroad;
Social contract is the reason why children of the president cannot fly solo on the presidential jet;
The list goes on and on.

Our tradition also compounds the issue, undue adulation of persons based of age, affluence or cunningness. People who are in connivance with the government to subvert our interests are applauded as hustlers.

Our education needs a major shake up and revision. Teachers should earn very high so we can attract educationists from abroad. Many Nigerians are not right thinking.

How can someone support a minister to fight a governor over an unholy agreement…

OLAADEGBU:
'Do not play games with President Trump. When he says he'll do something, he means it'. Read more: https://trib.al/rr5rthj

And they wouldn’t see it coming.

Assad and Maduro can attest to it.

In America citizens kill citizens, but in other countries government kills citizens in large numbers. How people compare the two situations is bemusing.

@OP, here’s your answer.

The US doesn’t make noise about its arsenal, but it’s confident in what it has. China for now is still a decade away but catching up.
Russia, offline.

A B-2 bomber that was used in 1999 cannot still be detected, take a wild guess at what the new line of bombers are capable of 😅.

OneCandleAway:
Wike thinks the only friends he needs is the judiciary. That's why he is building houses for them

There’s no honor amongst thieves.

The body of benchers cannot save him.

They’re a wolf pack, the minute they smell blood the alpha is gone. He is bleeding, the APC national chairman has made the first attack, APC governors have made the second, I predict a financial agency or lawsuit is headed his way, wrapped in an unrelated issue to burden the minister, demoralize him and whittle down his influence.

Again, hypocrisy at its best!

Let American laws adjudge the agent guilty but Nigerians and citizens of countries that have zero rights or freedoms of expression should not buy tickets to the calumny concert.

Have some freggin dignity/self awareness… have you ever seen a footage of a Chinese or Russian federal agent being challenged before?

AMINDA:
Betta Edu? Are you having a laugh? Tinubu should dare sack Wike. We want to check something.

Let me guess, whenever he makes the never before heard exposé, Nigerians would rush to aso-rock, and burn it to the ground?

After all, in his loquacious manner it’s on record he said ‘the election results were written in my office’.
I think he should be the one scared.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RndTTGV591M?si=olUMsTsPh-16dpJ2

The odds are against him, no friends in the east, north, west and south, none of the ex-governors are on his side. I can tell he’s really bad at math because he can’t tell that there’s a massive minus sign above his head like a halo.

AMINDA:
Wike will win because he has dirt on Tinubu.

He can’t, Tinubu holds all the cards. Betta Edu was sacked, the sky didn’t fall.
Wike can be sacked and rivers wouldn’t burn.

Tinubu has kept to his end of the bargain in terms of his presidency. What was Tinubu’s stake in ensuring Fubara doesn’t get a second term? I’m pretty sure it was continued support which he has gotten by having his party at the center in rivers state.

Also, Wike is a political orphan, Tinubu is his last hope of political relevance. No politician in Nigeria wishes to have him in their camp.

He should remember it’s cold outside.

If the majority of Nigerians had their senses in the right places we shouldn’t be discussing Wike and Fubara and whether or not Tinubu should or will intervene. Rather we should be assessing the scorecard of both of these public servants.

Wike is a minister of the FCT his constitutional duty is to provide services to Abuja, but for weeks (unless he is on leave) he has used state funds in carrying out his vendetta on a governor in his jurisdiction. This is madness.
What is the security situation in the FCT?
Waste situation?
Primary health center?
What social welfare initiatives does he plan on implementing in the FCT?
Education? Sports? Tourism?

If at all the matter should be discussed, Wike should remember the deal that made Tinubu president didn’t have anything to do with Fubara and a second term but rather free assess to plundering state funds. He makes perfunctory statements about Mr presidents generosity to rivers state like it wasn’t transactional and he the biggest benefactor.

Amongst anything Wike should be told to get back to work;
Mind the issues surrounding his own political party;
And stop bastardizing our already dilapidated polity… it’s no more about philosophies and development but horse trading with commonwealth and no repercussions.

Flangelo12:
Nothing sure about it.

The assets need updating.

That would cost time.

They would never break even before Trump leaves.

In addition , Oil price needs to be high for such investment to be worthwhile.

At $65 oil, not going to happen.

I’m just glad some critical thinkers now see that oil wasn’t the main goal in Venezuela. America will profit from Venezuelan oil in a decade, and it’s a massive maybe, because OPEC countries wouldn’t cease production hence drop in prices.

Trump has taken charge of the southern hemisphere and he’s about to do the same with Greenland in the northern hemisphere.

Pay attention to the trend, the amount of UFOs in Biden tenure are nilch today. He’s adding an extra 500bn $ to US military spending… good luck catching up others.

Goodmarlian:
A white lady was shot dead by trumps ICE corps and it has caused so much outrage and protests in America as we speak, all state governors and mayors are asking the ICE federal corps to leave their states and allow them handle illegal immigrants by themselves this is fast becoming a rebellion against the American federal might let's see how it goes.

Get conversant with American laws before starting a thread. Such a sensitive issue should not be subjected to Sentimental public debate.
@mods, add an extra layer of verification to threads within 24 hours of posting. NL should inform not misinform.

About time!

The UN has become a powerless, how are you a custodian of human rights and oversee its infringement world over without repercussions.

The US will rejoin when more nations become pro-humanity.

This is what democracy should look like. If Trump was the president of another country his senate would never oppose him, the slogan will be ‘on your mandate we shall stand’.

Still wondering how people hate a country where no one is above the rule of law. No Chinese or Russian parliamentarian dares to oppose their leader.

The sad truth about posts like this is, when the Nigerian story is told in the future, it’s will be the same script.

Nigeria was flourishing, Nigerians had Ferraris, maybachs, mansions etc
The healthcare was thriving,
The economy was booming,
We slept with our doors open,
The benefits of oil was spread across the nation,

But no one will bother to ask the avatar Nigerian the hell they’ve gone through since 1999.
How oligarchs have cornered all our resources for themselves and all the luxury and flamboyance you see across the country are private property.

AI is free, please visit the Venezuelan story.
They nationalized other peoples assets without expropriation.
The president had his own militia…
And please pay attention to this trend… all presidents in the world that love oppressing their citizens, hate accountability and are grossly corrupt always find a friend in Russia and China.

Isn’t it funny how of all the things Trump has been accused of, no one has said he stole government money? Or uses his company for government contracts? I am so amazed by how transparent he is, both right or wrong, you don’t need to guess what he is doing m, he’ll say his mind on the news and leave it at that.
How many times has our president interacted with us?
Does he care?
Trump has multiple media chats on a daily basis, he is not perfect but Nigerians do not have the loci standi to speak when civilized nations are speaking.

xristos:
Kinda reasonable...but i thought the bond must be paid into US before visa issuance..after interview.
It must be available handy before application.
Then the bond refunded only if the holder returns before expiry or other legit conditions.
Any violation forfeits the money.

So for the loan..the pressure is on the 3rd party lender to follow up with borrower.(If necessary)

The bank will most likely issue a promissory note or a post-dated cheque/bank draft etc to the traveler to submit to the embassy. It will only become money for the embassy if the traveler fails to retrieve the instrument upon return.

Flangelo12:
Still risky.

If you set it up, I will invest.

Lawyers would look into the terms with the US embassy(they’ll freeze the money in a Nigerian bank and only when the duration of the visa is expired will it be transferred to the US embassy in Nigeria’s account, in case of death or sickness it wouldn’t apply.)and collateral documents too.

Imagine making 100$ per week for renting 5k$

Flangelo12:
I thought about that.

But it is risky.

The cost of the loan isn't worth it.

Now you have calm down, your business brain lobe is active.
It wouldn’t be, just provide a collateral-car, house document, land. And pay 50-100$ per week to rent the bond.

Flangelo12:
It would reduce travel by Nigerians to the US which is the main purpose.

Imagine working for a company that wants to take you to US, are they going to pay a 15k bond on your behalf?
Quite unlikely.

Friend, before the end of this week, banks will begin to offer this security, with collateral and interest.

And apply a rental, if you’d like you can set up the business, rent the bond to travelers for a weekly rate of 50 dollars. That way the bond is between your financial firm and the US embassy. The bank or firm standing in as a guarantor.

We can respond to this wisely.

Flangelo12:
You can afford it, congrats.

There are many who have reasons to get to US and have no plans of overstaying. Yet they cannot afford such a bond.

You don't care about them, do you?

The thing about bylaws like this is, they fall under what psychologists call operant conditioning, it will modify the behavior of travelers. If the persons family or friends raise 5k$ to bring him/her over of course they’ll be on their relatives neck to respect the visa terms and return as and of when due.

I’m speculating here but I believe, after 2 or 3 travels without a breech in agreement there might be a pass for the bond.

[quote author=Flangelo12 post=138057088][/quote]It’s within their rights, but sooner than later they would learn that the world is a global village. They’d need to pay for cloud services, payment system services like Mastercard, visa, mainframe, tech, medications, equipment etc and their foreign reserves will suffer because their Asian partners wouldn’t pay the western rate for their resources.

Traore is a good guy but a fool at the same time, history is replete with men like him that ended up digging themselves into a hole. Ask Khamenei of Iran.