President Donald Trump said that Iran has reached out to him and
suggested a meeting at the White House amid Israel's ongoing
strikes. Trump has demanded Iran's unconditional surrender.
"I said it's very late, you know. I said it's very late to be talking," Trump
told reporters on Wednesday morning. "I don't know, there's a big difference
between now and a week ago, right? Big difference."
Trump continued: "They even suggested they come to the White House." He
called it a courageous thing, because "it is not easy for them to do."
Iran responded to the UN: Iran’s Mission to the UN denies US President Donald Trump’s
claim that Tehran has proposed coming to the White House for negotiations to end the
ongoing conflict with Israel.
“No Iranian official has ever asked to grovel at the gates of the White House. The only thing more despicable than his lies is his cowardly threat to ‘take out’ Iran’s Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Iranian mission says.
“Iran does NOT negotiate under duress, shall NOT accept peace under duress, and certainly NOT with a has-been warmonger clinging to relevance,” it adds.
tRUMP announced that the US brokered a peace agreement between Pakistan and India. Indian Prime Minister Modi refutes that:
PM Modi stressed that India has never accepted mediation, does not accept it, and will never accept it.”
“Talks for ceasing military action happened directly between India and Pakistan through existing military channels, and on the insistence of Pakistan. Prime Minister Modi emphasised that India has not accepted mediation in the past and will never do,” Misri said.
The US is walking back Trump's claims.
Sad state of affairs, that a US leader is outing himself as a liar on the world stage. People always talk about him humiliating himself. I don't think he has enough self awareness to be embarrassed.
I watched a program on the death of John Lennon today, and the comment was made that, like JFK's assassination or the Challenger explosion, people will never forget where they were when they heard the news.
I was stationed in Seoul Korea. I had a clock radio, and I woke up to American Forces Network Yong San breaking the news that John Lennon had been shot and killed in New York City. I'll never forget the shock of that. So, where were you?
That's it really. A quiet day painting trim for the bedrooms. It was a hot and humid day today, and we were grateful for the storms that rolled through and cooled things down tonight.
I have PT tomorrow, but I spoke very matter of factly with the Physical Therapist on Tuesday. Measurable improvement is expected for PT, but I asked him what improvement he expected to see at this point. He admitted that I was far enough ahead of things that there wasn't much improvement to be had. I have full ROM in his mind, and I am active. There is no swelling. There is no pain. He asked when I went back to see the surgeon and I told him the 27th. He suggested that I come back next week for one last appointment, so that he can get a final list of measurements for the surgeon. As far as he is concerned I am ready to be released.
Pretty happy about that.
Intelligent well-known people are now beginning to say out loud what has been needed to be said - that the man is irrefutably crazy, a liar and not to be believed or trusted. Granted, none of those people are in the Republican Senate or House, but the world is no longer willing to look away. Is that fact a small step forward toward getting his fat ass out of the position where he can cause world disaster? Just when we think it can't get any worse - it does!
ReplyDeleteIt needs to happen. He's like a little baby. He didn't get to hijack the G7 meeting with his spiel about corrupt Joe Biden and the mistakes of the last administration. Carney handled that very adroitly. So he pouted and went home because he had important things to do.
DeleteIf the whole world handled him just like that, it would probably keep him home, at least.
I'm glad these denials are there for us to see. Most of his statements are fantasy. I have no idea when Lennon died. He really wasn't on my radar, I guess. I remember vividly when wonderful horn player Dennis Brain died in traffic. Different generation.
ReplyDeleteI wandered off to have a read about Dennis Brain since I'd never heard of him. His epitaph is so fitting: 'My call transforms the hall to autumn-tinted groves, what is into what has been.' Isn't that beautiful?
DeleteHow fabulous to be released from PT! Your recovery has been remarkable - I know it's due to all you did before and after the surgery to make it so.
ReplyDeleteI agree, he is not aware enough to be embarrassed. But I am embarrassed for our country. The faces on the other world leaders at the G7, it was so embarrassing. Does he see the symbolism that they put President Zalenski in his seat at the table?
I was at home with children, not working outside the home at that time. I had stayed up late and saw the first news reports. I could not go back to bed. I first danced to the Beatles on the playground in second grade. This could not be happening. I was gobsmacked and sad.
I also remember where I was when Kennedy was shot - when I was in a second grade classroom and my teacher was crying. And when Parkland happened - I was at work and walking by the radio on my desk with some copies. I froze in place. We were in a meeting when the planes hit on 9/11. Another agency in the building sent us a message that they had a television if we wanted to come to their office. We turned on the radio to find out what they were talking about. It was enough to hear it, I could not go watch it.
You know what, Miss Merry? If it were a simple matter of being embarrassed, I could take that. But the man is a danger to the entire world.
DeleteI was in a chemistry lab on campus. Someone, don't remember who, came in and told us. It was devastating. When JFK was shot, I was in grade school. My memory is that they sent us all home, but looking back how did the kids who lived farther than walking distance get home?
ReplyDeleteGlad your time will be freed up by graduating PT.
I don't remember school letting out early, but I do remember coming home. My mother was ironing and crying.
DeleteI think 47 is dangerous. Sounds as if he’s taunting Iran. 8647.
ReplyDeleteBravo on your knee recovery. You are determined!
I was working downtown Minneapolis when someone heard on the radio that John Lennon had been shot. I’d brought my lunch, but didn’t want to sit alone at my desk. Went next door to a small bar for a bowl of soup. There were Beatles tunes playing, a somber mood, and no one was talking. Just the sound of the Beatles and silverware.
Bonnie in Minneapolis
Quite honestly, Bonnie, if he keeps up, I can see some foreign government simply removing him. Of course, I live not far from the Chautauqua Institute where Salmon Rushdie was attacked, which makes the possibility seem a lot more real.
DeleteI wasn’t up to date on some of the things you shared here, but nothing surprises me.
ReplyDeleteI cannot get over the sheer amount of lies he tells. I was trying to find an article I read earlier for you, but I cannot. What does surprise me is how many people believe him.
DeleteYay, Debby! This is wonderful. I did not hear about those Trump shenanigans. He is an embarrassment to this country.
ReplyDeleteThere is so much more at stake here than our collective red faces, and it makes me sad. You know, I was about to send an e-mail to Cathy. I had a feeling that you and Art were planning a move to Japan. I could not blame you.
DeleteLennon. I was at university on my lunch break when a friend came up and told me. I'd wondered why everyone seemed to be talking earnestly about something.
ReplyDeleteKennedy was just before my 4th birthday. I don't remember him being shot but one of my oldest memories was watching the funeral on TV.
9/11 happened late in the evening Australian time. We were out and didn't find out until my husband turned the radio on first the next morning.
I think that that funeral is one of the first things that I remember on television with any clarity.
DeleteAlso many traits common with Narcissistic Personality Disorder...
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I was reading about psychopaths. What I read said that there is 4 different classes of psychopath: Borderline, antisocial, sadistic, and narcissistic. At least that's how I understand it.
DeleteI pray the Repubs wake up to tRump's dangerous ways. The rhetoric he promotes has already killed enough people. I was at home when Lennon was shot. It was hard to comprehend. I always wanted to visit D.C. until JFK was shot when I was in 2nd grade. At the time, my oldest brother looked like Oswald, and it was spooky watching Ruby kill Oswald. Maybe Congress should sing a Peter, Paul & Mary song before sessions to be reminded what work they're supposed to be doing. Being from OKC, after it's bombing I had to call my son's elementary school nurse to tell him my parents were ok, then I picked him up. In nursing school class, 9/11 affected us; I picked up my son from middle school. We still chose to attend clinicals the next morning. Even we students were needed because some staff had called in. Had to tell a new mom to turn off the news to successfully start feeding her new baby, born on 9/11. They named her Hope. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteYou know, I forgot the OKC bombing. That was a dark day as well. It wasn't until I googled Timothy McVeigh that I remember that he'd been executed. I completely forgot that!
DeleteIn UK the dates I remember is 9/11, we were staying in Spain with friends and raced to a bar to watch the TV, and the day Diana Princess of Wales died, it was a Sunday morning, we were shocked, we popped out and commented on how empty all the streets were. As for Trump it is pleasing that world leaders speak out against his wild claims of involvement in talks, he may bully his country folk, but the rest of the world see's him for his true self.
ReplyDeleteHe bullies some but not all. I keep thinking that he'll just keeping running his mouth and slowly losing all credibility, and that pleases me too.
DeleteIt seems that no matter what the orange one says or does, everyone is shocked and nothing changes. He's like Teflon - nothing sticks.
ReplyDeleteI remember 9/11 - I was ironing.
I have to believe, Janice, that the day will come when his deeds catch up with him. I just hope that he has not destroyed the world first.
DeleteI switched on the tv during 9/11 and wondered why a disaster movie was on tv in the afternoon. When I realised it was actually happening I was terrified, as I thought it was Chicago and my sister was due to be at a meeting downtown. I didn't get any less terrified when I realised that it was New York. My horror just grew and grew.
ReplyDeleteLike Poppypatchwork I well remember the day that Princess Diana died. We were at a local event in the morning and everyone was very subdued. It was quite surreal.
It was a shocking day, that's for sure. I remember being so surprised. She was so breathlessly reported on by virtually everyone that I assumed that this was just some hyped up thing to sell cheap newspapers.
DeleteI don't remember what I was doing when we heard about John Lennon.
ReplyDelete9/11... I was at work when someone in the office called out to everyone to look at the Live Newscasts. Shock, horror and disbelief for the rest of the day.
I spent the day downstairs on the couch watching it unfold in real time. I worked nights and I did not sleep a wink that day. The thing that still amazes me is that I had two children in High School. They canceled classes for the day, brought all the kids to the auditorium and did not allow them to watch television. I could have understood that if they were elementary schoolers, but these were high schoolers.
DeleteNot my normal language but I'm afraid your president is a piece of shit.
ReplyDeleteWhile I know NYC is humid, from personal experience, just today I learnt that New England can also be humid and hot. Now you've confirmed it.
You must be so pleased at the successful result of the surgery. I am pleased for you.
I am pleased Andrew. I took a 1 1/2 mile walk today, and I can't get over being able to do that again. I walk along at a good clip too.
DeleteOne small correction. New England is Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts. We are referred to as the MidAtlantic states, although the New England states and the MidAtlantic states are collectively referred to as the North Atlantic states. Clear as mud?
Yes. I'm afraid that your assessment of our leadership is spot on.
I also remember 9/11, it went on endlessly on the tv and I was home. Again, how strange that our side of the Atlantic remembers 9/11 and Princess Diana's death in Paris more so than Lennon. Had he begun to lose his charm when he lived with Yoko Ono I wonder?
ReplyDeleteHe actually left UK for NYC because of the savaging of Yoko Ono by the British press, at least according to the article. He'd left his wife for her, and she was a non-comformist. An easy target, I suppose. Princess Di. We heard about the accident on a Saturday evening, and there was a lot of dramatic reports. And (honest! As silly as it sounds now!) I thought, what a lot of fuss over nothing. I'm sure she will be fine. The next day in church someone said that she'd died, and I was shocked. I couldn't believe that this would happen to a wealthy person, one of the most famous women on the planet. All these years later, I realize how stupid that sounds.
Delete9/11. I had just come in from a long morning run; my husband called me over to the TV, told me about a plane hitting a building in NYC and as I watched the second plane hit live on TV. We then realized that it was not an accident. I called my daughter who worked in the financial district in Toronto and told her to get out of the building for awhile if she could. Her building was evacuated and everyone was sent home for the day just in case. I was a not a Beatles fan so don’t remember John Lennon. JFK I had been across the street to see my friend’s new baby as she was just 4 months younger than my daughter and thought they would be playmates growing up, never happened. She had a nurse helicopter mom who kept her inside all the time. And finally your president is a sac of shit. You deserve so much better. Gigi
ReplyDeleteOh, Gigi. The world deserves so much better.
DeleteI don't remember when John Lennon died.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad your PT has gone so well and recovery is almost complete.
I'm glad those other countries are speaking up when Trump lies. He is such an embarrassment - so dangerous - but such an idiot..
If he was simply embarrassing, the world would survive this and laugh. But he is so dangerous.
DeleteI am sure that all of us have been wondering for a long time what line that horrible excuse for a man has to cross for his party to abandon him and take control. If it's nuclear war, it will have been too late.
ReplyDeleteAs for dear John. About a month before he was assassinated I had bought the album Double Fantasy which he and Yoko had made. I listened to it endlessly. My own marriage was crumbling and as I listened to those songs which they had written from their own pain and love and joy, I realized so strongly that my marriage had nothing in comparison with those things. I can't explain the strength those songs gave me to make the changes I knew I had to make.
And then...the day after our anniversary which had not been joyful at all, I went for a run, came home and grabbed my newspaper from the box and read that small, last minute front page article entitled, "John Lennon shot and killed."
I was sure it could not be true.
I remember my eyes popping open and I reached over to turn up the radio. I was so certain I'd misheard.
DeleteThis is a gigantic post. Trump is going to bumble into a war simply by playing games and someone is going to misinterpret things. You are the poster girl for knee replacement recovery. It seems like you get your life back together.
ReplyDeleteAs I understand it, congress is gearing up to attempt to try to reassert its authority to limit his ability to commit us to war. It is a bipartisan effort.
DeleteI remember how I felt but not where I was with John Lennon and others you mentioned. The ones I vividly remember exactly where and when were JFK and 9/11.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with you on "I don't think he has enough self awareness to be embarrassed". He also just thinks too highly of himself to ever believe he is wrong about anything ever...even when his positions change from minute to minute.
His positions change based on who he talks to. He's so easily manipulated...and yet people see him as a strong leader. I'll never understand it.
DeleteI was in the ninth grade, and as I recall my mom told us the news when she woke us up to go to school. The local FM radio station played Beatles songs all day.
ReplyDeleteAs for Trump, self-aggrandizing behavior is a hallmark of narcissism!
My understanding is that narcissism is one of four types of psychopathy, the others being borderline, sadistic, and antisocial. I find myself wondering if it is a spectrum disorder, like autism. If it is, tRUMP's got the very worst.
DeleteExcellent job on your recovery! Our so-called president is terrifying, insane (demented?) and still has a disgusting amount of support.
ReplyDeleteThis Iran thing has really divided MAGA. Even MTG and Tucker Carlson are up in arms about it. We can only keep speaking up.
DeleteI confess I do not recall where I was when John Lennon was killed. As far as felon 47 is concerned, he is clearly seriously disconnected from reality, the lies & BS he spews are so easily disproved. For the life of me I don't get it. Truly a narcissistic psychopath.
ReplyDeleteI keep telling myself that it is all unraveling now, that the whole world sees it. My question is whether that will make a difference or not.
DeleteCongratulations on such a remarkable recovery. I don't recall where I was when Lennon was killed. JFK, I was young so no idea. I do remember where I was on 9/11, at breakfast with friends. As for tRump, he's a disgrace and a menace to humanity and all living creatures.
ReplyDeleteI was in first grade, and our teacher cried. Mrs. Quattroche. 9/11? I was working nights, I was sound asleep upstairs. I heard Tim come thundering up the stairs and I jerked awake. I sat up in bed wondering, "Why are those planes flying so low?" Tim burst into the bedroom saying that we were under attack.
DeleteI don't think that there was any prescience about it, on my part, but it made me aware of the fact that our brains are always active. Although I could not consciously hear the television from upstairs, I must have been able to hear it subconsciously. That's always amazed me.
Gosh, doesn't that just sum Trump up . . .Narcissist AND Psychopath. Not a good combination for anyone, let alone the US President.
ReplyDeleteGlad your knee has made such good progress. Well done. I can't remember where I was when I heard the news about John Lennon. On the teatime news at home I suspect.
Hot, Hot, HOT here.
It is a dangerous time...he has surrounded himself with loyalists who will not speak out against him. That leaves it to the rest of us to speak up I suppose.
DeleteThe Turd Reich or Velveeta Voldemort is the worse. Just when you think it can't get any more terrible he somehow one ups himself. I was too young when John Lennon passed away but I do remember the Challenger explosion as it was announced over the school intercom system. Glad to hear that your knee is recovering nicely. Take care.
ReplyDeleteI have not heard the Velveeta Voldemort, but it gave me a fine giggle. Thanks for that.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for all to go well with the sturgeon!
ReplyDeleteSadly, for those who regard truth as a virtue, things have not been going well on the media front. To me it signalled that the rescuing of any truths from disappearing into the Orwellian memory hole suffered a serious blow when the Washington Post's owner Jeff Bezos (Amazon) killed Ann Telnaes' cartoon depicting tech titans abasing themselves before psychopathic sociopathic orange turd Donald tRump. It had already gotten way worse with Mark Schmuckerberg et al tryng to pass off Tucker Carlson's drivel as fact-checking, and with ANYONE trying to pass off anything at all that is aired on FOX as 'news'.
This morning, ABC News showed what they said was an Iranian attack on a hospital. A direct hit, they said, but it wasn't. It was a hit on a military target nearby. What we were seeing was damage from the concussion of the blast, which not only affected the hospital but an apartment building. We've got leaders trying to march us into war, and he is using the media to achieve that.
DeleteYou must be the poster woman for knee replacement surgery.
ReplyDeleteI had not heard of those tRump lies but not surprising.