Did Trump Declare War Against Iran Without Telling Anyone?

Earlier Tuesday on Air Force One, Donald Trump told the people of Tehran to evacuate the city, while tweeting "we" have complete and total control of the skies over Iran.

Who the f*ck is "we?"

The country thought only Israel was involved in the conflict with Iran. Did he make a unilateral decision to join their cause?

Trump was asked if he is open to negotiating with Iran, and he replied that right now he prefers to wait and see. He was in the middle of a negotiation with Iran!

TRUMP: Their cities have been blown to pieces and lost a lot of people.

They should have done the deal. I told them, do the deal. So I don't know.

I'm not too much in the mood to negotiate now.

Q: Do you think you'll be in the Situation Room tomorrow at any point?

TRUMP: Tomorrow morning, girl, while you're sleeping. Goodbye, everyone. (misogynistic, much?)

REPORTER: Do you want to evacuate Tehran? You know how you posted evacuate?

TRUMP: I think it's safer.

A lot of bad things happening there. No, I think it's safer for them to evacuate

It's as if Trump is telling Tehran, missiles and bombs are coming.

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And today, masked federal agents swarmed New York City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander at an immigration court. He was handcuffed and arrested after trying to accompany an individual, who had their case dismissed pending appeal earlier in the day, out of a courtroom.

Lander yelled to the agents, "Show me your warrant! Show me your badge!" In a video, Lander says, “I’m not obstructing. I’m standing right here in the hallway. I asked to see the judicial warrant.

“You don‘t have the authority to arrest US citizens asking for a judicial warrant,” Lander added.

Lander's campaign spokesperson confirmed the arrest.

.@bradlander campaign spokes confirms Lander was just arrested by ICE at immigration court https://t.co/h0vLSJJCnU

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