{"id":2446831,"date":"2025-06-13T07:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unhinged-leftists-swarm-after-israels-strikes-somehow-find-a-way-to-blame-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T07:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:20:51","slug":"unhinged-leftists-swarm-after-israels-strikes-somehow-find-a-way-to-blame-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unhinged-leftists-swarm-after-israels-strikes-somehow-find-a-way-to-blame-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Unhinged Leftists Swarm After Israel\u2019s Strikes, Somehow Find a Way to Blame Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funhinged-leftists-swarm-after-israels-strikes-somehow-find-a-way-to-blame-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2446831&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses recent Israeli airstrikes that targeted key Iranian military officials and nuclear sites, including the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.It highlights the U.S. government&#8217;s reaction,affirming that the strikes were a unilateral action against Iran and warning Tehran against retaliation. Amidst this backdrop, various left-leaning commentators on social media, particularly on X (formerly Twitter), expressed their discontent, primarily blaming former President Donald Trump for the escalation of conflict due to his withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. Prominent voices like Ben Rhodes, a former Obama management official, criticized trump&#8217;s actions and suggested they led to a cycle of violence. Other leftist figures echoed similar sentiments, accusing Trump of weakness and irresponsibility regarding foreign policy. the article illustrates the polarized reactions to the ongoing conflict and the tendency to attribute blame to Trump, reflecting a larger narrative of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-mike-pence-adviser-endorses-trump-a-figure-of-unwavering-determination\/\" title=\"Ex-Pence Adviser Backs ...: A Resolute Figure\">political discourse surrounding<\/a> U.S.-Middle East relations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s usually not a particularly good day when you have to discuss Ben &ldquo;Hamas&rdquo; Rhodes, lefty social media personage Alex Cole, one of the Krassenstein brothers, and the man who calls himself &ldquo;BrooklynDad_Defiant!&rdquo; in the same article.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s made a little better by the context that this has to do with Israeli attacks that wiped out several top Iranian military officials &mdash; including the head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-dozen-us-troops-injured-iran-backed-strikes-pentagon-reveals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/a> &mdash; and nuclear scientists in one blow.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/israel-iran-attack#00000197-66cb-d617-a597-7fdba9e40000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>, the early Friday attacks damaged Iran&rsquo;s nuclear sites, including its main enrichment facility at Natanz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-war-israel-launches-attack-iran-explosions-rock-tehran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The United States made it clear<\/a> that this was &ldquo;unilateral action against Iran,&rdquo; to use Secretary of State Marco Rubio&rsquo;s words, and warned Tehran against retaliating against U.S. targets. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/now-know-israel-reportedly-ready-launch-iran-promises-strikes-us-bases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There were signs<\/a> the United States were informed about the decision, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-makes-alarming-accusation-iran-much-aggressive-just-days-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it pulled staffers<\/a> from the the embassy in Baghdad earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>So naturally, on the Very Online left, there was one reaction on X: This was terrible, and it was all Donald Trump&rsquo;s fault.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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We live in truly cruel, perilous and stupid times.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brhodes\/status\/1933337754261430720?\">June 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And naturally, as one of the motive forces behind supporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-hand-iran-huge-victory-letting-missile-sanctions-expire-national-security-veteran-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action<\/a> &mdash; the toothless, hopeless 2015 treaty better known simply as the Iran nuclear deal &mdash; he blamed Donald Trump for pulling out of it and (this is rich) appearing too weak for the mullahs in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;War is breaking out because Trump pulled out of the Iran Deal and got humiliated by Netanyahu while trying to negotiate his own, and he&rsquo;s gonna have a military parade for his birthday. The weakest strongman,&rdquo; he posted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump was either totally humiliated by Bibi [Netanyahu] or has been lying about his commitment to ending wars. Either way, this is an utterly pointless, dangerous, and immoral action.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">War is breaking out because Trump pulled out of the Iran Deal and got humiliated by Netanyahu while trying to negotiate his own, and he&rsquo;s gonna have a military parade for his birthday. The weakest strongman.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brhodes\/status\/1933331046566617339?\">June 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump was either totally humiliated by Bibi or has been lying about his commitment to ending wars. Either way, this is an utterly pointless, dangerous, and immoral action.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brhodes\/status\/1933328827284865262?\">June 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is all so unnecessary. All of it. Everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brhodes\/status\/1933318318951166195?\">June 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As conservative pundit Steve Guest noted, we should remember that Rhodes apparently had the nickname &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-israeli-hostage-reveals-hamas-captors-behavior-changed-immediately-trump-elected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas<\/a>&rdquo; due to his anti-Israeli sentiments in the Obama White House.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">REMINDER: Politico reported in 2021 &ldquo;Ben Rhodes was so critical of Israel that his nickname in the White House was &ldquo;Hamas.&rdquo;&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XucwSGwbZG\">https:\/\/t.co\/XucwSGwbZG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bIAgyGY6VX\">pic.twitter.com\/bIAgyGY6VX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1933327150893183147?\">June 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He was too anti-Israel for the<em> Obama White House.&nbsp;<\/em>Let that sink in, X denizens.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Krassenstein &mdash; one of the notorious Krassenstein brothers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/celebrity-leftist-doubles-comeys-86-47-post-gets-secret-service-wake-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who somehow used to make headlines<\/a> by facile, quick responses to President Trump&rsquo;s tweets during his first term &mdash; echoed the idea that this was some kind of show of weakness that Trump had to be called to account for.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Remember when Trump tried to blame Biden for the Ukraine war and the Hamas attacks on Israel? Looks like this war is on Trump&rsquo;s watch and the world sees just how weak he is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Iran is set to declare war on Israel and they are currently planning retaliatory strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Ted Cruz has just admitted that Iran gave Trump a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-is-bad-but-elon-musk-can-use-it-to-clean-up-silicon-valley-heres-how\/\" title=\"Twitter Is Bad But Elon Musk Can Use It To Clean Up Silicon Valley. Here\u2019s How\">giant middle finger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Remember when Trump tried to blame Biden for the Ukraine war and the Hamas attacks on Israel? Looks like&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ptJuhKp4Sh\">pic.twitter.com\/ptJuhKp4Sh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdKrassen\/status\/1933350202506657960?\">June 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yes, and remember who was president when Iran-funded Hamas attacked Israel! It was Donal&ndash; oh wait, no, it was the other guy. But this is a Krassenstein, why expect ideological consistency?<\/p>\n<p>Don&rsquo;t expect it, either, from the genius formerly known as Majid Padellan. Author Gore Vidal once said that the three most discouraging words in the English language were &ldquo;Joyce Carol Oates.&rdquo; Rough, and once upon a time accurate, but Gore didn&rsquo;t really live to see the worst of the man who calls himself &ldquo;BrooklynDad_Defiant!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You guys, he can&rsquo;t make trade deals and he can&rsquo;t stop wars, I&rsquo;m beginning to think trump was lying about knowing the Art of the Deal.<\/p>\n<p>Just a hunch.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BrooklynDad_Defiant!&#9774;&#65039; (@mmpadellan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmpadellan\/status\/1933386335441858825?\">June 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We also have lefty personage Alex Cole, who seemed angry that &ldquo;American tax dollars just bombed Iran&rdquo; but also blamed Donald Trump for not being tough enough to convince Benjamin Netanyahu not to strike and also for backing out of the JCPOA. Not that these arguments have to cohere, mind you &mdash; they just have to go out and get clicks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">American tax dollars just bombed Iran<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acnewsitics\/status\/1933326642224746716?\">June 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bibi ignoring Trump shows how little he and other leaders think of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acnewsitics\/status\/1933383162689958145?\">June 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump backed out of the Iran nuclear deal<\/p>\n<p>He said he would get a better one, this is the result of his lies and failure.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acnewsitics\/status\/1933324587342967003?\">June 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is peak Trump Derangement Syndrome in action, ladies and gentlemen: We&rsquo;re paying for this, but it shows that Trump has no control over the Middle East, but also Trump caused this.<\/p>\n<p>All of it makes you wonder: How long before the Iranian flag joins the Palestinian and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-rep-anna-paulina-luna-scolds-dems-waving-ukrainian-flags-vote-put-damn-flags-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukrainian flags<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lefty social-media profiles<\/a>? I&rsquo;d be shocked if it were more than a week, were this to keep up.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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However, the situation is somewhat improved by the fact that it relates to Israeli strikes that eliminated several high-ranking Iranian military officials-including the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-and nuclear scientists in a single operation. Additionally, as reported by the Associated Press, these early Friday attacks caused damage to Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities, including its primary enrichment site at Natanz. The United States made it clear that this was a &#8220;unilateral action against Iran,&#8221; according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio&#8217;s remarks, and cautioned Tehran against retaliating against American targets. There were indications that the U.S. had been informed about this decision since they evacuated staff from their embassy in Baghdad earlier that week. Unsurprisingly, on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter), many on the far-left reacted with outrage: they deemed it terrible and blamed Donald Trump for it all.<\/p>\n<p>The most notable figure among this group was Ben Rhodes-former speechwriter for Barack Obama and deputy national security advisor-who now dabbles in media commentary and co-hosts a left-leaning foreign policy podcast called &#8220;Pod Save the World.&#8221; As events unfolded during these attacks, he expressed his discontent:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This war will primarily harm innocent people for no valid reason. We are living in truly cruel and dangerous times.&#8221; &#8211; Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) June 13, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Rhodes attributed blame to Trump for withdrawing from what he referred to as an ineffective 2015 treaty known as the Iran nuclear deal (or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) while also suggesting Trump appeared weak before Iranian leaders after being humiliated by Netanyahu during negotiations over his own plans: &#8220;War is breaking out because Trump pulled out of the Iran Deal&#8230; The weakest strongman,&#8221; he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>As conservative commentator Steve Guest pointed out, it&#8217;s worth noting that Rhodes earned himself a nickname-&#8220;Hamas&#8221;-due to his critical stance towards Israel while working in Obama&#8217;s administration.<\/p>\n<p>He was considered too anti-Israel even within Obama&#8217;s White House; let that sink in for those on X.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Krassenstein-a member of one half of infamous duo known for their quick responses to Trump&#8217;s tweets-echoed sentiments about Trump&#8217;s perceived weakness regarding international affairs: &#8220;Remember when Trump tried blaming Biden for both Ukraine&#8217;s conflict and Hamas&#8217; actions? This war is happening under Trump&#8217;s watch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yes-and let&#8217;s not forget who was president when Hamas attacked Israel! It wasn&#8217;t Donald-it was someone else entirely! But then again&#8230; consistency isn&#8217;t exactly expected from Krassensteins or others like Majid Padellan (now calling himself BrooklynDad_Defiant!).<\/p>\n<p>Padellan tweeted sarcastically about Trump&#8217;s inability to negotiate trade deals or prevent wars: &#8220;I&#8217;m starting to think Trump might have been lying about knowing &#8216;The Art of The Deal.&#8217; Just a hunch.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Alex Cole expressed frustration over American tax dollars being used against Iran but also criticized Trump&#8217;s failure to persuade Netanyahu not to act militarily while simultaneously pulling out from JCPOA negotiations-all without needing coherent arguments; just enough clicks would suffice!<\/p>\n<p>This exemplifies peak &#8220;Trump Derangement Syndrome&#8221;: we&#8217;re funding this conflict yet proving how little control he has over Middle Eastern affairs-but somehow he&#8217;s still responsible? 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