Althouse: Fetterman praises Trump: "We can have true peace in the region now."

October 9, 2025

Fetterman praises Trump: "We can have true peace in the region now."

71 comments:

FullMoon said...: What's he up to? Gonna need a pardon for something, or infected with honesty?; 10/9/25, 2:56 PM
Iman said...: Who would’ve thought Mr. Fetterman would become the eloquent statesman and conscience (if they had one) of the Democrat Party?; 10/9/25, 2:57 PM
doctrev said...: You know things are going very badly for globalism when Democrats have to acknowledge President Trump bringing peace to the Middle East.; 10/9/25, 3:02 PM
Achilles said...: Hopefully someone like him can resurrect the democrat party after it commits ritual seppeku and we ship the insurrectionists to China.; 10/9/25, 3:02 PM
bagoh20 said...: Gazans and Israelis cheering Trump by name in the streets.
How that makes you feel is a good diagnostic tool.; 10/9/25, 3:08 PM
doctrev said...: bagoh20 said...
Gazans and Israelis cheering Trump by name in the streets.
How that makes you feel is a good diagnostic tool.

10/9/25, 3:08 PM

Tony Blair (?!) is going to have more legitimacy as the governor of Gaza than Keir Starmer has as the most unpopular British prime minister ever. Figure THAT out. All thanks to President Trump!; 10/9/25, 3:10 PM
Jim at said...: We'll see.

I would hope so, but I've seen this movie before.; 10/9/25, 3:14 PM
bagoh20 said...: I know how good I feel as a Trump voter.
I know how much some people hate the man.
I know how much Trump successes hurt them.
Knowing that the difference in those mindsets today is a choice is educational.; 10/9/25, 3:14 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Fetterman does McCain better than McCain ever could. Maverick Master Class.; 10/9/25, 3:15 PM
RideSpaceMountain said...: Even Mongo see peace deal good. Mongo like peace. Mongo impressed. Mongo sad Mongo's friends hate peace, disagree Mongo. Maybe Mongo friend's not smart as Mongo. Mongo shocked!; 10/9/25, 3:15 PM
Jamie said...: Who had Fetterman as Lion of the Senate on their card?

Yes, I know he's still a reliable Democrat. But he's one who can acknowledge when the other side does something positive. Apparently the only one.

My husband told me about AOC's ham-fisted attempt to channel Trump's insult-comic nature by saying that, for instance, Democrats should mock Stephen Miller as "short" and point out that their policy wonks are, like, 6'3". The Young Turks had fun with that. But even so, they didn't get how Trump does his thing: yes, he picks out a characteristic of his opponent, and yes, sometimes it's an immutable one (was it "Little Marco Rubio"?) though more often it reflects something they've done ("Crooked Hillary"). But then he focuses on the issue of the moment.

AOC, on the other hand, flails around for an immutable (and group) characteristic, such as Miller's height, and focuses on that as if it has the slightest bit to do with the policy or issue at hand, succeeding only in insulting everyone else who shares that characteristic, which is what Cenk of TYT pointed out. So he got what was wrong with it but couldn't figure out why Trump's insults have staying power. AOC, for her part, apparently understands that mockery would be more effective against Trump and his minions than hair-on-fire alarmism, but she doesn't understand that the insults are incidental, not integral, to what he says about people.

I think it's because the "elite" left are so invested in identity groups that they can't escape that framing even when they intuit that they need to.; 10/9/25, 3:21 PM
Dave Begley said...: Why didn't Biden and his Secretary of State ever accomplish anything in the Middle East?; 10/9/25, 3:24 PM
Howard said...: Now that the cartels have threatened American tourists in Cabo San Lucas, this opens up a tremendous vacation destination opportunity for Gaza; 10/9/25, 3:31 PM
n.n said...: Gazans and Israelis cheering Trump by name in the streets.

Here's to reconciliation and a pro-Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness future; 10/9/25, 3:38 PM
rehajm said...: You remember that Nate Silver snake graph? The one what told you how left or right a state was? Well if there were a snake graph for Senators Fetterman is the big fat hooded egg right where Joe Manchin used to be…; 10/9/25, 3:38 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: High praise indeed. Does Fetterman still have mental problems?; 10/9/25, 3:48 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Of course all the rightwing idiots now think Fetterman is our friend a "Maverick", even though he votes with Schumer 95 percent of the time.; 10/9/25, 3:49 PM
Howard said...: "Mongo only pawn... in game of life."
"Mongo like candy!"
"Mongo stay with Sheriff Bart. Sheriff Bart first man ever whip Mongo. Mongo impressed. Have deep feelings for Sheriff Bart."; 10/9/25, 3:52 PM
Swifty Quick said...: I'd still take Dr Oz.; 10/9/25, 3:57 PM
n.n said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/9/25, 4:09 PM
Paul said...: Hey.. you hear what Obama said about it.. he said everyone should be 'encouraged and relieved'... I am sure he pondered long to come up with that statement.; 10/9/25, 4:10 PM
n.n said...: A better man with Trump in the left seat. Here's to ending another war., a progressive conflict, and catastrophic anthropogenic climate change.; 10/9/25, 4:13 PM
bagoh20 said...: "Why didn't Biden and his Secretary of State ever accomplish anything in the Middle East?"

Or Obama and his SoS with two terms.

1st term Trump ends Isis and gets the Abraham accords.
2nd term Trump ends Iran's nuclear threat and now this in 8 months.
Pretty stark contrast between Hitler and the Nobel Prize laureate.; 10/9/25, 4:23 PM
Iman said...: “Hey.. you hear what Obama said about it.. he said everyone should be 'encouraged and relieved”

That corksoaker relieved himself all over the USA and advised it was just a Summer shower…; 10/9/25, 4:25 PM
Martha said...: "Anti-Israel lawmakers offer only grudging acknowledgment of hostage end"

Obama neglected to mention Trump or give Trump any credit whatsoever in his X post noting the historic ceasefire:

After two years of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza, we should all be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight; that those hostages still being held will be reunited with their families; and that vital aid can start reaching those inside Gaza whose lives have been shattered. More than that, though, it now
falls on Israelis and Palestinians, with the support of the U.S. and the entire world community, to begin the hard task of rebuilding Gaza – and to commit to a process that, by recognizing the common humanity and basic rights of both peoples, can achieve a lasting peace.; 10/9/25, 4:29 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...: Tony Blair (?!) is going to have more legitimacy as the governor of Gaza ....

to keep Tony honest his encampment should be in Gaza; 10/9/25, 4:32 PM
Jim Gust said...: Peace until the next Hamas invasion. They are only regrouping, and possibly rebranding.; 10/9/25, 4:36 PM
Lazarus said...: Can we? One would hope, but I wouldn't bet on it.; 10/9/25, 4:47 PM
n.n said...: Life is full of recurring conflicts. Trust, verify, awareness, and open communications go along... a long way.; 10/9/25, 5:09 PM
TeaBagHag said...: This is the same dude who MAGAts were mocking for being a brain damaged retard.
NOW he’s all better?; 10/9/25, 5:19 PM
Mary Beth said...: NOW he’s all better?

No, just better than the rest of the Ds.; 10/9/25, 5:24 PM
TeaBagHag said...: So if Kamala sucked a little Donnie D, you’d blow some smoke up her ass too?; 10/9/25, 5:25 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...: did Gazan really get decimated? 1 or more in 10 dead?

AP report yes; 10/9/25, 5:34 PM
narciso said...: those new upgrade chips; 10/9/25, 5:35 PM
buwaya said...: Trump restores Columbus day
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/09/donald-trump-columbus-day-history-indigenous-peoples-day/86603338007/

My comment is the old Trio Los Panchos pan-Hispanic song -
(pan hispanic because its a Cuban style guajira, composed by a Spaniard, and here in its most popular performance, by Mexicans)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gewWwwFSbRE; 10/9/25, 5:35 PM
buwaya said...: "NOW he’s all better?"
I, like Fetterman, just had a stroke. I can testify that modern drugs are wonderful.; 10/9/25, 5:40 PM
TeaBagHag said...: And you sir buwaya, are on good enough drugs that Donnie Dementia seems like the hero we need?; 10/9/25, 5:46 PM
tdocer said...: The peace is temporary. It won't hold. I think if Isael thinks this is real, they are screwed, but maybe they'll take the breather to get stronger in preparation for the next.assult.; 10/9/25, 5:49 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Fascinating... Hitler gets peace for the Jews.
https://babylonbee.com/news/hitler-brings-peace-to-israel; 10/9/25, 5:55 PM
Curious George said...: Fetterman better up security. And make his life insurance payments are up to date.; 10/9/25, 5:59 PM
Jersey Fled said...: “ Why didn't Biden and his Secretary of State ever accomplish anything in the Middle East?”

I forget. Who was Biden’s Secretary of State?; 10/9/25, 6:05 PM
TeaBagHag said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/9/25, 6:10 PM
TeaBagHag said...: Have we accomplished something? Hamas is sure to keep the peace for YEARS, right? That’s their track record.
It only took 40,000 Palestinian children being evaporated to get to this awesome, lasting utopia.; 10/9/25, 6:12 PM
Karen of Texas said...: If anyone is playing End Times Bingo,
the Essenes predicted that the LAST jubilee before the Millenial Reign of the Messiah begins in 2025 and ends in 2075 black out Middle East peace and last jubilee.; 10/9/25, 6:18 PM
buwaya said...: Is he the hero you need? I have no idea. But he is the best you are going to get anytime soon, certainly.
I am not a "sir", Spanish honorifics dont work like that, they have always been more plebian, in form, than the British or the French. Most Spaniards, for one thing, are descendants of the very broad based gentry that were the hidalgos. It is not rare or strange or even notable. Sort of like the Poles in that way.; 10/9/25, 6:24 PM
narciso said...: his coffee fetcher, blinken, although the Dept really deferred to Rob Malley, the Hamas fanboi,; 10/9/25, 6:30 PM
narciso said...: si ingeniero buwaya,; 10/9/25, 6:48 PM
n.n said...: Orange you glad Trump's not a vegetable?; 10/9/25, 6:58 PM
Curious George said...: "TeaBagHag said...
Have we accomplished something? Hamas is sure to keep the peace for YEARS, right? That’s their track record.
It only took 40,000 Palestinian children being evaporated to get to this awesome, lasting utopia."

This asshole would rather have 40,000 more die than for Trump to get praise.; 10/9/25, 7:00 PM
Wa St Blogger said...: It only took 40,000 Palestinian children being evaporated to get to this awesome, lasting utopia.

Maybe Biden should have acted sooner, you know, before the 40,000 you are so concerned about. Or maybe other leaders could have done something, or maybe The Palestinians could have just given those hostages back. Someone had to care, Good thing Trump did. What did you do?; 10/9/25, 7:00 PM
narciso said...: of course they lie at every turn, unwra, takes up the hamas oligarchs script without reservation,; 10/9/25, 7:04 PM
narciso said...: of course his staff was all hamas, so he wouldn't have dared; 10/9/25, 7:05 PM
Beasts of England said...: ’Mongo like peace.’

Thread winner.; 10/9/25, 7:09 PM
Lance said...: Are Hezbollah and Fatah included in the deal? What about Iran and Qatar? China?; 10/9/25, 7:14 PM
Kevin said...: Rest of the Dems rooting for Hamas to screw it up.; 10/9/25, 7:15 PM
Gusty Winds said...: If the Nobel committee wants to kiss Trump's ass and offer him the Peace Prize, he should turn it down. Or pull a Woody Allen or Marlon Brando, and just not show up, or send a Native American proxy.; 10/9/25, 7:40 PM
Iman said...: Orange you glad you're glad you're glad baby
Yes I'm glad so glad I'm that baby
Don't you know you know you know baby
Yes I know I know it's so baby

h/t Jay Ferguson; 10/9/25, 7:51 PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: “or send a Native American proxy.”

Seriously, that’s exactly what I would do in Trump’s shoes. Beyond greatness.; 10/9/25, 8:25 PM
wildswan said...: "hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...
did Gazan really get decimated? 1 or more in 10 dead?
AP report yes
10/9/25, 5:34 PM"

2 million Gazans, I in 10 dead would be 200,000 dead. But Hamas has counted 67,000. Not that I accept its counting since the supposed dead frequently have no name and no place where the person supposedly died. But still, Hamas isn't saying 200,000. It's just the AP being the AP.; 10/9/25, 8:49 PM
Howard said...: The 1/10 Gazans are the total casualties 67K dead and 170K wounded; 10/9/25, 9:04 PM
James K said...: "67K dead and 170K wounded"

Except that those numbers are entirely made up by Hamas, along with TBH's "40,000 children." People believe what they want to believe.; 10/9/25, 9:34 PM
bagoh20 said...: All casualties are the fault of Hamas who started a war by killing innocent unarmed people in the most barbaric ways, and then hiding behind their own people when the inevitable reprisals came . They new what they were doing, and they knew it would result in this, so why is it somehow anyone else's fault?; 10/9/25, 10:02 PM
bagoh20 said...: How many of the casualties cheered the atrocities of October 7th?; 10/9/25, 10:05 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...: @Buwaya
So Was Sebastian D'Anconia in Atlas Shrugged be hidalgo?; 10/9/25, 10:30 PM
PenguinBelly said...: Jokes of the world; 10/9/25, 10:34 PM
buwaya said...: Ayn Rand said nothing about it re S. d'Anconia that I recall. It is a weird name for Spain, geneanet shows nobody. Its a rare one in Italy, almost all from Trapani, Sicily or as one might expect Ancona.; 10/9/25, 10:48 PM
wildswan said...: When you see what a vigorous alert President with a good team can do, you can see what an absolute crime it would have been to elect Kamala and what a crime it was to elect Biden. they were just small dirty politicians and could only do small, dirty, petty deeds. But look at the effect of the Trump doctrine (which is: these two have been fighting each other so long and so hard they no longer know what the fuck they are doing.) So instead of saying, "it's hopeless," Trump and his team go around gathering ideas from various interested parties. That's an obvious move but one which the two fighters and their blind supporters cannot think of or do in their exhaustion.
And look - in the Hostage Square and in Gaza "Their tears have turned into dancing."; 10/9/25, 11:06 PM
n.n said...: Note to Hamasidols and sympathizers: murder, rape-rape, rape, torture-torture, and abduction are investments with large casualties in return. #HateLovesAbortion; 10/9/25, 11:06 PM
Jim at said...: It must drive the left even more insane to witness the object of their vicious hatred - not only trying to make the world a better place by bringing peace - but actually pulling it off.

Achilles runs a bit too hot for my taste, but when he calls you evil people? He's not wrong.

Now, will it hold? Maybe. Maybe not.
But I can guarantee you'll be crowing if it doesn't.

Maybe that should give you pause.; 10/9/25, 11:11 PM
Immanuel Rant said...: Does it seem to anyone else that the same people that had been bitching about not having a cease fire for two year are now, after a ten minute pause, bitching about having a cease fire?

A more cynical person might reflect on that and start wondering about their actual motives and opinions. And by wondering, I mean accept the confirmation of what was already known.; 10/10/25, 7:51 AM
Bunkypotatohead said...: How long til the suicide bombers start up again? 6 months?; 10/10/25, 9:11 PM