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“Just sit back and relax. It will all work out well in the end – It always does!”
Wise words from Donald Trump, whose advice echoes the famous quote “Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.”
That popular saying has been misattributed to Oscar Wilde, John Lennon and Paulo Coelho. In reality, it first appeared in the 1988 book “O tabuleiro de damas” (“The Checkerboard”), by Brazilian writer and journalist Fernando Sabino.
A sentiment of hope to live by, but context matters, especially when the world is waiting for a deal regarding the ongoing Iran war, which continues to hike up fuel and cost of living prices – not only in the US but the world over.
Trump’s words were reposted by the official White House account along with the words: “TRUST IN TRUMP”.
The post has gone viral, and it has not inspired hope or calm.
Many have not taken kindly to the “sit back and relax” approach, nor to a previous post by Trump suggesting once again that “Iran really wants to make a deal” and that his critics, who he labelled “political hacks”, keep “negatively ‘chirping’”.
“We’ve entered the Hallmark card phase of Trump policy articulation,” one person commented, while another wrote: “Insane messaging from the official White House account telling Americans that can’t afford groceries and rent while paying $4.50 a gallon for gas to ‘just sit back and relax’ smh.”
Check out some of the reactions below:
Others online have pointed out that Trump has posted the same Truth Social post on Iran three times at different intervals.
First shared on 18 May, it reads: “If Iran surrenders, admits their Navy is gone and resting at the bottom of the sea, and their Air Force is no longer with us, and if their entire Military walks out of Tehran, weapons dropped and hands held high, each shouting “I surrender, I surrender” while wildly waving the representative White Flag, and if their entire remaining Leadership signs all necessary “Documents of Surrender,” and admit their defeat to the great power and force of the magnificent U.S.A., The Failing New York Times, The China Street Journal (WSJ!), Corrupt and now Irrelevant CNN, and all other members of the Fake News Media, will headline that Iran had a Masterful and Brilliant Victory over The United States of America, it wasn’t even close. The Dumacrats and Media have totally lost their way. They have gone absolutely CRAZY!!!”
The exact same post was then published on 26 May, and then again today (2 June).
“Grandpa is out of material,” commented Republicans Against Trump.