#Stupidity, #greed, lack of foresight, and a gas-powered supercharger ( #trump)

Alex Daniel: ‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance.

#EV
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/21/west-carmakers-retreat-electric-vehicle-risks-irrelevance-iran-war-evs-china

‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance

Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as Chinese have done, experts say

The Guardian

#Satire #Humor #Hegseth #Stupidity #alt

BOROWITZ REPORT 3/20/26
Hegseth Bans Microphones at Pentagon After Press Briefings Make Him Sound Like Idiot

Trump's latest foray condemned for heaping even more pain on rural America Have farmers said "Thank you"? Even once?! #FAFO #fascism #adventurism #stupidity #greed #consequences www.rawstory.com/trump-farm-w...

Trump's latest foray condemned...
Trump's latest foray condemned for heaping even more pain on rural America

Farmers across the country warned they cannot survive for much longer as the Iran war worsens the fuel and fertilizer stocks. Industry experts said that already tight profit margins are being eaten into as a result of Donald Trump's strikes on the Middle Eastern country, and there does not appear to...

Raw Story

Noting that Trump shrugs off the cost of his war as "a small price to pay to make sure that we stay tippy-top," Steven Beschloss quotes F. Scott Fitzgerald:

"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, & let other people clean up the mess they had made."

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #stupidity #oil #gas #economy
/11

https://www.americaamerica.news/p/the-deadly-danger-of-careless-people

The Deadly Danger of Careless People

Now they want $200 billion more for their reckless adventures

America, America

"The U.S. war with Iran has likely cost tens of billions of dollars, with early Pentagon estimates putting spending at over $11 billion in just the first week and roughly $1 billion per day, meaning total costs could plausibly approach or exceed $25 billion as the conflict continues, though no official cumulative figure has been confirmed."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #stupidity #oil #gas #economy
/10

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/thursday-night-update-more-major

Thursday Night Update: More Major Epstein News, UN Makes Possible War Crimes Allegations, No End in Sight for DHS Shutdown

Good evening everyone.

The Parnas Perspective

"Destroying fuel-producing infrastructure is fundamentally different from temporarily blocking a fuel transit passageway. When infrastructure is gone, it’s gone. It could take years to rebuild."

~ Catherine Rampell

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #stupidity #oil #gas #economy
/9

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/global-recession-worst-case-economic-outcome-of-trump-iran-war

The Worst-Case Economic Outcome of Trump’s Iran War

Oil shocks don’t only raise prices. They also destroy growth and jobs.

The Bulwark

"Trump has been flirting with the idea of using nuclear weapons since he ran for office in 2016. ...

Trump would just love to lob a couple of nukes at Iran, but there is the not-terribly-small problem of world markets. Oil at $200 a barrel? Gas at $8 to $10 a gallon? Mortgage rates through the roof of houses not being built?

World depression, anybody?"

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #stupidity #NuclearWeapons
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https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/greed-is-the-only-thing-keeping-trump

Greed is the only thing keeping Trump from dropping a nuke on Iran

Trump has been flirting with the idea of using nuclear weapons since he ran for office in 2016.

Lucian Truscott Newsletter

"Trump/Hegseth/Carr’s focus on media coverage suggests that the problem in Iran isn’t the ill-conceived war, the destruction, the economic fallout, or the impending humanitarian disaster Trump single-handedly created. The war, for them, is all theatrics and spin."

~ Sabrina Haake

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #stupidity #media
/7

https://sabrinahaake.substack.com/p/corrupt-and-unpatriotic-news-coverage

"Corrupt and unpatriotic" news coverage

After WWII showcased the horrors of unchecked aggression, “War Departments” in the free world became “Departments of Defense.” Following the deaths of 60 million people, leaders of democratic nations embraced a shift from offensive victory to integrated deterrence

The Haake Take
Trump's Iran Escalation Trap Recalls LBJ And Vietnam

Donald Trump, Lyndon Johnson, and wars we can’t win

The Big Picture

"Stephen Miller on Fox: 'President Trump was aware of and has calculated through every permutation and every degree of strategy.'”

~ Ron Filipkowski

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #stupidity
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-331-31926

Today in Politics, Bulletin 331. 3/19/26

… Trump during his meeting with Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi in the Oval Office: Q - “Why didn't you tell allies about the war before attacking Iran?

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