Oil prices are soaring, but Trump is downplaying the need to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
https://misryoum.com/us/canada-news/oil-prices-are-soaring-but-trump-is-downplaying/
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices have soared in the week since the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran, but President Donald Trump on Saturday downplayed the idea of turning to America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ease...
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— Downplaying early warning signs (‘It’s probably nothing’)
— Avoiding incident acknowledgment (‘Let’s wait and see’)
— Redirecting blame to tools or users (‘The logs must be wrong’)
— Ignoring escalation pathways
— Delaying communication to leadership or stakeholders Denial is a defense...
https://medium.com/readers-club/the-psychology-of-denial-in-breaches-9fa0f44846e5
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A quotation from Euripides:
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I ne’er insulted the calamities
Of those who were unfortunate, because
I fear’d that I myself might also suffer.
[μή μοι προτείνων ἐλπίδ᾽ ἐξάγου δάκρυ. γένοιτο τἂν πόλλ’ ὧν δόκησις οὐκ ἔνι.]
»
Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/euripides/55599/
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I ne'er insulted the calamities Of those who were unfortunate, because I fear'd that I myself might also suffer. [μή μοι προτείνων ἐλπίδ᾽ ἐξάγου δάκρυ. γένοιτο τἂν πόλλ’ ὧν δόκησις οὐκ ἔνι.] (Source (Greek)). Alternate translation: I never treated the troubles of the unfortunate insultingly, through fear of suffering them…