“In very small ways, but in real ways, you and me and millions of people like us are the reason this is happening right now.”

~ Edward Helmore quoting Tucker Carlson speaking to his brother

Tucker senses the way the wind is blowing and wants to get the Trump stench off himself before the wind reveals that stench decisively to all and sundry.

#Trump #TuckerCarlson #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #economy #ApprovalRating #MAGA
/20

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/tucker-carlson-regrets-trump-support

"Tucker Carlson said, 'I’ll be tormented for a long time by the fact that I played a role in getting Donald Trump elected. And I want to say that I’m sorry for misleading people.'”

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #TuckerCarlson #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #economy #ApprovalRating #MAGA
/19

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trumps-advisors-worry-about

"This president is so towering in his unpopularity that it makes the 2026 elections even harder to steal than they otherwise would have been. It’s an acidic level of unpopularity that Trump’s party and administration reeeeealllllllly cannot spin away – and boy, is there panic starting to show in some darkly comic and desperate ways."

~ Asawin Suebsaeng

#Trump #Netanyahu #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #economy #ApprovalRating #MAGA
/18

https://zeteo.com/p/trump-is-making-republicans-wet-their

"There’s a reason why no American President in the past 47 years has invaded Iran and engaged in regime change. They knew it would be a colossal disaster with massive blowback. Netanyahu played on Trump’s ignorance and hubris, fluffed his ego, and promised him successful and amazing headlines."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #Netanyahu #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #stupidity #incompetence
/17

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/trump-doubles-down-on-his-iran-war

"The approach Trump has taken, of punching Iran in the nose (decapitating its leadership, destroying its military infrastructure) without landing a knockout blow, and placing himself on the hook politically for all the economic and humanitarian consequences, is not contained in any viable war plan, because it is dumb."

#Trump #Netanyahu #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #stupidity #incompetence
/16

"The idea that Iran would respond to an air campaign or invasion by making passage through the strait impossible (or intolerably risky) has been well understood for decades."

~ Brian Beutler

#Trump #Netanyahu #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #stupidity #incompetence
/15

https://www.offmessage.net/p/trump-iran-humiliation-lessons-democrats

"The next twelve hours are the hinge."

~ Rudy Martinez

#Trump #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz
/14

https://www.restoftheworldreport.com/p/the-rest-of-the-world-report-april-a62

"The Americans show no appreciation for the time, attention to arcane technical detail, tenacity, and hard work it takes to craft even a temporary arrangement."

#Trump #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz
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