"At a press conference on Monday evening, President Trump said his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was one of a handful of top advisers who convinced him to launch major combat operations in Iran. The disclosure raises additional questions about the role of Kushner, who is being paid tens of millions of dollars annually by Middle Eastern governments that were reportedly lobbying Trump to attack Iran."
~ Judd Legum
"Everything I was taught, everything I came to believe has more or less been turned upside down. Politicalization of intelligence, the notion that there is no national interest today. It's now been conflated and completely subordinated to Donald Trump's personal whims, fancies, his financial interests, the amount of self-dealing. He's deployed his son-in-law and his best friend."
~ Aaron David Miller
#Trump #Iran #war #JaredKushner
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https://www.contrariannews.org/p/why-donald-trump-went-to-war
'Everything I was taught, everything I came to believe, has more or less been turned upside down'
"Trump started a war just because he thought he could — without asking Congress for authorization or building any public consent.
It’s one of the most irresponsible decisions made by a U.S. president in modern history."
~ Dan Pfeiffer
https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/no-democrat-should-give-trump-a-blank
"Trump’s war against Iran is uniquely unpopular among US military actions of the past century."
~ Charles Walldorf
"So far, polls have found that most Americans oppose the Iran attacks. Support ranges from 27 percent in a Reuters/Ipsos poll to 50 percent in a Fox News poll. The wide variation suggests that public opinion is still taking shape as more Americans learn details of the attacks and the aftermath."
~ Lily Boyce and Ruth Igielnik
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/politics/polls-wars-us-support.html
"Public opinion will quickly whiplash Trump. The first $100 tank of gas will be a shock. The second may be a financial crisis for many Americans. And the third will have Americans demanding that Trump stop the war now—something easier said than done, and something that Trump failed to consider when he gave the order to start the war."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/trump-steps-into-a-minefield-with
"Oil commodities have fallen and the stock market has risen, as Wall Street believes that Trump’s Iran 'excursion' is short lived. But the problem is, Trump's word means nothing."
~ Emily Singer
@wdlindsy Wall St doesn't believe anything. Somebody was dumb enough to put money on the table and Wall St did what it does and consumed that money.
It's not like it's going to disgorge the gains if the bet doesn't pan out.
William Lindsey 
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