"Donald Trump is lost in his fog of war. ...

The belief that coherent sense can be made out of Trump’s shuffling words is a weakness of the rational mind that refuses to accept the impulses of the inveterate demagogue for what they are."

~ Sidney Blumenthal

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman
/2

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/14/trump-iran-vietnam

"Searching for reason in the jungle of Trump’s tales may compel hopelessly sensible people to superimpose logic where there is none in order to satisfy the need for some semblance of soundness."

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman
/3

"'Mr President,' said a reporter. 'You’ve said the war is "very complete" but your defence secretary says, "This is just the beginning". So which is it?' Donald Trump’s eyes darted left and right then down. 'Well, I think you could say both,' he parried."

~ David Smith

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman
/4

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/14/trump-iran-war-chaos

"The confusing answer at a press conference in Doral, Florida this week did not befit a wartime leader armed with stirring rhetoric and a lucid plan. ... as the conflict with Iran enters its third week, impacting nearly every corner of the Middle East and causing economic tremors around the world, Trump has emerged as America’s commander-in-chaos."

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman
/5

"The picture of the shoes did it for me. Just look at this group of clowns. They’re clowns performing for a ringmaster. Supposedly Trump would just guess their shoe sizes. And if he guessed the wrong size, they didn’t have enough courage to actually get a pair of shoes that fit. They’re wearing shoes because Trump guessed the wrong size. That is a sign of mental illness, I think."

~ Phillips O'Brien

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #strongman
/6

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/phillips-obrien-on-iran

"Yeah. Brings new meaning to the cliché: 'If the shoe fits, wear it.'

So on that note—God help us all."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #strongman
/7

"As his approval ratings slide amid growing discontent over his unpopular war in Iran, the President is looking at multiple ways to subvert the mid-term elections, reports Owen Bennett-Jones."

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #strongman #elections
/8

https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/trump-when-you-think-of-it-we-shouldnt

"During a discussion hosted by Senator Bernie Sanders, Iranian journalist and analyst Negar Mortazavi criticized what she described as uneven coverage of the conflict in the United States media.

'Mainstream media is not covering this objectively enough.'"

~ Brian Karem

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #school #children #Minab #girls #media
/9

https://www.marytrump.org/p/the-daily-wrap-up-6d6

"'The way Iranian children killed in an elementary school are covered is very different than if another country had done the same thing. The dehumanization of societies is what eventually leads to these wars.'"

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #school #children #Minab #girls #media
/10

"WaPo: 'The Trump admin temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil shipments in an effort to calm markets and stem the economic fallout from its war on Iran, which has sent crude prices spiraling upward. This allows Russia to begin selling some 128 million barrels of oil that are estimated to have already been loaded onto tankers previously facing restrictions from the US.'”

~ Ron Filipkowski

#Trump #Iran #war #Putin #Russia #oil #gas
/11

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-327-31326

"'On Thursday, futures for Brent crude oil closed at just above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022. The move will provide a huge financial boost to Russia, which experts say has already been receiving about $150 million per day from increased oil sales since the US attacked Iran two weeks ago. The lifting of the sanctions positions Putin as one of the biggest beneficiaries Trump’s war on Iran.'”

#Trump #Iran #war #Putin #Russia #oil #gas
/12

"According to Gas Buddy, the national average price for a gallon of regular gas is now up to $3.59 a gallon. This is a 62-cent jump from February 28th.

Largest oil disruption ever in history.

Brent is up 12.5% right now. That is up to 104.30. Crude oil is up 12%."

~ David Shuster

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #economy #prices #affordability
/13

https://www.blueamp.co/p/shusters-weekly-wrap-up-trumps-iran

"The Epstein Class is laughing all the way to the bank, drinking our tears as sugar for their expensive coffee. ... As we die and suffer, they laugh and make money off of AI, Crypto, and war."

~ Wajahat Ali

W. Ali points to recent statements of Palantir CEO (and Peter Thiel best bud) featured in the image below.

#Trump #Iran #war #EconomicElites #EpsteinClass #billionaires #TechBros #broligarchy #Palantir #PeterThiel #AlexKarp #crypto #AI
/14

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-epstein-class-is-creating-world

"Pope Leo suggested on Friday that Christian political leaders who start wars should go to ​confession & assess whether they are following the teachings ‌of Jesus, without naming any specific leaders or conflicts.

'Do those Christians who bear grave responsibility in armed conflicts have the humility & courage ​to make a serious examination of conscience and to ​go to confession?' the pope asked in a speech ⁠to priests."

~ Joshua McElwee

#PopeLeo #war #morality
/15

https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-leo-says-christians-who-start-wars-should-go-confession-2026-03-13/

"Wars are not decided by social media posts or gut feelings. They are decided by logistics, strategy, alliances, and political resolve. Right now, the world is watching a conflict expand across multiple regions while the person in charge of the United States is posting fantasies about imaginary naval coalitions and claiming total victory over an enemy that is clearly still fighting."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #strongman
/16

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/important-saturday-news-updates-31425

"The president did unveil a new purported justification for the war today in his rambling press conference at his golf thing.

He said, quote:

'We’re doing this for the other parts of the world.”

We’re doing this for the other parts of the world.'

It’s actually hard to argue with that one. That one might actually be true."

~ Rachel Maddow

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #insanity #oil #gas #economy #EnergyCrisis #agriculture #fertilizer #food
/17

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/03/10/maddow_russia_giving_iran_advanced_targeting_information_trump_giving_russia_sanctions_relief.html

"The Wall Street Journal is now describing this as the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.

CNBC calls it the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

Saudi Arabia has now cut its production of oil.

Iraq’s production of oil is down to less than one-third what it was before Trump started this war."

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #insanity #oil #gas #economy #EnergyCrisis #agriculture #fertilizer #food
/18

"In Qatar and Kuwait and Bahrain, major energy companies have declared force majeure—which basically means they’re saying, hey, act of God, outside our control.

We can no longer be held to any contracts we previously signed.

As they all radically scale down their oil and gas production.

And it’s not only fuel—it’s also food."

#Trump #Iran #war #madness #insanity #oil #gas #economy #EnergyCrisis #agriculture #fertilizer #food
/19

@wdlindsy

"Act of God" ? No, act of Trump 😏