#MissKittyPolitics I will give the #normalizing #headline a pass since the #mocking is pretty good. - The US president’s formidable arsenal cannot summon up an insurrection from #Iran’s tyrannised and leaderless opposition. It cannot force merchant ships to run a gauntlet of missile ...

Trump is being schooled on the...
Trump is being schooled on the limits of US power – but he is a slow learner

Last year it was China’s answer to tariffs, now it’s Iran’s retaliation to airstrikes – ‘America First’ keeps foundering on global economics, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian
... and drone attacks in the strait of Hormuz. The government in #Tehran and the facts of #geography that give it leverage over global trade are unchanged. Trump’s exasperation is showing. He urges tanker crews to “show some guts” by sailing into harm’s way. ...
... He calls on Nato members to provide naval chaperones and accuses them of cowardice and ingratitude for refusing. He comes across as peevish and flustered. #Impotence is #not a #good #look in a potentate.