"Donald Trump and his minions are having a meltdown. On Saturday, Trump lashed out at the New York Times for an article saying the obvious — that many of his original war goals, whatever they may have been, remain unaccomplished."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/when-hyperglobalization-meets-chaos

"Just an hour later, he posted a threat to commit massive war crimes, saying that if Iran doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours — that is, today — he will order U.S. forces to begin bombing civilian power plants."

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
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"Why the desperation? The answer is obvious. It’s turning out not just that regime change — if that was really the goal — is hard to engineer, but also that the world is a lot more dependent on the Strait of Hormuz than Trump and co. seem to have realized."

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas
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"The belief that Israel and the US could help instigate widespread revolt was a foundational flaw in the preparations for a war that has spread across the Middle East."

Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes, Edward Wong and Ronen Bergman

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #Israel #RegimeChange
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/us/politics/iran-israel-trump-netanyahu-mossad.html