"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
/3

"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
/4

"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
/5

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/us/politics/iran-israel-trump-netanyahu-mossad.html

"Instead of imploding from within, Iran’s govt has dug in and escalated the conflict, striking blows and counterblows against military bases, cities, ships in the Persian Gulf, and against vulnerable oil and gas installations.”

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #Israel #RegimeChange
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"After more than two weeks of consistent bombing, new US intelligence suggests Iran’s regime is now consolidating power, unlikely to collapse, and led by a cadre more extreme than before."

~ Jon Hoffman

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #Israel #RegimeChange
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https://www.cato.org/blog/strategic-failure-iran

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