"An exhausted, aging criminal vulgarian just abused his powerful pulpit to sell a shit sandwich to the American public."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/2

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/a-tired-weak-trump-tries-to-gaslight

"Many people expected Trump to pull the mother of all TACOs, to declare victory and surrender. He did not do that. He declared victory, of course, but he did not actually announce an end to hostilities. On the contrary, he said we’re going to bomb Iran into the Stone Age. So add massive war crimes to your schedule.

There is clearly no strategy here. There’s no endgame. There’s nothing."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/3

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-doesnt-even-have-the-courage

"The president seems lost. Perhaps he should have stayed off the podium, for a bit longer, rather than display how adrift he is to the American public and the world."

~ Tom Nichols

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/4

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/trump-iran-war-speech/686663/

"I think any press person who watched President Trump’s Iran cheer-up session speech on truth serum would have to concede that this was a speech he shouldn’t have given."

~ Josh Marshall

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/5

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-mini-speech

“The reason for this speech is that the opposite of everything Trump was saying was true and it is bad news and he wants to hide it.”

~ David Rothkopf

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/6

https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-is-the-scary-true-reason-why-donald-trump-unleashed-his-torrent-of-lies/

"The idea that he's going to just continue in the same direction and somehow wrap things up in two to three weeks, you know, it's not his decision at this point. Even if he wants to TACO, the Iranians get a say in it."

~ Krystal Ball

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/7

https://www.joyannreid.com/p/trumps-iran-taco-noems-booby-prize

"Oil markets did not find reassurance in the president’s words. Brent crude rose more than 4% to above $105 per barrel in the minutes after Trump finished speaking. Asian markets fell sharply the following morning. Dow futures slid more than 260 points overnight."

~ Rudy Martinez

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #markets #StockMarket
/8

https://www.chicanoinparis.com/p/the-rest-of-the-world-report-april-6ab

"Trump may wind up losing this war and subjecting the United States and the rest of the world to an open-ended, devastating oil shock. ...

No other president could possibly have done this much damage in such a short time. The United States stands alone — more despised and less respected than we have ever been in the modern era."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #markets #StockMarket
/9

https://www.contrariannews.org/p/trump-is-serious-about-accepting