Mastodawn

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iran-war-us-deal-trump-middle-east-tensions-b2944457.html

Trump’s dodgy dealmakers may end this war faster than anyone expects

Both Washington and Tehran know they cannot win this conflict outright – and that shared reality may force a deal neither side wants but desperately need, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent

Sean O’Grady 1d ago

Is the war over? https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-failing-iran-u-turn-power-plants-b2943807.html

Americans must be sick of U-turns from Donald Trump, President Flip-flop

By night one way, by day another, the most powerful man in the world’s inability to stick to a decision in Iran – or indeed on anything – looks less like strategy and more like panic, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent

Sean O’Grady 2d ago

Worst president ever. NOT EVEN CLOSE!!
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/donald-trump-iran-straits-hormuz-uk-iran-war-b2942835.html

Iran has figured out exactly how to play off President Trump against his allies

Editorial: The mullahs of Iran, like the North Vietnamese communists and the Taliban before them, know that they cannot beat a superpower in conventional warfare – and despite vast military losses, the regime’s economic onslaught has plunged the planet into crisis

The Independent

Sean O’Grady 4d ago

Trump - what a loser! https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/donald-trump-iran-straits-hormuz-uk-iran-war-b2942835.html

Iran has figured out exactly how to play off President Trump against his allies

The Independent

Sean O’Grady 5d ago

Trump should cut his losses https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/president-trump-nato-pete-hegseth-victory-iran-b2942046.html

President Trump must bring Israel into line and declare his Iran victory now

Editorial: Instead of his lackeys railing against ‘ungrateful’ allies, the US president must get a deal to de-escalate with Iran on the table now before he completely loses control of events

The Independent

Sean O’Grady 5d ago

Can we still trust in TACO?
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/taco-trump-always-chickens-out-iran-war-b2941717.html

Donald Trump is now trapped in a war even he can’t chicken out of

The president is supposed to be a good enough businessman to know when to cut his losses and call it quits – he should go back to making America great again while he has the chance, writes Sean O’Grady

The Independent

Sean O’Grady Mar 16

Turns out America needs its allies after all…
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/britain-iran-us-gulf-oil-warships-b2938843.html

Britain now has a chance to influence the direction of the war on Iran

Editorial: Donald Trump’s about-turn on UK assistance in Iran presents Keir Starmer with an opportunity to try to temper the West’s actions

The Independent

Sean O’Grady Mar 15

How to pay for our next war?
https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/voices/war-bonds-defence-spending-patriotic-britain-b2937867.html

War bonds are back – but is today’s Britain patriotic enough to support them?

If each of the UK’s 28 million households lent £1,000 to the government, that would raise £28bn – the exact sum cited as the current defence budget shortfall. But there’s a good reason why Britons won’t take kindly to being asked to cough up for another destroyer, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent

Sean O’Grady Mar 13

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/russia-oil-tankers-trump-putin-embargo-economic-collapse-b2937920.html

Once again, Trump has put Putin before the west

By lifting sanctions on Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers, the US president has brought Moscow back from the brink of economic ruin, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent

Sean O’Grady Mar 11

What’s in the Mandelson Files? https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mandelson-files-epstein-emails-labour-trump-starmer-uk-politics-b2936268.html

Are the Mandelson Files being redacted to spare Starmer’s Trump blushes?

The PM’s fractured relationship with the White House is already on the brink of breakdown – the last thing he needs is the public release of any embarrassing emails that might reveal what he really thinks of the US president, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent