#Trump is delusional, completely detached from the reality that #America with the most powerful airforce & navy has suffered a strategic defeat which greatly diminishes its standing in the #Middle-East.
The Fata Morgana of stability & durability in the Arabian part of the #PersianGulf has vanished.
The people of Iran aren’t free. Iran can now charge tolls. The nuclear material sits EXACTLY where it did, in the same amount, since June. The regime is still in place with a younger ayatollah. Iran still was launching missiles, now with more money to rebuild.
Period
He didn't even attempt to negotiate, hilarious.
#Trump is delusional, completely detached from the reality that #America with the most powerful airforce & navy has suffered a strategic defeat which greatly diminishes its standing in the #Middle-East.
The Fata Morgana of stability & durability in the Arabian part of the #PersianGulf has vanished.
Many people who are not you and I made fortunes today because Trump TACO'd and they had advance notice he was going to do so. The often repeated pattern is as unmistakable as the offense itself.
Add this to the list of crimes to be prosecuted in the next Democratic administration.
He still needs to be removed from office. A war powers resolution will not suffice. He circumvented Congress to start the war. He circumvented them on tariffs and appropriations. Why anyone thinks he'd adhere to a Congressional war powers resolution is beyond me.
But what does this already huge #defence budget really deliver to #America, given the fact that a heavily hit #Iran could obtain a strategic win against it & its regional bully #Israel? Inexpensive #drones #swarms (coupled with steely determination) have beaten the world’s biggest #navy & #airforce.
"Can you explain this to a child? If the answer is no, then perhaps we should reconsider whether the thing is worth doing in the first place." benrhodes1.substack.com/p/can-you-ex...
Would you please consider cross-posting more regularly on #BlueSky? I don’t want to miss your insights 👇🏻, but I dearly want to leave the brown #extremeright sewer, that #Twitter has become, completely behind me. Thanks in advance.
"We will not recover our democracy without ending the Forever War and detoxifying our country of the fury that is consuming it." benrhodes1.substack.com/p/enduring-f...
Ben Rhodes' analysis is both obvious and correct.
But what does this already huge #defence budget really deliver to #America, given the fact that a heavily hit #Iran could obtain a strategic win against it & its regional bully #Israel? Inexpensive #drones #swarms (coupled with steely determination) have beaten the world’s biggest #navy & #airforce.
Trump, the war-monger of wars he can't even explain. The military budget Trump proposed today is $1.5 trillion. Adjusted for inflation, that's $260 billion higher than the largest military budget on record. It's not WWII-level military spending; it's parody-level.
Russian satellites made at least 24 surveys of areas in 11 MidEast countries from March 21 -31, covering 46 objects, incl. military bases, airports and oil fields. Within days of being surveyed, some of the sites were targeted by Iran, obviously drawing on data furnished by the Russians.
“I delivered bags of money from Mogilevich to the police chief, and more for Orbán": Former Budapest gang member László Kovács tells all. Kovács insists that Orbán's top law enforcement official worked closely with Russian mobsters closely tied to the Kremlin.
Tim Nichols: "One person familiar with their interactions noted that Trump had a habit of confusing tactical advice from Caine with strategic counsel." Almost as if Trump didn't understand that operational wins do not automatically mean strategic success. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
ZDF is now broadcasting the documentary I prepared with Johannes Hano and David Frum concerning the Russian influence operation targeting Musk, Thiel and other Silicon Valley South Africans, which was personally overseen and run by Vladimir Putin and was deemed hugely successful by the Russians.
The whole power balance in the #Middle-East has shifted. #SaudiArabia & the #GCC countries now know that they can’t trust on the #US for #safety or #deterence & that they must strike a deal with #Iran.
By blindly following #Netanyahu into this reckless war #Trump has suffered a strategic defeat.
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3️⃣ [cont.] down the region for its own nefarious purposes & might finally suffer the diplomatic & economic consequences for being a rogue #Apartheid state.
PS Hopefully the rest of the world now realises that their future economies must be built on #renewables.
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The biggest losers of the war against #Iran are:
1️⃣ The countries on the #Arab peninsula. The illusion of durability, stability & a safe haven for investment is shattered.
2️⃣ #America, which has lost influence after this strategic defeat.
3️⃣ #Israel has now clearly shown that it’s willing to burn
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The whole power balance in the #Middle-East has shifted. #SaudiArabia & the #GCC countries now know that they can’t trust on the #US for #safety or #deterence & that they must strike a deal with #Iran.
By blindly following #Netanyahu into this reckless war #Trump has suffered a strategic defeat.
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#Turkey has big plans for #battery #storage for a #renewable future.
Much bigger than current #EU front runners #Germany & #Italy.
IMHO Ambitions in the #EU must go up, a lot, @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu & @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu!
The Fragility of Gulf States #CounterPunch
Republican majority leaders Thune and Johnson refuse to call back their members for an emergency session in the biggest American crisis of the century.
Minority leaders Schumer and Jeffries should have their members in session right now on the steps of the capitol, if that's what they have to do.