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"The evident fact, though, is that Trump is completely nuts, and that he’s 'governing' the country — and has now taken the US to war — based on his impulses alone, without even the pretense of a strategy or goal."
#Trump #Iran #war #economy #EconomicElites #oligarchy #oil #gas
/6
"He governs the country by a kind of manic coaxing which is at war with short-term memory and thrives on the ability to keep as many people fixated on the super dramatic crisis of the moment without remembering that it was preceded by an endless litany of other crises with similar branding."
~ Josh Marshall
#Trump #Iran #war #economy #EconomicElites #oligarchy #oil #gas
/7
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/borderline-personality-trump-and-the-uses-of-press-myopia
"I suspect that Trump may realize deep down that his exercise in epic fury is nuts."
~ William Kristol
#Trump #Iran #war #economy #EconomicElites #oligarchy #oil #gas
/8
"In the run-up to launching this regional bloodbath, Trump’s advisers 'fully briefed and prepped' him on how Iran’s government would likely respond by acting to explode oil prices – and damage the markets and our economy – if he went ahead with the war. Trump privately downplayed those warnings. Then he did it anyway."
~ Asawin Suebsaeng
#Trump #Iran #war #economy #EconomicElites #oligarchy #oil #gas
/9
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