The coming crisis

Posted on March 6 2026

This was posted by Steven Swinford of The Times this morning:

The coming economic crisis from this war looks like it will be bigger and last longer than I feared.

The ramifications of Trump and Netanyahu's fascism are going to hit people very hard.

This might go down as one of the biggest chosen disasters the world has ever seen, and I may be understating that argument.

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Cliff B says:

March 6 2026 at 6:33 pm

It’s time to get the Amber Book out.

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Uneducated American says:

March 6 2026 at 6:34 pm

As I have commented elsewhere, I believe serious negative impacts to the US economy are the only way that a significant number of Trump supports will abandon him. For unknown reasons, they see him as some sort of economic guru, a man with a golden touch. The only way for reality to reach them is for it to slap them in the face. It’s unfortunate that you and the rest of the world will have to suffer along with us.

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How long can Trump keep this going? says:

March 6 2026 at 7:00 pm

[…] he needs, with that time horizon getting much shorter as the economic impact of the war hits US consumers and […]

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