Trump posted this on his social media platform yesterday: I am not sure whether he was trying to prove that he is deranged, deluded, in
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This war will last for decades
Angry Confused Perplexed Bewildered Resentful Frightened Grief Lost Vengeful What would you feel if a foreign government was illegally bombing your home, or was ordering
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The axis of evil
Politico noted last night: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday joined a growing European backlash against the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. The
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The consequences of war
As the Washington Post has noted this morning of US economic data: Friday’s job numbers brought evidence suggesting that the gloomy types accurately saw weakness
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The real cost of war
These were the headlines in a FT newsletter this morning: It is the ordering of these headlines that I find interesting. Financial markets come first.
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A financial crash might now be the least of our worries
As the Financial Times warned in its editorial on Saturday, world financial markets have so far not taken sufficient account of the threat that the
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The Bored of Peace
The so- called ‘ Board of Peace’ is currently waging war with: Iran Lebanon Ecuador Venezuela Cuba This has provoked responses involving: Saudi Arabia Iraq
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Will Middle East war trigger economic shock?
The conflict in the Middle East is not just a military crisis. It is rapidly becoming a global economic shock. With the Strait of Hormuz
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How long can Trump keep this going?
This data comes from the really useful US-based Strength in Numbers Substack. It shows all opinion poll results in the USA in the last week
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