28 Februrary: US and Israel declared war on Iran. Operation Epic Fury.
No one is clear what the US objectives of this war are.
The Hormuz Straight – all tanker traffic halted. The closure is rattling global markets, sending energy prices soaring and fuelling fears of supply shortages. Markets more dependent are more effected like Sri Lanka, India.
1 April: United States President Donald Trump warned Iran on Wednesday that he would bomb the country “back to the stone ages”.
At the same time Trump’s pet project came to court: ending birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants and temporary visa holders. Trump wants to fundamentally change the definition of who gets to be an American.
At the same time:
He sacks Pam Bondi – it’s all about the narrative. Not going well with the Epstein files let’s put the heat on someone else. Ditto ice and the other horse riding brunette.
Iran, the cradle of civilisation, to be bought back to Stone Age where it belongs says Trump.
Illuminating interview with Christiane Amanpour, who lived though the revolution after we left school as contemporaries (1976).
An allay with Israel and mega player in the Cold War ….
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