The Madness of the deluded Emperor Donald

• We’re winning more bigly than ever.
• Everyone in the world now respects the US more than ever.
• We’re having difficulty talking to Iranian negotiators, as no one wants the job. They are afraid their own people will kill them. [Great excuse for nil progress].
• Iran has sent me a big beautiful gift but I can’t tell you what it is.

Reality

Trump is losing control and Iran is humiliating him.

Trump insists Iran wants a deal despite its initial rejection; China sees ‘a glimmer of hope’ for talks.

The latest review from The Naked Capitalism

• The mainstream media is starting to acknowledge a potential Iran victory, as Trump flails about readying a ground assault.
• An EU reversal on Russia oil sanctions
• Emergency actions in Asia, even in China.

Tensions in the oil market will persist for months, even in the most optimistic and low-probability scenarios.

Trump’s war exposes the US’s shift from a global guardian to an arbiter of chaos.

Query: Will the USTA ever recover from Trump’s era of domestic and global destruction?

How I wish I could read the history books of 2036. Or even 2031.