Trump's War on Iran Archives - Page 7 of 9

On Hormuz, Shoes and News

March 13, 2026March 23, 2026 Buck Banks

While Iran is closing down the Straits of Hormuz,
Trump’s buying cabinet members Florsheim shoes.
He’s not focused on the war,
But he’s on top of the decor,
Would someone please make Trump watch something besides Fox News?

Inside the Bubble with Donald

March 12, 2026 Buck Banks

“The Straits are in great shape!”

— President Trump, speaking to reporters.

Over Half Oppose Trump’s War on Iran

March 10, 2026 Buck Banks

53%

A new Quinnipiac poll finds 53% of voters oppose the U.S. military action against Iran, while 40% support it. Sixty-two percent of voters think the Trump administration has not provided a clear explanation of the reasons behind the United States’ military action against Iran, while 35 percent think the Trump administration has provided a clear explanation.

U.S. Spent $5.6 Billion in First Two Days of Iran War

March 10, 2026 Buck Banks

$5.6 billion

“The Pentagon burned through $5.6 billion worth of munitions during the first two days of its military assault on Iran, a figure that underscores the deepening alarm among some on Capitol Hill over the speed at which U.S. forces have eaten into the scarce supply of America’s most advanced weaponry,” the Washington Post reports.

War, the Authoritarian’s Friend

March 10, 2026 Buck Banks

“A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else. We mustn’t let this war do so.”

— Robert Reich

Readily Replaceable Ayatollahs

March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 Buck Banks

When it comes down to hardball, Iran does not play,
They showed the world the Muslim clerics still hold sway.
Trump wanted to change the regime,
But what does that really mean,
When all he did was trade one Khamenei for another Khamenei?

Prepare for $5 Per Gallon Gas

March 9, 2026 Buck Banks

$5.00

Nate Silver: “According to the AAA, average retail gas prices in the U.S. are now $3.45 per gallon, up about 50 cents from a week ago. However, the problems are likely to worsen significantly as supply chains are disrupted. Traders at Polymarket anticipate that the most likely range for gas prices to land by the end of March is between $4.50 and $5.00. And although there’s a wide range of uncertainty, there’s a 41 percent chance they exceed $5.00 by the end of the month.”

Curbing the Kurds

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 Buck Banks

After a short week of bombing — BOOM! — Iran Problem solved!
Then Iran attacked everybody, now it’s too big to be resolved.
But Trump wants to keep the Kurds in Iraq,
To prevent a strategic flank attack.
Said Trump: “This war’s complicated enough without getting the Kurds involved.”

Creating a ‘Toxic Problem’ for the Midterms

March 9, 2026 Buck Banks

“If you combine an economy that people don’t like with a prolonged war that you know nobody in his base believes they voted for, that’s a toxic problem.”

— A Trump ally, quoted by Politico.

Oil Prices May Set New High

March 9, 2026 Buck Banks

$100

“U.S. oil futures have followed their biggest weekly rise ever by surging as much as 20% in Sunday evening trading, vaulting above $100 a barrel for the first time since war in Europe rattled energy markets in 2022,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Tag: Trump’s War on Iran

On Hormuz, Shoes and News

Inside the Bubble with Donald

“The Straits are in great shape!”

— President Trump, speaking to reporters.

Over Half Oppose Trump’s War on Iran

53%

U.S. Spent $5.6 Billion in First Two Days of Iran War

$5.6 billion

War, the Authoritarian’s Friend

— Robert Reich

Readily Replaceable Ayatollahs

Prepare for $5 Per Gallon Gas

$5.00

Curbing the Kurds

Creating a ‘Toxic Problem’ for the Midterms

“If you combine an economy that people don’t like with a prolonged war that you know nobody in his base believes they voted for, that’s a toxic problem.”

— A Trump ally, quoted by Politico.

Oil Prices May Set New High

$100

“U.S. oil futures have followed their biggest weekly rise ever by surging as much as 20% in Sunday evening trading, vaulting above $100 a barrel for the first time since war in Europe rattled energy markets in 2022,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”