Tag: Trump’s War on Iran
Wholedsale Prices Rose 4% in March
4%
“U.S. wholesale prices surged last month as the Iran war drove up the cost of energy,” the AP reports. “The Labor Department reported Tuesday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it hits consumers — rose 0.5% from February and 4% from March 2025. The year-over-year gains was the biggest in more than three years. Energy prices surged 8.5% from February.”
Blockade to Blockade the Blockade
Trump’s war in Iran is over and won, and now we’ve got it made,
But the Strait of Hormuz is still closed, and that’s affecting trade.
So what is Trump’s solution
To a stand-off without resolution?
Why, the United States will just impose an extra double-secret naval blockade.
Hillbilly Diplomacy
The U.S. and Iran met in Islamabad to give peace a chance,
They came out of the meeting looking at each other askance.
The meeting did no good,
And further soured the mood,
But what could you expect after meeting for 21 hours with JD Vance.
Consumer Confidence Hits New Low
47.6
“Consumer confidence plunged to a record low in April as fears mounted over rising energy prices and the broader impact of the Iran war, according to a University of Michigan survey Friday,” CNBC reports.“The university’s headline index of consumer sentiment tumbled to 47.6, down 10.7% from March to its lowest on record. Current conditions and expectations indexes also saw double-digit monthly declines.”
We Lost the War
“So the world’s greatest military power went to war with a poor, medievalist theocracy. It was an incredibly uneven match … Yet Iran won. The Iranian regime has emerged far stronger than it was before, controlling the Strait of Hormuz and having demonstrated its ability to inflict damage on both its neighbors and the world economy. The U.S. has emerged far weaker, having demonstrated the limitations of its military technology, its strategic ineptitude and, when push comes to shove, its cowardice. … We’ve also destroyed our moral credibility: Trump may have TACOed at the last minute, but he threatened to commit gigantic war crimes — and for all practical purposes our political and civil institutions gave him permission to do so.”
— Paul Krugman
Schumer Calls It
“Trump is a military moron.”
— Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), quoted by the Wall Street Journal.
The Cessation Question
It’s been five weeks, yet the Iran War is still transpiring,
And Trump’s deadline capitulation was anything but inspiring.
And though it came down to the wire,
Pakistan has brokered a cease-fire,
So now that a cease-fire’s in place, when will they cease firing?
The Murder of Iran
Let’s face it — Donald Trump is not fighting the Good Fight,
He’s squandering America’s world stature and military might.
Because he had no foresight or plan,
He’s taking out his frustrations on Iran,
Where, Trump says, a “whole civilization will die tonight.“
