An optimistic Trump, however, regards energy price rises and financial market volatility as temporary, just as he seemed rather circumspect about “some people may die,” so long as the US keeps winning, even as Iranians stood their ground and did not roll over.
The scenario of the 1997 film Wag The Dog, suggested by this column in Issue 1229, has arrived. With “fake” popularity polls slipping, and the MAGA base not letting the Epstein files go away quietly, rising job losses and the unfavourable ruling on tariffs by the Supreme Court,
President Donald Trump has unleashed the dogs of war — military action — in the Middle East. As he grabs more headlines, long-suffering US consumers will be facing more economic woes as energy costs rise.
