THE GUARDIAN: t had been possible to observe this presidency in abstract terms, but no more. The consequences of the Iran attack will affect our lives and our politics
Nothing has changed. Yet. But we stand on the edge of inevitable economic cataclysm, such as not seen in our lifetimes. It’s an odd, hold-your-breath moment, waiting for what the International Energy Agency (IEA) says is now certain to happen: an energy crisis so critical it will be the equivalent of the two oil crises in 1973 and 1979 and Russia’s 2022 full invasion of Ukraine, put together.
The IEA says it’s already too late to prevent this impending energy crisis. President Donald Trump has swerved the Armageddon destruction of oil and gas facilities threatening the entire Middle East, but too late. The deep recession, probably depression, that his war has caused is heading around the globe. Britain will be hard hit.
Trump calls on the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow their religious dictatorship. The rest of the world is willing the American people to rise up – progressives, Magas and stock marketeers alike – against their wildly out-of-control president who has no exit strategy because he never had an entry purpose. This world-changing conflagration will cost his citizens dear and they need to frighten him out of war: unpopularity is all he fears.
Old allies will never again trust the US after its people elected not once but twice this most unfit, mindlessly dangerous man. “Leader of the free world”? We will never view US presidents that way again, after Trump’s preference for Putin, lifting sanctions on Russian oil, betraying Ukraine, detesting Europe and trashing all the international order it stands for. The attorney general, Richard Hermer’s, speech this evening will stand up for law against Trumpian lawlessness. » | Polly Toynbee | Monday, March 23, 2026
I despise Trump. You should despise him too. He is mean, vengeful, corrupt, cruel, and a blowhard, and much else besides. He is causing misery and suffering throughout the world. How many people would be alive today had Americans not been so stupid as to re-elect this douchebag? I look forward to the day when the world will be well rid of him. — © Mark Alexander
