Seven in 10 Americans opposed strikes in Iran and Trump made no effort to persuade them otherwise (via Bloomberg Opinion) bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

BREAKING: Congressman Thomas Massie says bombing a country on the other side of the globe won’t make the Epstein files go away.

Americans overwhelmingly oppose Trump's Iran war, brutal poll reveals trib.al/77wy3SM

The strong vibe I'm getting is that they know this isn't going according to plan and are completely at a loss as to what to do about that.

The Kingdom of #Saudi Arabia has been consistent in supporting diplomatic efforts to reach a credible deal with Iran. At no point in all our communication with the Trump Administration did we lobby the President to adopt a different policy.

In a hot war China would divert a huge % of their industrial might fully towards armaments. They’d be cranking out multiples of Iran’s entire arsenal in day and shut down all RE exports Westerners who think they can match this as their militaries sweat Iran are clinically insane

Incidentally, it's now quite clear that the US stands ~zero chance of winning a war with China over Taiwan. The current war with Iran has already been useful in so far as it answered this question, and hopefully appropriate conclusions will be drawn from it.

Saudi Arabia has denied claims that it lobbied US President Donald Trump to launch military strikes against Iran, calling recent reports suggesting otherwise false saudigazette.com.sa/article/659343…

IRGC issues a statement saying that the tenth wave of "True Promise 4" was launched, involving the "Kheibar missile" for the first time. The IRGC asks all citizens of Israel to leave the country immediately

Saudi official to Al Jazeera: America has abandoned us, and focused its defense systems on protecting Israel, leaving the Gulf states that host its military bases at the mercy of Iranian missiles and drones.

The reputational damage alone is insane. The US cannot protect the countries it puts bases in & it can't even protect its own bases. Iran essentially doesnt even have an airforce & they are getting direct hits on embassies & military bases at will.

What the Gulf states are learning now—and what the Europeans will soon learn—is the danger of being frontline states for a declining hegemon. During the post–Cold War hegemonic era, the US was the only game in town, and the alliance system was a source of security. As the hegemon

JUST IN: 🇸🇦🇺🇸 Saudi official says "United States abandoned us & redirected its air defense to protect Israel." "They left all the Gulf states that host American military bases at the mercy of Iranian strikes."

The EU has reached a "panic moment" as not all member states have sufficient energy reserves...a leading energy analyst says the EU is likely to increase energy imports from Russia - POLITICO

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