Trump has lost the war in Iran – nukes or surrender are his only options now
Trump’s escalation with Iran may have achieved the exact opposite of what Washington and Israel wanted. Strengthening the regime while risking global economic chaos.
Trump’s escalation with Iran may have achieved the exact opposite of what Washington and Israel wanted. Strengthening the regime while risking global economic chaos.

For 40 years US war planners warned attacking Iran would trigger economic chaos, regional war and humanitarian catastrophe. Trump ignored all of it, and now the world may pay the price.
Trump says Iran is broken. The CIA reportedly says otherwise. If Tehran still holds most of its missile stockpile and can survive months of blockade, this war may be entering its most dangerous phase.

A fertiliser shock from the Iran conflict combined with a severe El Niño event could create the conditions for a catastrophic global famine.
The real danger from the Iran conflict may no longer be military defeat, but global economic collapse, fertiliser shortages and food insecurity spreading worldwide.

The biggest danger from the Iran conflict may not be oil prices, it may be the collapse of global food supply chains feeding billions of people.

The Iran conflict may be about to hit your supermarket bill. Fertiliser shortages, drought and collapsing crop economics are forming a dangerous global storm.

Winston smells blood. Luxon looks weaker by the day. And as the economy slides deeper into crisis, the coalition’s civil war is becoming impossible to hide.

Winston Peters is tearing chunks out of National while Luxon looks too weak to stop him. The question now is whether this coalition crisis is entirely deliberate.
New Zealanders are asking how a Prime Minister who talks about values and honour could allegedly support tactics many view as immoral and indefensible.