In a War of Words, Trump Always Defeats Himself
The public started out opposing the conflict in Iran. That will be a problem if things go south.
ET
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
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My guess is that this regime will break only from the top, which will be a process that will start only after there is a cease-fire. The best that the Trump-Netanyahu bombs-away strategy can do is start that process; just tilting Iran onto a better track where it is less of a threat to its own people and neighbors would be a significant achievement. The worst the strategy can do is so devastate Iran with endless aerial bombardments that it becomes ungovernable for anyone. That would be a disaster of incalculable proportions.
The U.S.-Israeli war in Iran risks redirecting world attention away from the war in Ukraine. But it has also given Kyiv an opportunity to use its hard-won expertise and advanced technology on a new front. The country has eagerly offered to help U.S. forces and their Middle Eastern allies defend against the sorts of Iranian-designed attack drones that Russia has been using in Ukraine for years.
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Sunday, March 8, 2026
If war is God’s way of teaching Americans geography, perhaps it will also serve as a lesson to Trump. It should be a simple one: Other places and other people are real, possessing their own agendas and agency — and America’s actions have consequences it cannot control. Anything else is pure fantasy.
Saturday, March 7, 2026
The damage inflicted by drones has been relatively minimal so far, Mr. Hoffmann noted. But Iran has proved it can produce drones quickly and cheaply, meaning it may have a healthy supply to target the Gulf for the foreseeable future. If the drones keep coming in large numbers, Mr. Hoffmann said, defense systems will be strained.
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“Do the Gulf states want to join a war that they did not start, whose goals are entirely unclear, and whose tempo and cadence they do not necessarily control?” Mr. Alhasan asked. “This is a key strategic consideration that’s weighing on the Gulf states right now.”
In states like Ohio and Georgia, critics have also raised concerns that utilities might make expensive new grid investments to prepare for future data centers that never materialize — either because the technology changes or the A.I. bubble bursts. “We’re spending billions and billions of dollars to modernize and expand the grid, and the question is, who’s paying for that?” said Abe Silverman, an energy researcher at Johns Hopkins University. “Are the big tech firms paying? Or is Grandma going to be left holding the bag?”
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