All we need now is a diesel fuel shortage created by a hurricane knocking out some Texas refineries

 

US Diesel Hits Highest Since April as Wars Strain Supply

By Will Kubzansky and Jake Lloyd-Smith

September 2, 2026 at 5:03 AM EDT

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September 2, 2026 at 7:29 AM EDT

It sometimes feels as though the Trump administration gets its worldview and foreign policy ideas from a Kremlin School of International Relations course taught by Vladimir Putin — though at a CliffsNotes level that fails to consider how those strategies played out.

 

Trump Is Copying Putin’s Losing Playbook With Canada

By Marc Champion

Marc Champion is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Europe, Russia and the Middle East. He was previously Istanbul bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal.

If 2025’s A.I. frenzy was merely bonkers then we are now entering the territory of bonkers squared — or perhaps even bonkers cubed.

 

This Is How the A.I. Debt Binge Sinks the Economy

By Robin Wigglesworth

Mr. Wigglesworth is an editor at the Financial Times. His forthcoming book is “A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World.”