News Summary

• The Iran war and energy crisis aren’t problems for the president.
• They’re a business model.
• In the u.s. alone, diesel prices have risen around 70% since before the war began on Feb.
• 28, hitting a record $6.52 on Sept.
• The rising fury against the war and high energy prices threatens to clobber Republicans in the midterm elections.
• With diminishing options — besides the obvious one of ending the Iran war immediately, which Trump can do whenever he wishes — the administration’s primary strategy is to blame everyone else.