BBC Expert Calls Out Trump's Attempts To 'Play Down' The Oil Crisis His War In Iran Has Triggered
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The plan of Donald Trump failed. He thought of a surgical intervention in Iran and caused a war, with unpredictable environments and dilemmas that he still does not know how to go out. He found that the conflict would remain only in Iran, but the country reacted by attacking several countries in the region. The economy is not yet fully calculated. The American consumer is already feeling the strong effect on the bomb. Yesterday, the oil came to …
Every time a war broke out in the Middle East, Venezuela received the sinister privilege of a considerable increase in its oil revenues. The main consumer powers reacted nervously and, fearful that oil would be scarce and prices would rise, they rushed to buy large quantities of crude oil for their reserves. The scarcity and the increase in demand triggered prices. The country was filled with petrodollars and the pathologies of rentist Venezuela…
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a massive air offensive against Iran, marking the second escalation of war in the region in less than a year.This action, justified by the alleged Iranian nuclear threat, has triggered a major global energy crisis.The conflict has interrupted transit through the strategic Strait of Ormuz, which circulates about 20% of world oil and one fifth of global trade in liquefied natural gas.At t…
The strait is closed: How Trump's strike on Iran triggered a global energy crisis
The world entered a new era of energy insecurity not with a treaty or a market crash but with a single ill-conceived military decision. On the weekend of February 28, 2026, the United States, in coordination with Israel, launched airstrikes deep inside Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and striking key command centers across Tehran, Qom, and Isfahan. President Donald Trump, in a recent address, declared that "combat operations …
The Strait Is Closed: How Trump’s Strike on Iran Triggered a Global Energy Crisis.
At the heart of this crisis lies a profound failure of strategic judgment—one that belongs squarely to the Trump administration. The decision to assassinate Khamenei was not merely aggressive; it was tactically naive and strategically blind. Unlike targeted strikes on nuclear facilities or proxy militias, killing a sitting Supreme Leader is an act of regime decapitation—an existential provocation that guarantees total retaliation. Phil Butler, M…
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