Bert-Ola Bergstrand

The bombs are still falling. But Washington has already lost. A former US military adviser said what most analysts are thinking: Trump’s war on Iran has alienated every ally America has left. Not some. All of them. Military victories can be measured in targets destroyed. This defeat cannot. It is happening in foreign ministries, in trade corridors, in quiet conversations between leaders who no longer trust Washington to behave like a serious country. The United States turned against its allies. The tariffs came first. Then the threats against Greenland. Then the abandonment of Ukraine. Now a unilateral war that nobody signed up for, followed by demands that everyone join in anyway. When you spend years burning bridges, do not be surprised when nobody comes to your war. The military result in Iran is still uncertain. The strategic result is not. America is alone. And it got there fast. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

🚨🇮🇷❌🚀🇮🇱🔥 JUST IN: Iran is utilizing advanced missiles for the first time; they launch vertically and vanish into the sky before maneuvering with precision toward their targets inside Israel.

Pope Leo appeals to Trump to end the Ian War. "I'm told President Trump recently stated that he would like to end the war and I hope that he's looking for an off-ramp and hopefully he's looking for a way to decrease the amount of violence and bombing which would be a significant contribution to removing the hatred that's being created and increasing constantly in the Middle East and elsewhere. So I will certainly continue to give this call to all leaders of the bureau to say come back to the tables and dialogue. Let's look for ways to reduce the amount of violence that we're committing. And that peace especially at Easter might reign in our hearts."

🇺🇸🇮🇷 THIS COULD BECOME THE WORST FINANCIAL CRISIS OF OUR LIFETIME Professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University Steve Hanke says this could be the biggest oil crisis in modern history, hitting oil, fertilizer, and key supply chains all at once. Prices are already rising, and that pressure will quickly spread into food, tech, and everyday costs. Even if things reopen fast, supply chains don’t reset overnight, the damage lingers. The bigger problem is timing. The global economy was already slowing before this started, so this crisis is hitting at the worst possible moment. And if this escalates, @steve_hanke warns it could be far worse than the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. 00:01 - A Catastrophic Outlook: The Biggest Oil Crisis in History 00:13 - The Death of Sanctions: Economic Survival vs. Political Stance 00:22 - Why Escalation Favors Iran’s Strategic Position 00:36 - Unintended Consequences: The War’s Hit to the Global Economy 12:45 - Comparing the Current Collapse to the 2008 Financial Crisis 24:12 - The Strategic Advantage: How Russia Wins from an Elongated War 35:50 - Inflationary Pressures and the Death of the Consumer 41:18 - Energy Infrastructure Vulnerability and Market Panic 44:30 - The Inevitability of a Global Economic Realignment 47:21 - Final Assessment: Why We Are Entering a Decade of Chaos

I lived through Yeltsin, and Trump's behavior mirrors him so precisely it's disturbing. The same clownish performance. The same promises. The same destruction of a country while the leader talks nonsense and dances. Dear Americans, good luck.

Terrifying reality check. The UN Peacekeeping Chief exposes how the IDF is intentionally targeting UN patrols. Israeli tanks are literally firing main armament rounds just 15 meters away from UN vehicles. Israel is openly attacking the United Nations.

Israel is now indistinguishable from the Taliban. They’re religious extremists who don’t value the lives of anyone not in their religion and destroy and desecrate anything related to other faiths. They also dug up Muslim and Christian graves in Gaza. We’re funding terrorists.

Iran’s security council approves 6 Bangladeshi fuel ships to pass Strait of Hormuz middleeastmonitor.com/20260401-irans…

This should be a motivational video for every entrepreneur: Be Consistent. Be Patient. If Netanyahu can do it repeating the same BS for 30 years, you can too!

Israeli soldiers MOCKED Palm Sunday after occupying a Christian village in Lebanon. Our tax dollars support this.

It is hard to escape the sense that many Americans—not only government officials and high-ranking military officers—simply do not grasp the geopolitical implications of new war technologies, writes columnist @ccaryl. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/31/dro…

🚨 THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM IS STARTING TO BREAK This is how collapse begins. Not with empty shelves… But with silent shutdowns. In Thailand, over HALF the fishing fleet is now docked. Fuel prices have doubled. Boats can’t operate. Businesses are losing money just to go out to sea. This isn’t just a local issue. Thailand is a major seafood exporter. When fleets stop… Supply chains tighten. Prices rise globally. And this is the key point: It ALWAYS starts in developing nations first. They feel the pressure before we do. They break before we notice. Then it hits us. No fuel → No fishing No fishing → No supply No supply → Higher prices Higher prices → Shortages We are watching the early stages of a global food chain disruption. And most people still think the supermarket will always be full. It won’t. This is your warning. Start preparing now. Grow what you can. Store what you can. Reduce dependence while you still have the choice. Don’t be scared. Be prepared.

Iran has about a million active duty troops with another 13.6 million reservists and militia troops it could mobilize if the US invaded it. The US Army has a little over 450,000 active duty troops and over 500,000 reserve troops while the US Marine Corps has just over 200,000 active and reserve soldiers. So even if the US deployed all 1.15 million active-duty and reserve ground troops to invade a huge mountainous country like Iran it likely would not be enough to defeat them without resorting to the use of nuclear weapons. Perhaps that is why the White House is refusing to rule out a return to the draft for the first time in 54 years.

🇮🇷🇮🇱 Iran's IRGC fired off Wave 89 at Israel. Over 100 heavy missiles, swarms of offensive drones, and 200 rockets slammed into Eilat, Tel Aviv, and Bnei Brak.

Understanding where a tree’s mass comes from reshapes how you think about growth, food, and the environment. Trees are not just passive recipients of soil nutrients bit.ly/4sRMYGe

Trump says he'll bomb Iran to the Stone Age and then the next President must bomb again. This is the Israelization of America's war - it's Israel's mowing-the-lawn policy This is precisely why previous Presidents resisted Israel's pressure for war w/ Iran: To avoid endless war

📍🇮🇱 Tel Aviv right now

Will West Asia Crisis Derail India’s $174 Billion Textile Industry? timesnownews.com/business-econo…

Chinese government bonds have sidestepped a global debt sell-off since the start of the Iran war, emerging as a haven from soaring energy prices and rising global inflation. What’s behind Chinese bonds’ resilience? ft.trib.al/KAoGthk

The costs of the war in Iran will outweigh its benefits, write Richard Betts and Stephen Biddle. “In just its first weeks, the war has cost many billions of dollars in direct expenditure, reduced support for Ukraine, and shocked the global economy.” foreignaffairs.com/iran/price-str…