Trump’s Nothing Burger
Junious Ricardo Stanton
On Wednesday evening April 1, 2026 Donald (Wyllie E Coyote) Trump gave a nationally televised “speech” where he reiterated that his war with Iran was almost complete, he stated the US military had obliterated Iran’s navy, its air force, its military production capacity and soon if he wanted to, the US could totally destroy Iran’s electrical infrastructure. He boasted the US had accomplished all of its goals and objectives.
He claimed America didn’t need Gulf region oil because America had more than enough; that America was the greatest oil producing nation in the world. He said we don’t need the Strait of Hormuz to supply our needs. He claimed, America had enough oil and natural gas and in fact the world should be buying from the US. He took a jab at Europe and Asia claiming they should take the Strait of Hormuz by force, open it and assume some responsibility for their own resource security. He said the murder of Iranian religious military and political leaders had decapitated Iran, that more moderate leaders were in place and they were seeking to negotiate an end to the conflict.
From my perspective Trump’s speech was a giant nothing burger, totally devoid of real substance, another sign he his mentally unstable. Yes, the US and Israel took out most of Iran’s conventional military assets. But keep in mind, Iran didn’t have a conventional military in the Western sense. Its air force was small, old and second hand as was much of its navy. Instead, Iran invested in inexpensive unmanned boats and submarines (which they have not yet deployed) drone technology and highly advanced missile weaponry which neither Israel nor the US has totally eliminated or destroyed.
The fact is, Iran is still causing horrific damage to US military bases in the regions, Israeli and US allies’ assets and infrastructure. Iran is keeping the vaunted US aircraft carriers the primary extension of US military power at a safe distance to avoid being hit by Iranian missiles and drones! By the way one of the carriers, the USS Gerald Ford a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, had to leave the area to go to Crete for major sewage system repairs which has been an ongoing problem on the multi-billion-dollar carriers. In effect that carrier is not in the mix.
Trump is delusional. He says Iran is in negotiations, Iran says they are not because the US is untrustworthy. For Iran this is an existential war for their literal survival! Meanwhile even if there were ceasefire negotiations taking place between the US and Iran, Israel is not a part of them! The religious fanatics in Israel’s misleadership would reject and deliberately sabotage any deal or agreement Trump and Iran reached!
Israel is fully committed to its expansionist land grab the so-called Greater Israel Project to take the territory from the Nile River in Egypt to Mesopotamia and parts of Saudi Arabia!
https://mepei.com/greater-israel-an-ongoin... Iran knows its Arab neighbors particularly the Gulf State monarchies whose families were put in place/power by the Europeans are bought and paid for by the West and are not resisting Israel’s plans for the region. This is why Iran is bombing their facilities and the US military bases they host.
What Trump did not mention was whether or not he was going to send in ground troops to launch a raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities or to force the Strait of Hormuz open. Either mission is fraught with peril with a high possibility of failure. Trump failed to elaborate what his next moves are, because he has painted himself into a corner and he can’t get out. NATO and the EU are not supporting him militarily, meanwhile Israel is taking a pounding. He and Netanyahu’s misadventure have put the global economy and supply chains at major risk. No amount of obfuscation and gaslighting will alter this reality. If you doubt what I’m saying just watch how expensive everything becomes in the coming months!
Nothing good is going to come out of Trump’s nothing burger.
Posted By: Junious Stanton
Thursday, April 2nd 2026 at 3:37PM
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