"... The initial closure of the strait, a narrow passageway through which a fifth of the world’s oil passes, led to a spike in gas and oil prices. According to Swan, Trump thought Iran would have limited time to take action because the war would be over quickly — a claim he has made repeatedly during the nearly four-month-long war.
“'He felt that this regime was a paper tiger, that this was going to be a fast war,' Swan said on “The Last Word.” 'He just said he felt that that was going to be the case, that they were going to collapse very quickly.'
“'It’s a form of magical thinking, actually, is what it all boils down to,' he added. [snip]
"Another example of such thinking was when Trump floated a plan to expel 2 million Palestinians from Gaza so he could turn it into
the 'Riviera of the Middle East.' Haberman and Swan wrote in the book
that one senior aide characterized the idea as 'legitimately nutso … but
very on-brand.'”... -- Julianne McShane, MSNOW, reporting on Lawrence O'Donnell's Monday night interview on "The Last Word" with Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, authors of “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump.” What a world-historical humiliation and utter shame to have twice elected this malevolent moron as the most powerful man in the world.
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