France ‘Talking Back to Trump’
DAYS 33-34: WAR ON IRAN — ‘Talking Back to Trump’ April 4, 2026 Because of his title and the office he holds Western leaders must privately grumble about Donald Trump but have been timid about speaking back to him, until Emmanuel Macron let loose, writes Joe Lauria. Macron. (President of Russia/Wikimedia Commons) Thursday, April 2 to Friday, April 3 By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News D onald Trump has been running his mouth about his war on Iran for more than a month now. He’s been insulting Iran, U.S. allies and the intelligence of the American people. He alternatively says he’s won, achieved regime change, never sought regime change, beat the shit out of Iran, destroyed their air defenses (then ignores his planes being downed); and then says there’s nothing left to bomb, except to bomb it back to the Stone Age. He should know the era. With a caveman’s touch he launched an aggression that closed the Hormuz Strait, and plunged the world into economic chaos. Now he says...
