One message was repeated over and over: The world still hasn’t grasped the severity of the situation.

Bloomberg: “the energy industry is warning that the crisis is only beginning. In conversations with more than three dozen oil and gas traders, executives, brokers, shippers and advisers over the last week, one message was repeated over and over: The world still hasn’t grasped the severity of the situation.
…If the strait stays closed, the world will have to significantly reduce its oil and gas consumption — but not before prices spike to a level that forces consumers and businesses to fly, drive and spend much less.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-iran-war-hormuz-closure-oil-shock/



Spring has sprung, which means seeds that were planted in late winter are starting to germinate.

They’re hungry and will only grow to their full nutritional potential if they’re well fed.

But that, apparently, isn’t happening, as fertilizer supplies are interrupted by yet another pointless Middle East war.

The result?

Global food shortages that might dwarf the COVID-era Costco-hoarding mess of recent memory.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/food-supply-chain-breaking-again

Donald Trump threatened to ‘blow up’ Iran’s water supply and electric grid if the Islamic regime did not immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran moves to abandon its nuclear treaty.

In a Truth Social post Monday morning, the President said if Iran does not sign a peace deal then the US would conclude the war by ‘blowing up and completely obliterating’ electric plants and oil wells across the country.

‘The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran,’ Trump wrote. ‘Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately “Open for Business,” we will conclude our lovely “stay” in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet “touched.”’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15691265/Trump-threatens-strike-Irans-water-supply-Tehran-tears-NUKE-treaty.html