Barely a month has passed since Donald Trump told the world’s ships to “start your engines and let the oil flow!” The war in Iran, he told us in a burst of joy, was over for good.
His optimism did not last long. On Wednesday, the US struck more than 80 targets in Iran in response to attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Hours later, Trump said a ceasefire agreed as part of an interim peace deal was over and labelled the Tehran regime “scum”. After a second night of strikes, he claimed Tehran had called and “want to make a deal so badly”.
