Trump Folds Again...

     ...like a dropped accordion.

     Today was supposed to be the day. Today was the day when Trump was supposed to authorize air strikes against Iranian power plants if they didn't open up the Strait of Hormuz to US vessels.

     Then the Dow tanked yesterday by 1100 points in anticipation of the global economic catastrophe. Then Trump did what Trump does best- He folded. He graciously gave them another five days.

     The Strait of Hormuz is a major shipping route through which approximately 20% off the world's oil is shipped, thereby making it one of the world's most vital and important waterways on earth. And as far as experts know, nothing has changed in the strait since the war started on February 28th. So, why did Trump cave again?

      Well, the answer to any such inquiry begins with one of Trump's phantom phone calls (aka one of his infamous "Sir" stories). Trump claimed to have spoken with Iranian leadership and that he had "very good" conversation with them.

      Here's the problem: Iranian state TV says that no such conversations ever took place. Apparently, such a conversation belongs in the same nether regions of what passes for Trump's brain as the phone call he claimed to have had with a former president who was supposedly all rah rah sis boom bah over the Iranian invasion.

    The problem with that was none of the offices of the four living ex-presidents claimed that such a phone call ever took place.

     Essentially, this means that the most ruinous war ever launched against a sovereign nation since Iraq in 2003 is being led by a guy who literally can't distinguish fantasy from reality.

     Doesn't that scare the shit out of you? I know it does me.