Referencing Weyl, the essay rejects myths of a bygone golden age, saying Trump’s MAGA exploits nostalgia and scapegoating and lets people ignore past injustices and avoid thinking about building future.

 Invoking Thucydides, the essay shows Iran’s harassment of ships in the Strait of Hormuz turned insurance risk into strategic leverage after US‑Israeli strikes, revealing a structural trap beyond military strength.

A Pope urges humanity and peace amid Israel’s bombing of Lebanon, while Trump attacks him, shares an AI image of himself as God and boasts he could destroy Iran.