Trump is feeding us a feast of lies, and our bewildered world is forced to swallow them |
Trump is feeding us a feast of lies, and our bewildered world is forced to swallow them
April 1, 2026 — 8:05am
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Is it too late for us all to enrol at Hogwarts? I’m only asking because it feels like studying Divination might be the most useful thing we can do to predict the future trajectory of Operation Epic Fury. If you’re unfamiliar with the Hogwarts curriculum, Divination was the subject that equipped Harry Potter with skills such as reading tea-leaves, gazing into crystal balls and decoding prophecies. Increasingly, these are looking like our best bet to understanding the contradictory and confusing announcements regarding the war with Iran that are emanating from the White House.
Recent examples include high-level peace talks between the US and Iran that may or may not be taking place, the US sending thousands of additional troops to the Middle East (despite the fact Donald Trump has already declared victory), and claims of Iran bestowing of an expensive mystery gift on the president. Trump initially refused to reveal what the gift was, while continuing to insist that it had been given in good faith by the de facto leadership of a country on which he’s currently dropping Tomahawk missiles and whose unofficial national motto is “Death to America”.
The odds of the gift being a flying Persian rug that would drop Trump in the Strait of........