{"id":29503,"date":"2026-08-07T10:06:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/?p=29503"},"modified":"2026-08-07T10:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:06:51","slug":"trumps-war-the-bloom-has-gone-off-the-turd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/2026\/08\/07\/trumps-war-the-bloom-has-gone-off-the-turd\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s War: The bloom has gone off the turd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s an utter failure, and the entire planet knows it. All you need do is read this morning&#8217;s headlines\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Salon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2026\/08\/07\/the-world-is-finally-calling-trumps-bluff\/\">The world is finally calling Trump\u2019s bluff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mideast Eye: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/turkey-saudi-arabia-pakistan-sign-defence-pact-sources-say\">Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign defence pact<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CNBC: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/08\/07\/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-diplomacy-oil-.html\">Iran\u2019s chief negotiator accuses Trump of \u2018theater diplomacy\u2019 with Hormuz traffic near standstill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AP: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-trump-strait-hormuz-diplomacy-stockpiles-0220ceb7904e16c30869c8fe4cf2a3db\">A deal with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz may require a compromise from Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Hill: <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/6015652-us-crude-supplies-45-year-low-iran-war\/\">Iran war drives crude oil supplies to 45-year low<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Semafor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/08\/06\/2026\/middle-east-ambassadorships-sit-vacant-as-trump-relies-on-special-envoys\">Middle East ambassadorships sit vacant as Trump relies on special envoys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Express: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/news\/world-news\/213504\/iran-targets-president-trump-murals-billboards\">Iran targets Trump with more violent billboards and murals across the country<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DEVELOPING\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s an utter failure, and the entire planet knows it\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}