While Washington rejected Iran’s weekend response to its proposal to end the war as “unacceptable,” American families are paying the price at the pump, on credit cards and on store shelves.
The Grayzone’s editor-in-chief, Max Blumenthal, examines how escalating tensions with Iran are hammering the US economy – and why the official narrative may be hiding the true cost of confrontation.
00:00 – Introduction and Trump’s response to Iran
01:06 – The Strait of Hormuz and CIA assessments
02:30 – Financial impact and the true cost of war
03:58 – Market manipulation and war profiteering
05:05 – Damage to US military infrastructure
06:41 – The Israeli lobby and JD Vance’s role
08:55 – Escalation in Lebanon and Hezbollah
11:14 – Robert Kagan and the shift in imperial power
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