America’s attitude toward allies leading up to the Iran war was the geopolitical equivalent of a slogan on a jacket once notoriously sported by first lady Melania Trump: “I Really Don’t Care. Nine days later, the war has pulled the world more deeply than ever into the disorienting vortex that has already defined American life in the whiplash era of Donald Trump’s tear-it-down politics. And if Trump’s war shatters the Iranian state and sparks civil war, a refugee crisis or grave economic consequence could destabilize the world. “They can do whatever they want.”The Iran war shock waves pummeled a transatlantic alliance already reeling from Trump’s renewed demands in January that Greenland join the United States. “So there are countries who are asking if they are taking down Iran just to have Israel rise as the new regional hegemony instead.”Consequences of the Iran war are grave and ever-widening.

Source: Egypt Independent March 09, 2026 15:44 UTC