Jeffrey Sachs

US-Israeli war on Iran is a needless criminal war that devastated the US economy; a renewed attack would be a disaster

War unwinnable for US and Europe; Ukraine will be destroyed as it escalates; Trump incompetent and did not end it; neutrality-plus-armistice deal is the way out

Netanyahu is a war criminal, and Sachs calls him the most disastrous leader in the world in the last 30 years, pursuing a "greater Israel" project of ethnic cleansing and regional war. His reckless push for regime change in Iran, backed by Trump, is producing global economic damage for no strategic gain. Sachs expects the next Israeli government to be hardline whether or not Netanyahu leads it, and argues the US must end its backing for this policy and support Palestinian statehood instead. Now points to the report that the UAE and Egypt warned Netanyahu of an October 7-style attack days beforehand, calls him an indicted war criminal, and says only a US withdrawal of backing would end the Gaza war. Now calls Netanyahu "one of the most awful people in this world" for what he has done to destabilize the region. Now says Netanyahu likely invited or allowed the Oct 7 attack as a setup for the annihilation of Gaza, citing reports of UAE and Egyptian warnings.

Trump shut down US green tech and left solar, wind, EVs, batteries to China, a booming market for decades; Europe is wrongly following US anti-China feeling; Chinas long-range planning to 2049 shows coherent strategy

US constitutional system broken, Congress abdicated, lawless president; Trump and Netanyahu both politically finished

European economies collapsing from self-imposed sanctions and cut-off Russian energy; gasoline prices soaring in the US