Short Take Politics:

Short Take Politics

‘Epic disaster’

Not only did the war fail, it left us in a worse place.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/06/18/iran-war-trump-us-credibility/

Obama Center opens

Celebrities like Hanks, Oprah and Aguilera made it. So did Presidents Bush, Biden and Obama. I wonder if there will be books in the Trump library or if he will love long enough to see it. He left office in January, 2009. If it taks that long to open the Trump library he will be 96. https://pagesix.com/2026/06/18/celebrity-news/obamas-presidential-center-opening-ceremony-has-star-studded-turnout-with-tom-hanks-oprah-christina-aguilera-and-more/

Straits of Hormuz reopens

It a memo of understanding. It only lasts as long as our President says. Instability reigns. We can drop bombs any time we want. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/strait-of-hormuz-tankers-pass-iran-israel…