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Editorial

Editorial March 18, 2026 — 7:30pm

US President Donald Trump is standing on a blasted heath of his own making, raging against friend and foe and talking of invading Cuba while the world economy hangs by a thin strip of water dotted with mines and sunken ships.

Three weeks after going to war against Iran without telling Americans or the world he had an ultimate plan, it is increasingly obvious that Trump is making it up as he goes.

His whole pretext for going to war, that Iran posed an imminent threat – because it would respond to attacks from Israel by striking US forces – is completely laughable.

Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he no longer needs Australia’s help in the Middle East. Nathan Perri

It is also a salient reminder that Australia joined the 2003 Coalition of the Willing because we believed a lie primarily pushed by the Bush administration that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.…