Tomorrow, If He Does It . . . April 6, 2026 The president’s unhinged post threatening to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants puts us on the brink of something truly terrible. We will have taken the final step in going from the world’s good guy — despite our numerous and significant lapses along the way — to being one of the world’s bad guys. We would also bring the world closer to financial collapse and global depression. Paul Krugman: America as we knew it may end tomorrow (4 minutes or read the transcript). Robert Reich: He’s Seriously Out of His Mind — And the Iranians Know it This morning, Trump posted: Now, I ask you: If you were in the Iranian regime, would you be: (1) frightened by this post or (2) relieved that you were finally causing Trump to melt down? I’d guess (2). You’d see his post and figure that Trump — posting on Easter Sunday — has finally gone utterly and definitively bonkers. You’ve done it. He’s mad as a hatter. I was bullied as a kid. The way I knew I was winning against the bullies was when they started to scream and swear and rant and rave at me. That’s when I knew they felt powerless. They’d done everything they could to beat me down, and yet they couldn’t. I was tougher than their fists. They went nuts. Is there any other explanation for Trump’s outburst? Many of Trump’s posts are really intended for domestic consumption. Perhaps he wanted to sound tough for his American followers? That’s unlikely. Just Wednesday night he told America that the U.S. doesn’t “need” the strait to be open. If we don’t need it open, why threaten to blow up Iranian power plants (most likely war crimes) if Iran doesn’t open it? The easiest explanation is the simplest: Trump is cornered, and he’s going stark-raving mad. No less an expert on the workings of Trump’s brain than Marjorie Taylor Greene had this to say about Trump’s post: “Everyone in his administration that claims to be a Christian needs to fall on their knees and beg forgiveness from God and stop worshipping the President and intervene in Trump’s madness. I know all of you and him and he has gone insane, and all of you are complicit.” I’ve never agreed with Marjorie Taylor Greene on anything, until today. Sleep well. With luck, the massive strike tomorrow, if there is one, will be strictly on military targets. The wisdom of that is debatable; but would be very different from a massive war crime. Fingers tightly crossed that he changes course for — what? the fifth time in two weeks? One loses count.