KEY POINTS
The U.S. government ordered non-essential diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia as the conflict broadened across the Middle East.
Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader, a choice that former CIA director has labeled as ‘unfortunate.’
Oil prices spiked above $110 per barrel before paring gains.
This is unfortunate for the us because it seems Trump’s plan was to do the same thing he did with Maduro and hoped a Delcy Rodriguez would take charge and capitulate.
Mojtaba is not Delcy, he’s a hardliner backed mostly by the IRGC (Iranian army) so there isn’t going to be a quick end to this war since Trump no longer has a stopping point where he can declare victory and leave.
He’s done a Putin