March 18, 2026 — 7:10pm You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Save this article for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. The latest round of global chaos unleashed by President Donald Trump began with the name of his war in the Middle East. Instead of going with the obvious choice: The Donald J Trump War for Reasons Too Numerous to Mention but that Definitely Make Sense and are Legal if I Say So, Trump personally selected Operation Epic Fury from a list of options and by doing so made his first mistake. Epic, by definition, requires grandiose scale. Operation Epic Fury, which began as an Israel-US attack on Iran, is living up to its name, exploding out to encompass Lebanon and the majority of the Middle East, and pushing up global fuel, fertiliser and food prices.…