Who is making money from Trump’s war on Iran? – Press Review

The world woke up to two headlines on Tuesday: one hinting at an imminent oil shock, and the other headlined by Donald Trump’s declaration that the war is “pretty much done, pretty much over.”

Meanwhile, more or less, the Pentagon spent $5.6 billion on munitions in the first two days of the war, The Washington Post reports, and the administration is now preparing an additional budget request to Congress to sustain the strikes, which is likely to anger lawmakers. As Eric and Donald Trump Jr. understand, war is an expensive business, but a profitable one. The Wall Street Journal Donald Trump’s sons are privileged to back a drone company that aims to make 10,000 drones a month, with a share of the $1.1 billion the War Department has committed to spending on US-made drones by 2027 aimed at Pentagon sales. Cryptocurrency futures markets. The New Yorker, Citing a crypto-analytics company, it reported that the bets may have come from insiders acting on classified information.

In other news, here in France the nation goes to the polls on Sunday to elect the country’s 350,000 mayors. Les Echos More councillors, more mayors and a chance to take over in Marseille, France’s second city, describe a far-right national rally hungry to increase their municipal footprint. Voting is announced at Le Monde Reflecting a rightward shift in voter preferences: Immigration is now voters’ third priority, behind cost of living and health care, pushing the environment out of the top three. This splits the leftist vote as many leftist lists face each other in many towns.

And finally, the whole world celebrated International Women’s Day Over the weekend – recorded, including in North Korea The Times. Kim Jong Un heaped backhanded compliments on his country’s women, whom he described as “physically weak”, “wrinkled” and “simple”.