Subject: Re: Speaking of Whiplash…
Insights into recent executive decision making. Guess it’s most relevant how it will play with the base:

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Energy Secretary Chris Wright have been key players throughout the planning and execution stages of the conflict, the sources acknowledged. But Trump’s preference of leaning on a tight circle of close advisers in his national security decision making had the effect of sidelining interagency debate over the potential economic fallout if Iran were to respond to US-Israeli strikes by closing the strait. … The president, meanwhile, has continued to downplay the tumult in energy markets. …

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/0...