Trump Created A Global Crisis And Doesn’t Care

Trump Created A Global Crisis And Doesn’t Care

From Mallen Baker: Faultlines by Mallen Baker

May 18, 2026 · 15 min · Episode 576

About this episode

The episode discusses the global consequences of President Trump's actions regarding Iran and their impact on starvation worldwide.

While citizens of the United States fret about having to pay more at the pump for gasoline, President Donald Trump's illegal war on Iran is having massive consequences in many other parts of the world. The decision of this one man to abandon ongoing talks that were said to be making progress to use the military for an all-out attack instead - that is leading to tens of millions of people to be thrown into starvation who otherwise would not have been. While we care about how US people are feeling, since they are the ones who will soon be voting, it's important we don't lose sight of how this is playing out elsewhere, and particularly with the people it is hitting the hardest. Let's discuss.

People in this episode

Host: Mallen Baker

Topics covered

  • global crisis
  • politics
  • war
  • humanitarian issues
  • US foreign policy

Keywords

  • Trump
  • Iran
  • global crisis
  • starvation
  • US politics
  • foreign policy

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Iran, United States

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