Trump’s recent threat risks sparking ‘global economic disaster of historic scale’: expert

International security expert Robert Pape issued a dire warning Sunday over President Donald Trump’s most recent threat to Iran, a threat that if made good on, Pape warned, could spark a “global economic disaster of historic scale.”

“Overnight, Trump’s threats have shifted the trajectory of this war,” Pape, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, wrote Sunday on his Substack. “This is no longer just escalation. It is a decision point. If that line is crossed, the nature of the conflict changes ...