Trump's 5d Chess:

Well that threw me for a loop.  Trump was actually Iran's ally all along.  After an ineffectual bombing that destroyed nothing and killed no one, Trump unilaterally declared that now Iran was no longer a nuclear threat, which removed Israel's justification for war.  Then he demanded Israel go along with a ceasefire, shutting the war down, preserving Iran's leadership, its nuclear enrichment program, everything.

Meanwhile Iran did a fake, ineffectual attack on America's air bases which also killed nobody, technically fulfilling their promise while not actually fulfilling it, then accepted the ceasefire.  So in the end Trump's intervention was solely to bring peace to a spiraling conflict that neither Israel nor Iran wanted anymore.

It was all theater.  I certainly didn't predict that all three countries were lying about their wish to kill each other, and all three were looking for an exit ramp while preserving 'face.'  That's a new one.

I would say this was a master class in Trump diplomacy, ending what could have been a terribly destructive war to the whole world, or the first nuclear war since WWII.  My only fear is that eventually people will wake up and realize Iran is still enriching uranium, just in a different bunker than before, and the Israelis will use that as an excuse to resume bombing Iran again.  But perhaps behind closed doors Trump has made it clear to Israel that this is not acceptable and that henceforth Israel will leave Iran alone, or else.  If so Trump is one of the greatest presidents to ever live.  In the space of a month he prevented two nuclear wars -- Israel-Iran and India-Pakistan.  Wow.

Now all he has to do is stop supporting Ukraine and he could be the first president to end more wars than he started.  Blessed are the peacemakers.

Meanwhile, I promoted Pudding from One Piece to my wonderful characters list, kicking out Himari to make room.  Himari was only there for her looks, but when it comes to looks Pudding is just as qualified.  Meanwhile Pudding is also loving, self-sacrificing and intrepid -- willing to take on bold risky plans and execute them flawlessly.  It's true that she had a horrible attitude to begin with, but that's understandable since she'd been bullied all her life, it was an emotional self-defense mechanism to 'get them before they get you.'  The moment someone was nice to her her true personality revealed itself, which was pure gold.