Iran reverse regime change sweeps America

Thursday 5 November 2026

War headlines today:

Republicans wiped out in midterms as Iran’s reverse regime change wins.
Four ships burning in Hormuz.
Chuck Schumer: “This war must end.”

God bless America. Not only has it rejected the Madman, but it has done it so decisively that he can’t stir up violence.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.