READER LETTER | Trump in war to avoid Epstein files

Although we all should head to electric vehicles rather than oil-guzzling cars, it simply isn’t happening, so we do need oil. The petrol I buy has gone up from $1.49 (R25) to $2.39 a litre in less than two weeks. Because US President Donald Trump and his friend Israel are trying to destroy Iran, which has responded similarly.

This is probably going to get worse, given Trump is threatening to “blow up” the world’s largest gas field. This is vandalism against Iran and the whole world, really. All we see is more deaths, violence and destruction – hardly fitting for the possessor, although not the winner, of a Nobel Peace Prize.

Maybe I read the wrong papers, watch the wrong TV channels and listen to the wrong podcasts, but these and so many sources suggest these actions and others are designed to improve his “leader” image. Or to distract from the Epstein files. Why not try peace and work to convince countries to change the way their government is run by setting such a great example? – Dennis Fitzgerald, Melbourne