Well, absolute shocker of the century: the closely watched inflation data for May just dropped, and surprise, it’s going up again. Just when the corporate media and political establishment were ready to take a victory lap and tell you that everything is fine, reality decided to crash the party. The latest acceleration in consumer prices is being blamed on—you guessed it—soaring energy costs driven by the active war in the Middle East. Because apparently, keeping global trade routes open and avoiding massive foreign entanglements is just too much to ask from our expert class.

Let’s break down the clown show. The "closely watched measure of inflation" that everyone pretends to understand just ticked upward, proving once again that your weekly grocery trip isn't getting any cheaper. This time, the official narrative is that the conflict involving Iran has inflated energy prices, making everything from gasoline to basic electricity more expensive. It’s the ultimate passing of the buck: "Hey, don't blame our printing presses or policy blunders, blame the geopolitical sandbox across the world!"

The simple truth is that energy is the lifeblood of everything. You want to eat? That food has to be transported on trucks that run on diesel. You want to buy things online? Those packages require massive logistics networks powered by fossil fuels. When a shooting war breaks out in the Middle East, global energy markets freak out, prices skyrocket, and the cost of literally everything else goes up right along with it. It’s basic economics 101, but the globalist elite seem perpetually shocked whenever their foreign policy adventures end up draining the bank accounts of average citizens.

For years, the establishment has pushed a narrative that we can easily transition away from reliable energy sources while simultaneously running a weak foreign policy that invites aggression. The May inflation numbers are the inevitable result of this combination. By leaving the country exposed to supply shocks from volatile regions like the Middle East, our leaders have essentially handed hostile foreign regimes the remote control to our domestic economy. When Iran or other actors make a move, American consumers get hit with the bill at the pump.

Historically, this is a movie we’ve seen over and over again. The 1970s called, and they want their stagflation back. Back then, regional conflicts in the Middle East led to massive supply disruptions, long gas lines, and years of economic pain. You would think that after half a century, the brilliant minds running the show in Washington would have figured out that energy independence is the only real shield against foreign black swan events. Instead, we got decades of the same failed strategies, leading us right back to another inflation tick-up in May.