Trump and Iran threaten each other with electricity - Liepāja says: 'We don't have any anyway'

While Trump threatens to attack Iranian power stations and the Iranians respond with promises to 'disconnect the entire region from energy within half an hour,' Liepāja receives such news with philosophical calm. 'So what? Our electricity disappears every other day anyway,' comments pensioner Maija, standing in line at Rimi. 'At least we have a good excuse.'

These threats look particularly amusing from Liepāja's perspective, where lack of electricity in winter is as common as wind from the sea. 'The Iranians promise half an hour without electricity - oh, my dear, we call that a spring morning,' laughs local electrician Guntars. 'But at least we have a beach and the Baltic Sea, which is full of wind and cold even in summer. That builds character!'

Meanwhile in Riga, political experts are already preparing analyses of geopolitical consequences, but in Liepāja, more practically-minded residents have long mastered the art of living without constant electricity. 'While they're fighting over power stations there, we here have already learned to cook on a primus stove and read by candlelight,' philosophically notes neighbor Jānis.

The only thing that really worries Liepāja residents about this international power station war is whether these threats will affect Maxima's opening hours. 'Just don't let them close the store early,' sighs Ligita. 'Otherwise we'll have to go to Riga, and that's worse than any war.'