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A US president who vowed to be a peacemaker has to handle a new Middle East crisis that strikes a blow to his diplomatic efforts.
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Tactics without strategy: How Trump’s weakness and Netanyahu’s self-interest exploded in IranThe attacks bore the twin hallmarks of Israeli military actions under Netanyahu: Tactically brilliant but lacking any strategic vision
The president had asked Israel to hold off. Now he’s scrambling to make a deal in negotiations that have become even more complex.
The president had a dream of being a prize-winning peacemaker. Now he may enter the nightmare of America fighting yet another war.
If Trump continues applying relentless pressure to Iran, he may very well achieve the most consequential foreign policy win of his presidency.
Trump swept into office hoping to be a peacemaker. Five months in, a new conflict is roiling the Middle East, with no end in sight to the war in Ukraine.
Democrats on Capitol Hill can’t catch a break. Just as Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-Calif.) physical clash with Trump administration security officials had given them cause to unite on the otherwise divisive issue of immigration,
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"There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter... come to an end," Trump wrote on social media.
The strikes came after the Israeli military said it had carried out fresh strikes on Iran nuclear infrastructure sites.
Israel says it has more attacks planned against Iran after a series of overnight strikes targeted Tehran’s nuclear program and shook global tensions. As Washington watches the fallout, President Donald Trump is continuing to push Tehran toward the negotiating table to come to a nuclear deal.