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‘Daddy has to sometimes use strong language’: Nato chief on Trump’s Israel-Iran outburst – video

ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian

Referring to Donald Trump’s use of profanity when commenting on the Israel-Iran war on Tuesday, the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, joked that ‘Daddy sometimes has to use strong language’. In a remark to reporters a day earlier, Trump had said: ‘We…

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Trump hails ‘big win’ as Nato states agree to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP

ByDan Sabbagh in The Hague

US president appears relaxed and reaffirms commitment to military alliance – though Spain criticisedA relaxed Donald Trump said Nato’s decision to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP was a “big win” for western civilisation in a digressive press con…

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‘This ended the war’: Trump compares US strikes on Iran to Hiroshima – video

ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian

Speaking alongside the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, Donald Trump compared the US strikes on Iran to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, saying: ‘This was essentially the same thing: that ended that war; this ended the war.’ Trump’s comments c…

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Trump is angry with a world that won’t give him easy deals | Rafael Behr

ByRafael Behr

In the Middle East as in Ukraine, the president is discovering that simple bullying tricks don’t resolve complex international crisesIt was as close as Donald Trump might get to a lucid statement of his governing doctrine. “I may do it. I may not do it…

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Trump is angry with a world that won’t give him easy deals | Rafael Behr

ByRafael Behr

In the Middle East as in Ukraine, the president is discovering that simple bullying tricks don’t resolve complex international crisesIt was as close as Donald Trump might get to a lucid statement of his governing doctrine. “I may do it. I may not do it…

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Why dreams of regime change in Iran will end in a rude awakening | Rajan Menon

ByRajan Menon

It would be naive to believe that the US could take a wrecking ball to the Iranian state and walk away unaffectedDuring his three presidential campaigns, Donald Trump lambasted “forever wars” and “regime change” interventions. More than any candidate, …

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Why dreams of regime change in Iran will end in a rude awakening | Rajan Menon

ByRajan Menon

It would be naive to believe that the US could take a wrecking ball to the Iranian state and walk away unaffectedDuring his three presidential campaigns, Donald Trump lambasted “forever wars” and “regime change” interventions. More than any candidate, …

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The Guardian view on Trump’s vacillating approach to Iran: a ceasefire is welcome, but the danger isn’t over | Editorial

ByEditorial

Better diplomacy than war, but the US president’s inconsistency and Benjamin Netanyahu’s political needs increase the dangers in this Middle East crisisDonald Trump declared a ceasefire that would last “for ever”. Or perhaps not. Within hours, he …

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‘A pause before something worse’: Iranians wary of what future holds

ByShah Meer Baloch, Deepa Parent and Julian Borger

From renewed conflict to a resurgent regime, people tell of their fears, concerns … and a glimmer of hopePeople from the Tehran area said the hours of darkness before Donald Trump’s ceasefire took hold were the most terrifying of the war as Israel inte…

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Marjorie Taylor Greene criticizes Iran strike – but her voters stand by Trump

ByGeorge Chidiin Dalton, Georgia

Greene called the attack wasteful, yet constituents cite faith and fear to justify the US president’s show of forceMarjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia congresswoman and Maga firebrand, was quickly critical of missile strikes ordered Saturday by Donald Tr…