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What are Trump’s positions on Iran? They can change by the sentence
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US President Donald Trump has often muddied the waters to outrun international crises.
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump dismissed the value of allies in his war in Iran on March 16. Then he demanded their help.
“We don’t need anybody,” he said, echoing a refrain he has sounded since the beginning of the war.
