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Trump’s Iran war messaging is not winning over Americans – or their representatives
Trump, still negotiating to conclude the war, claims it’s already over. Some Republican lawmakers have had enough Donald Trump has two things to say about his war with Iran. The first is that it’s already over. And second, a symbolic congressional vote to end it – carried by four members of his own party – is a stab in the back that could derail the peace talks he’s conducting for the war that’s already over. By a 215-208 margin on Wednesday, the US House of Representatives voted to direct the president to withdraw US forces from hostilities with Iran, the first time either chamber has passed such a measure in the little over three months since Operation Epic Fury began on 28 February. By Thursday morning, Trump was on Truth Social calling the vote “unpatriotic” and blaming it on “Trump Derangement Syndrome”. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Trump’s Iran war messaging is not winning over Americans – or their representatives, Trump, still negotiating to conclude the war, claims it’s already over. Some Republican lawmakers have had enough Donald Trump has two things to say about his war with Iran. The first is that it’s already over. And second, a symbolic congressional vote to end it – carried by four members of his own party – is a stab in the back that could derail the peace talks he’s conducting for the war that’s already over. By a 215-208 margin on Wednesday, the US House of Representatives voted to direct the president to withdraw US forces from hostilities with Iran, the first time either chamber has passed such a measure in the little over three months since Operation Epic Fury began on 28 February. By Thursday morning, Trump was on Truth Social calling the vote “unpatriotic” and blaming it on “Trump Derangement Syndrome”. Continue reading…
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- Trump’s Iran war messaging is not winning over Americans – or their representativesThe Guardian - 2026-06-04T16:07:43+00:00
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