Iran, Israel and Trump
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President Donald Trump told CNN in a brief phone call Friday morning that the United States “of course” supports Israel and called the country’s strikes on Iran overnight “a very successful attack,” while warning Iran to make a nuclear deal.
President Trump on Friday urged Iran to "make a deal, before there is nothing left" after Israel launched roughly 200 strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, senior military leaders and research scientists,
The explosive conflict between Israel and Iran is roiling the Middle East – and raising questions about whether the world is moving ahead without the U.S. Colonel Jack Jacobs, Anthony Fisher, Pablo Torre,
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.
The president had asked Israel to hold off. Now he’s scrambling to make a deal in negotiations that have become even more complex.
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Israel's bombing of Iranian targets ignites political clash as Democrats, Republicans, and media figures debate Netanyahu's actions and Trump's Middle East influence
President Trump is trapped between the “America First” isolationists and others in his party who are cheering on Israel’s strikes against Iran.