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Vance treads Iran tightrope, with eye on 2028

Vance treads Iran tightrope, with eye on 2028

For a man with his eye on the White House in 2028, US Vice President JD Vance has kept a low profile since the start of the Iran war. The former US marine, who served in Iraq, built a political brand as a non-interventionist who wanted to keep America

Will Trump blink on Iran as pressure mounts?

Will Trump blink on Iran as pressure mounts?

US President Donald Trump has built a potential off-ramp by suggesting the Iran war could end soon, but the world is still guessing about whether he will take it -- and whether Tehran will let him. With surging oil prices threatening the global economy and his political fortunes at home,

Trump rates Iran war as '15 out of 10'

Trump rates Iran war as '15 out of 10'

President Donald Trump on Wednesday rated the US performance in the war with Iran as a 15 on a scale of 10, saying the Islamic republic's leaders were rapidly being killed, and vowing to push on. Trump's comments came as the conflict expanded on its fifth

Trump says US Navy could escort tankers, Iran aimed to strike first

Trump says US Navy could escort tankers, Iran aimed to strike first

President Donald Trump said Tuesday the US Navy was ready to escort oil tankers through a crucial Gulf shipping route, as he justified his war on Iran by saying he believed Tehran was about to strike first. Trump has given often conflicting explanations for the joint US-Israeli attack on

Trump hunkers down after Iran strikes

Trump hunkers down after Iran strikes

Hunkered down at his luxury Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, US President Donald Trump kept an unusually low profile after announcing the start of huge military strikes on Iran. Trump eschewed the grand Oval Office addresses to the nation favored by his predecessors to announce foreign wars, and opted

Bored of peace? Trump keeps choosing war

Bored of peace? Trump keeps choosing war

On a US late-night television show Saturday, the host played a clip from 2011 of a businessman warning that president Barack Obama "will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate." That businessman was Donald Trump. Fast-forward 15 years and Trump,

Burgers, then war: Trump's bluffs before Iran strikes

Burgers, then war: Trump's bluffs before Iran strikes

On a visit to Texas on Friday, US President Donald Trump gave a raucous speech on the economy and then stopped off at a fast food joint. "Hamburgers for everyone!" Trump declared to cheering customers at the Whataburger restaurant in Corpus Christi, before the 47th president left clutching