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‘Regime change’ or peace: Trump’s head-spinning Iran policy

‘Regime change’ or peace: Trump’s head-spinning Iran policy

The president claims another Middle East war has ended – just days after the US joined it.

US President Donald Trump at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar last month. Getty

In Donald Trump’s world, with himself as the protagonist, the conflict in Iran has unfolded in three stages over a chaotic 48-hour period.

On Saturday, it began with the US president ordering B-2 bombers to drop bunker-busting bombs on Iran’s nuclear facilities, sending the US into Israel’s war with the Islamic republic.

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