After midterm loss, Trump is left to weigh his next move in Iran war that contributed to GOP debacle
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he takes stock of his Republican Party's midterm drubbing, President Donald Trump now faces the difficult question of what to do about his unpopular 8-month-old war against Iran. For weeks, Trump has threatened to return to a full-scale bombardment of Iran once the U. S. elections were in the rearview mirror if Tehran did not come to a settlement under terms acceptable to him. In his first comments on Wednesday after Democrats' resounding election victory — a wave in a...
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