1 week ago No matter what Trump says, the US has gone to war – and there will be profound and lasting consequences | Simon Tisdall

Trump has fallen slap bang into the trap laid for him by Netanyahu. His reckless gamble makes a nuclear weapon for Iran more, not less, likelyBombing will not make Iran go away. US bombs will not destroy the knowhow needed to build a nuclear weapon or the will do so, if that is what Tehran wants. The huge attack ordered by Donald Trump will not halt ongoing open warfare between Israel and Iran. It will not bring lasting peace to the Middle East, end the slaughter in Gaza, deliver justice to the Palestinians, or end more than half a century of bitter enmity between Tehran and Washington.More likely, Trump’s rash, reckless gamble will inflame and exacerbate all these problems. Depending on how Iran and its allies and supporters react, the region could plunge into an uncontrolled conflagration. US bases in the Persian Gulf and elsewhere in the region, home to about 40,000 American troops, must now be considered potential targets for retaliation – and possibly British and allied forces,...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump calls for huge rate cuts as he calls Fed’s Powell ‘stupid’

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2 w. ago Donald Trump calls for huge rate cuts and says Fed chief is ‘stupid’

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3 w. ago Donald Trump and Elon Musk urged to bury hatchet as feud sparks 'nuclear fear'

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3 w. ago JD Vance says Elon Musk’s attack against Trump is a ‘huge mistake’

Vice-president was interviewed by comedian Theo Von, who also asked him if he ‘got high’ on election nightJD Vance said Elon Musk was making a “huge mistake” going after Donald Trump in a storm of bitter and inflammatory social media posts after a falling-out between the two men.But the vice-president, in an interview released on Friday after the very public blowup between the world’s richest person and arguably the world’s most powerful, also tried to downplay Musk’s blistering attacks as an “emotional guy” who got frustrated. Continue reading...

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Elon Musk has been attacking Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill" for several days and suddenly the pair both went for the jugular in an ugly war of words on social media

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