Putin gives Trump easy way out of confused Iran war strategy – and he might take it

As Trump delivers bafflingly mixed messages about the end of the Iran war, he has suggested he may lift oil sanctions on Russia, but that will suit only one man - Vladimir Putin. World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley asks: whose side is the US president really on?


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