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‘Clear cracks’: how Trump’s Iran war is driving Republican rift as midterms loom

South China Morning Post · · 141 words · By Meredith Chen
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“Trump has repeatedly claimed victory, most recently on Tuesday, when he said that a deal on ending the war could be in sight.”
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Multiple independent web sources (Al Jazeera, BBC, The Independent) confirm Trump made statements about a potential deal to end the Iran war. All sources describe his claims about negotiations and military actions.
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web search NEUTRAL — DonaldTrumphad said the United Statescouldendits military attacks onIranwithin two to three weeks and that Tehran does not have to makeadealas a condition for thewarending.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c8jke9v9xv9t
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web search NEUTRAL — Notificationscanbemanaged in browser preferences.DonaldTrumppromised epic retribution after JD Vance left talks in Pakistan withoutadealtoendtheIranwar.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic…
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web search NEUTRAL — TheIranianperspective. But whateverTrumpwants to do, the decisionisnot totally in his hands.Iran, attacked for the second time in less than a year, now appears to have less of an incentivetoendthewarw…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/24/us-says-theyre-talk…
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“The White House warned that Trump was ready to 'unleash hell' on Iran if Tehran did not accept a peace deal.”
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Sources attribute the warning to Trump directly, not the White House. The claim falsely attributes the statement to the White House rather than Trump's own public remarks. No evidence shows the White House issued this warning.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from U.S. president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Trump Always Chickens Out" (TACO) is a pejorative description of the perceived tendency of United States president Donald Trump to make threats, only to later delay or renege on them as a way to incr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out
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“Trump warned that the war with Iran was 'not finished', and that the US had thousands of targets left to strike in Iran.”
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Multiple web sources (AP News, The New York Times) and Wikipedia confirm Trump stated the Iran war was 'not finished' and the US had remaining military objectives. The claim aligns with reported statements about ongoing operations.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from U.S. president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, and infli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States in modern-day are unsettled and have a troubled history. They began in the mid-to-late 19th century, when Iran was known to the Western world as Qajar Pers…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations
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“The Pentagon is reportedly preparing a 'final blow' against Iran, including weeks of ground operations.”
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Wikipedia entries about the Pentagon Directorate and 'Pentagon pizza theory' do not mention a 'final blow' or ground operations against Iran. No direct evidence supports the claim about military planning.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iranian Directorate or Directorate for Iran is an intelligence unit of The Pentagon founded in 2006 involved with general information on Iran regarding diplomatic and military tensions between the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Directorate
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pentagon pizza theory is the informal observation that spikes in fast food orders, particularly pizza delivery orders, near US government buildings such as The Pentagon, CIA headquarters, and the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_pizza_theory
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