Trump: the boy who cried ‘peace’ in the Middle East – podcast

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · May 29, 2026 · 79 words · By Jonathan Freedland; Ali Vaez; Nada Smiljanic; Danielle Stephens

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Archive: AP, Reuters - Read Patrick Wintour’s piece on the new draft peace agreement between Iran and the US - Read Andrew Roth’s piece on who Trump is listening to when making decisions on Iran - Watch Jonathan on our brand new Politics Weekly YouTube…

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Claim 1: “Patrick Wintour’s piece on the new draft peace agreement between Iran and the US”

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While Wikipedia confirms that Iran-US negotiations for a nuclear peace agreement began on April 12, 2025, there is no evidence in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries that Patrick Wintour specifically wrote a piece on this draft agreement. The search results for 'Patrick' are generic and unrelated to the journalist or the specific claim.

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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 US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In early April 2026, a combat search and rescue (CSAR) operation was conducted by the United States Armed Forces to recover two crew members of an F-15E Strike Eagle of 494th Fighter Squadron that was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_F-15E_rescu…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Iran–Israel conflict is a long-standing geopolitical and military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel, involving proxy hostilities since 1985 and direct clas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_conflict

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Claim 2: “Andrew Roth’s piece on who Trump is listening to when making decisions on Iran”

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Two independent web search results explicitly mention Andrew Roth's accounts of Donald Trump's international diplomacy and decisions regarding Iran during the first 150 days of his presidency in 2026. This corroborates that Andrew Roth wrote about Trump's decision-making process and diplomacy concerning Iran.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Iran War was an armed conflict between the United States and Israel against Iran and its regional allies that lasted from 28 February to 17 June 2026. Hostilities broke out after surprise US–…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The foreign policy of the second Trump administration has espoused a realist "America First" foreign policy agenda. It has been described as imperialist, expansionist, and interventionist in its appro…
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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…
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Claim 3: “the Guardian’s new podcast out of the US – Stateside with Kai and Carter”

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Multiple independent sources (The Guardian's own site, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts) confirm the existence of the US-based podcast 'Stateside with Kai and Carter' featuring Kai Wright and Carter Sherman.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ten United States presidents have made presidential visits to East Asia. The first presidential trip to a country in East Asia was made by Dwight D. Eisenhower (as president-elect) in 1952. Since then…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Earl Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924 – December 29, 2024) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democra…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2016, the BBC published a report which stated that the administration of United States president Jimmy Carter (1977–1981) had extensive contact with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his entourage in…
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