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Is there method – or madness – behind Trump’s actions in Iran?

11 January 2020

9:00 AM

11 January 2020

9:00 AM

Leaders are often accused of escalating a conflict abroad in order to distract from headaches at home. On Tuesday, before Iran’s missiles were fired, Donald Trump seemed to be doing the opposite. He and his media surrogates started their now all-too-familiar yabbering about impeachment and the Democrats. It felt as if they were trying to move the news cycle away from the Iran crisis.

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