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Trump’s latest Iran messaging whiplash kept getting worse on April 8 and 9, as threats of devastating strikes gave way to a two-week ceasefire posture that looked improvised and unstable. The fallout is now visible in bipartisan criticism, alarms from foreign-policy experts, and fresh doubt about whether the White House can manage an escalating crisis without freelancing itself into one.
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Trump’s latest Iran messaging whiplash kept getting worse on April 8 and 9, as threats of devastating strikes gave way to a two-week ceasefire posture that looked improvised and unstable. The fallout is now visible in bipartisan criticism, alarms from foreign-policy experts, and fresh doubt about whether the White House can manage an escalating crisis without freelancing itself into one.
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Trump’s latest Iran messaging whiplash kept getting worse on April 8 and 9, as threats of devastating strikes gave way to a two-week ceasefire posture that looked improvised and unstable. The fallout is now visible in bipartisan criticism, alarms from foreign-policy experts, and fresh doubt about whether the White House can manage an escalating crisis without freelancing itself into one.
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