Donald Trump
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- Middle East at war
Trumped-up peace deal at the mercy of another nation, and it’s not Iran
Donald Trump wants the war with Iran to end because of the political damage it’s costing him at home. But America’s key ally in the Middle East has a very different view.
- Peter Hartcher
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- Middle East at war
The key dangers that threaten Trump’s peace terms with Iran
The US president said he went to war because Iran would not negotiate. Now he claims peace based on a negotiation with a regime he cannot defeat or control.
- David Crowe
UFC Freedom 250 as it happened: Gaethje stuns Topuria in co-main event as Trump celebrates 80th birthday with White House cage fight
The US president hailed an agreement to end the conflict in Iran hours before a celebration on the storied South Lawn that once would have seemed unfathomable.
- Tom Housden
Everything you need to know about the US-Iran peace deal
The full details of the agreement, hammered out between the two sides over the weekend, are yet to be revealed but the key issue of reopening the Strait of Hormuz may have been resolved.
- Staff reporter
Trump puts himself at centre of birthday spectacle – his own and America’s
Even in this setting, where the president could reliably expect a warm reception, his entrance was met with a mix of cheers and boos.
- Isaac Arnsdorf
- Opinion
- Middle East at war
Trump’s deal will show how pointless his war was
Oil might soon flow through the Strait of Hormuz, but the damage done by the US president’s war will linger for a very long time.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Happy Birthday, Mr President. You’ve had a long, but low life
I’m the same age as Donald Trump. He’s done so much in his 80 years, almost all of it bad.
- Geoffrey Robertson
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- Middle East at war
‘Let the oil flow’: Trump says Iran, US have reached peace deal
The details remain the subject of conjecture as Iran said the final agreement would be negotiated over the next 60 days, amid debate in Israel about whether Trump had given too much away.
- David Crowe
- Opinion
- Epstein fallout
The spell of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the White House
After a week bristling with lurid revelations, it’s clear that no matter how much the US president wishes him away, Jeffrey Epstein is haunting Trump and is persisting as a national obsession.
- Maureen Dowd
Trump reignites Anthropic feud after takedown of latest AI model
The feud between Anthropic and the Trump administration has deepened after the US government demanded the company take down one of its new AI models.
- Dustin Volz, Julian E. Barnes and Ana Swanson