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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Joseph Gedeonin Washington

From Gaza to Ukraine to Iran, Trump’s ‘peacemaker’ promise collapses

a composite image showing a man carrying an injured girl and firefighters responding to a burning building
Left: a rescuer carries an injured girl on his back in an area hit by a missile fired from Iran, in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv. Right: firefighters extinguish a fire in a building that was destroyed in an Israeli attack in Tehran. Composite: AFP/Getty Images

In his inaugural address this January, Donald Trump declared that his proudest legacy would be that of “a peacemaker and unifier”, pledging that US power would “stop all wars and bring a new spirit of unity to a world that has been angry, violent, and totally unpredictable”.

Five months later, his second presidency is witnessing the spectacular unraveling of that lofty aspiration.

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