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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lucy Campbell

Republican lawmakers warn of ‘disastrous mistake’ as Trump nears deal with Iran

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Senator Lindsey Graham: ‘It makes one wonder why the war started to begin with.’ Photograph: Kenny Holston/The New York Times/Reuters

Republican hawks have issued a rare rebuke of Donald Trump over his planned peace deal with Iran, describing it as a “disaster” and questioning why the US president launched the war in the first place.

Allies of Trump who strongly backed his controversial decision to order war on Iran alongside Israel urged him to “hold the line” this weekend, despite mounting economic costs and no sign of progress on many of the the initial objectives set out by his administration.

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