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Trump news at a glance: president equivocates on Iran as US split over intervention

Anti-war activists protest outside the White House following the latest exchange of missile strikes between Iran and Israel, in Washington, D.C., U.S., 18 June, 2025.
Anti-war activists protest outside the White House following the latest exchange of missile strikes between Iran and Israel. Photograph: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters

The possibility of US intervention in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran is exposing sharp divisions in president Donald Trump’s base, with some of his supporters urging the president against involvement in a new Middle East war.

Trump says he remains undecided about the US getting directly involved, which if sanctioned would be a sharp departure from his usual caution about foreign entanglements.

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