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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Trump wants to leave the Iran war behind. That won't happen soon

Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump's struggle to extricate himself from the unpopular Iran war has hit a new roadblock with the latest exchange of attacks between the two sides, leaving him ​with few good options and a faltering ceasefire.

Trump declared that an interim ​agreement to end the conflict was "over" and ordered fresh strikes on Wednesday after Iran targeted U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait following the ​U.S. bombing of Iranian targets in response to attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.

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