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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Mohamad Bazzi

Trump was ‘the candidate of peace’. Now he’s fanning the flames of war

netanyahu and trump lean toward each other in the oval office
‘Less than 100 days into his second term, Trump has not only unleashed economic and political chaos at home, he’s also stoking multiple conflicts abroad.’ Photograph: Yuri Gripas/UPI/Rex/Shutterstock

Throughout the last presidential campaign, Donald Trump portrayed himself as the candidate who would bring peace to an unstable world. He promised to use his deal-making experience to negotiate an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Israel’s war on Gaza, among other global conflicts.

“If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace,” Trump told a rally in Michigan on 1 November, as he urged Arab and Muslim American voters to choose him over the Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris.

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