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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington

US lawmakers split on party lines over negotiations’ failure to end Iran war

Woman in light blue suit jacket speaking on stage.
Nikki Haley, Donald Trump’s UN ambassador during his first term, in Washington DC on 22 May 2024. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

The failure of negotiations to end the US war with Iran has unleashed a barrage of starkly partisan political responses, with leading Republicans making hawkish calls for Donald Trump to “finish the job” while top Democrats warned that it would be disastrous for the president to resume hostilities.

The former UN ambassador during Trump’s first presidency, Nikki Haley, led the Republican charge. She told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday that the current two-week ceasefire was a test of nerves.

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