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Why Trump keeps flipping on Iran: A president who sees the world as he wants it to be

The president's fierce tendency to see the world as he wants it to be is colliding with courts, Congress and his own base

By Howard Kurtz Fox News

Published June 12, 2026 3:00am EDT

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