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Kelly McParland: Iran exploits Trump's lack of interest in war

The Americans could have outlasted Iran's murderous regime, but the White House is ready to call it quits after less than six months

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I try not to think too much about the current president of the United States — it’s just too depressing — but it’s been hard to look away as he tries to wriggle his way out of the war he started in Iran.

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Donald Trump, the U.S. commander-in-chief and leader of the free world, has other things he’d rather be doing, mostly to do with the real estate world he appears to miss badly.

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He’s dug up the backyard at the White House and has a ballroom half built but has once again been ordered to halt by a judge. He’s got a new helipad underway a few steps away but is demanding changes because the lawn evidently slopes in a displeasing manner. He’s mad at D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro for admitting his reflecting pool project wasn’t sabotaged by Olympic canoeist David Hearn but was bungled by his own administration, and he’s determined to push ahead with renovations to a local public golf course despite pushback from locals concerned about the destruction of biking and hiking trails and a grove of cherry trees.

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