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Don’t count on the Iran-Israel ceasefire lasting. What Netanyahu really wants is a forever war

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Trump doesn’t know how to deal with China. His cowardice only makes a war with Taiwan more likely

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Trump refuses to accept that for Netanyahu and Putin forever war is the only option

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Trump thinks he is shaping the Middle East. Instead, it’s Gulf states that will dictate US foreign policy

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Tyrants like Trump always fall – and we can already predict how he will be dethroned

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Being Putin’s stooge won’t win Trump a peace prize. The Order of Lenin, though, is in the bag

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Trump has utterly changed the rules of engagement. World leaders must learn this – and quickly