Marco Rubio told Congress this week the war with Iran is over.
The next day, Iranian drones tore through a terminal at Kuwait’s main airport that had reopened only two days before, killing one person and wounding more than sixty. The House voted that same day to demand Trump end a war his own administration says is already finished.
Trump has privately told aides he would restart the war if Iran kills American troops, according to Wall Street Journal reporting. A war that is over does not need a condition for restarting. Trump has set one anyway.
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Source: USA Today
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Source: CBS News
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Source: NOTUS
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Source: The Associated Press
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Source: UPI
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Source: ABC News
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Source: The Independent
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Source: NBC News
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Source: The New York Times [gift link]
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Source: KSTP St. Paul
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Source: The Washington Post
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Source: The Hill
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Source: Federal News Network
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Source: ProPublica
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Source: The New York Times [gift link]
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Source: The Guardian
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