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Frustrated Trump learns he doesn’t have the cards on Iran
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize WASHINGTON: One of President Donald Trump’s favorite metaphors is that he’s got the cards — that through the might of the United States and his own acumen he can overpower any adversary.
- On Iran, the former casino owner is learning that he, in fact, doesn’t have such a strong hand after all.
- “I don’t see how the president has many, if any, good cards to play at this moment in time,” said Mona Yacoubian, director of the Middle East program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize WASHINGTON: One of President Donald Trump’s favorite metaphors is that he’s got the cards — that through the might of the United States and his own acumen he can overpower any adversary.
On Iran, the former casino owner is learning that he, in fact, doesn’t have such a strong hand after all.
As he travels this week to China on a trip already delayed by his war, Trump will not project strength as a victor but instead will remain beleaguered both by Iran’s stubborn refusal to accept an agreement on his terms and dwindling approval from Americans who did not support the conflict and are now paying higher prices at the pump.
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