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Frustrated Trump ‘weighing new strikes on Iran’ as he flies to China for high-stakes meeting with Xi

The Independent·James C. Reynolds·21 days ago
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Donald Trump is considering new military strikes on Iran after dismissing Tehran ’s latest peace proposal as “garbage”, according to a report, as he prepared for a high-stakes meeting with Xi Jinping in China . Sources told CNN that Trump has grown impatient with the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz and feels a division in the Iranian leadership is obstructing progress towards a deal. Several officials now doubt whether Tehran is willing to adopt a serious negotiating stance, they said, driving the administration to reconsider their strategy. Aides to the president said he is now more seriously considering reopening major combat operations, though he is unlikely to make a decision before his historic trip to China this week. A ceasefire agreed last month between the two countries has largely held despite occasional exchanges of fire. Trump’s anticipated visit to Beijing , the first for a sitting US president in a decade, has already been pushed back over the Iran conflict.…

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