To read the Republican spin is to catch the faint whiff of a false flag. Even some of Donald Trump’s opponents support his bulletproof ballroom and funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
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It seems like Donald Trump has a choice between his unseemly affection for Vladimir Putin and his war on Iran: “‘We see how courageously and heroically the Iranian people are fighting for their independence and sovereignty,’ Putin told [Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas] Araghchi, saying he hoped they could get through a ‘difficult period’ and that peace would prevail.”[1]
[1] Al Jazeera, “Putin praises Iranian ‘courage’ as Tehran’s foreign minister visits Russia,” April 27, 2026, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/27/iran-foreign-minister-in-russia-for-putin-talks
[1] Al Jazeera, “Putin praises Iranian ‘courage’ as Tehran’s foreign minister visits Russia,” April 27, 2026, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/27/iran-foreign-minister-in-russia-for-putin-talks
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Putin praises Iranian ‘courage’ as Tehran’s foreign minister visits Russia
Pakistan and Oman remain involved in backchannel efforts to prevent a return to an open US-Israel war on Iran.