Author: Reuters
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Trump’s geopolitical brinkmanship has hit a wall with Iran | Analysis
WASHINGTON • During his first year back in office, President Donald Trump’s blustery negotiating style won him concessions from countries on issues ranging from tariffs to armed conflict. But with Iran that same brand of coercive diplomacy, marked by public threats, insults and ultimatums, seems to have hit a wall and may be undermining his…
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Trump: Iran war is worth the economic pain. These rural voters agree
WIGGINS – Perched behind the cash register at Stubs liquor store, Amy Van Duyn gazed out the window at a red-and-green gasoline price sign, which she said seemed to tick up daily. The price was $4.34 per gallon – about 50% higher than it was in these parts when President Donald Trump returned to the…
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Rising diesel costs from Iran war strain school budgets
LOS ANGELES • Soaring diesel prices since the onset of the Iran war are draining already tight school district budgets, making it more expensive to bus students and run generators in a shock officials say they will not be able to afford for long. School districts from Yakima, Wash., to Waco, Texas, are tapping emergency…
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Democrats frame Trump ballroom as symbol of GOP disconnect
WASHINGTON • Democrats hoping to win control of Congress in November’s elections are seizing on Republicans’ support of President Donald Trump’s proposed $400 million White House ballroom to portray his party as out of touch with voters’ cost-of-living concerns. As Republicans move toward a vote that might include hundreds of millions of dollars for the ballroom,…
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Trump’s feuds with allies likely to outlast Iran war | Analysis
WASHINGTON • With his decision to pull some U.S. troops from Germany, his threats to draw down forces elsewhere in Europe and his downplaying of Iran’s recent attacks on an important Gulf partner, President Donald Trump’s latest moves foreshadow what could be the war’s enduring legacy: the fraying of ties with key allies. Even as…
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U.S., Iran no closer to ending war
WASHINGTON/CAIRO • A state of relative calm prevailed around the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, after days of sporadic flare-ups, as the United States waited for Iran’s response to its latest proposals to end more than two months of fighting and begin peace talks. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that Washington expected…
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Iran standoff could leave Trump worse off than before | Analysis
WASHINGTON • More than two months into a conflict that has failed to deliver a decisive military or diplomatic win, President Donald Trump faces the risk that a standoff with Iran will drag on indefinitely and leave an even bigger problem for the U.S. and the world than before he launched the war. With both…
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Germany says U.S. troop drawdown should spur Europe
BERLIN • A planned drawdown of 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany should spur Europe to strengthen its own defenses, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Saturday, but two top U.S. Republican lawmakers expressed concern, saying the troops should not leave Europe. The Pentagon announced the drawdown from Germany, its largest European base, on Friday,…
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Trump says U.S. could restart Iran strikes ‘if they misbehave’
DUBAI/WEST PALM BEACH • President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had been told about the concept of a deal with Iran, but was waiting for the exact wording, while warning there was still the possibility of restarting strikes on the country if Tehran misbehaves. A senior Iranian official said on Saturday that an Iranian…
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Suspect in White House press dinner shooting wrote anti-Christian manifesto
Reuters WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the suspect accused of trying to attack administration officials at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner had an anti-Christian manifesto and “a lot of hatred in his heart” but was stopped well short of the hotel ballroom hosting the event. Trump told Fox News…