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Trump: Iranians don’t realize they have no cards, except short-term extortion in international waterways
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US President Donald Trump says, “The Iranians don’t seem to realize they have no cards, other than a short-term extortion of the world by using international waterways.”
“The only reason they are alive today is to negotiate!” he claims, in yet another post about the Iran conflict on Truth Social.
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