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Trump Reveals Who Will Really Decide When the Iran War Ends

Mar 9, 2026Left

The U.S. will only pull out of Iran when Israel decides it’s time to call it quits.That’s according to Donald Trump, who told The Times of Israel on Sunday that the decision to end the Iran war will be a “mutual” decision he makes with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.“I think it’s mutual … a little bit. We’ve been talking,” Trump said when asked…

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