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Trump posts image saying Obama 'caused this war to happen': 'Don't forget who funded Iran'

Donald Trump on Monday shared a post on Truth Social blaming former President Barack Obama for the United States' ongoing war with Iran, amplifying a meme that depicted Obama next to a pallet of cash with the caption: "Don't forget the one who funded Iran and caused this war to happen. OBAMA!"The image is a reference to a $400 million cash payment the Obama administration made to Iran in January 2016, which the White House at the time said was a longstanding legal dispute over a failed arms deal predating the Islamic Revolution. Critics, including Trump, have long characterized the payment as a ransom — a characterization the Obama administration denied.The post came from a pro-Trump account called WomenForTrump and was reshared by the president without comment.The timing is notable. Trump is currently engaged in active ceasefire negotiations with Iran and has spent the weekend praising what he called a "professional and productive" relationship with Tehran — a striking contrast to the inflammatory framing of the post he chose to amplify on Monday morning.It also comes just days after Trump's own Truth Social base revolted against his Iran diplomacy, with supporters accusing him of repeating Obama's mistakes and demanding military action rather than negotiation.

Trump says Gulf States should recognize Israel as part of deal to end Iran war

President Donald Trump said he is “mandatorily requesting” that several Gulf States join the Abraham Accords, a landmark agreement between Israel and multiple Arab nations to establish relations, as a part of a broader deal with Iran to end the conflict. The Trump administration is negotiating an end to the war in Iran, but there […]

Expert says Trump accidentally revealed his Obama ties: 'He doth protest too much'

A veteran foreign policy expert delivered a cutting verdict on Donald Trump's Iran diplomacy Monday, arguing that the president's relentless attacks on Barack Obama's nuclear deal are actually an admission that his own deal looks remarkably similar."He doth protest too much," said Richard Haass, the veteran diplomat and foreign policy analyst, responding to Trump's repeated Truth Social broadsides against the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. "The people that are going to note the similarities — neither that agreement nor this one will get Iran out of the nuclear business. It's going to place a ceiling on it."Haass went further, suggesting the current situation is worse than it needed to be. The deal that Trump's own negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were offered in late February, he said, was "at least as good and arguably better than anything we're going to be able to negotiate now.""Talk about an unnecessary war of choice," Haass said. "This is going to be high on the list."The observation landed with particular force given Trump's weekend posts mocking the "rank amateurs" of the Obama administration who negotiated the original deal.It was Morning Joe regular John Heilemann's comment that framed the moment most sharply. Heilemann, co-host Jonathan Lemire noted, is fond of saying that with Trump, "everything is confession or projection" — and Trump's Obama attacks, in this reading, are both simultaneously.Haass said the final verdict on Trump's deal will depend on inspection mechanisms and implementation details. But on the core question of whether it represents a fundamental break from Obama's approach, he was unequivocal: it does not."There's actually much more in common than this president is ever going to be comfortable with," he told viewers.

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Pope Leo XIV said artificial intelligence should be “disarmed” to protect humanity from its dangers, adding his voice to a heated debate over the extent to which governments should regulate a technology that is reshaping the world.

Trump Says Iran Talks ‘Proceeding Nicely’ as Deal Appears Closer

US President Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran over an interim deal to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz were “proceeding nicely.”

U.S.-Iran peace deal emerging, while war threats still loom

President Trump and other administration officials are tempering expectations raised of an imminent agreement to end the war in Iran while Iranian officials have signaled there are still disagreements on key issues.

Trump Says He Told Negotiators 'Not to Rush Into' a Deal With Iran

The Trump administration and Iran both say progress is being made to end the war but there’s no deal yet. President Donald Trump says he’s told his representatives “not to rush into a deal,” while an Iran spokesman said, “No one can claim an agreement is about to be signed imminently.”  The key terms at issue are Iran’s nuclear program and the fate of nearly 1,000lbs of highly enriched uranium, and control over the Strait of Hormuz. NBC’s Richard Engel reports for TODAY.

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