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Trump claims Iran’s leaders told him their country has ‘no chance’ of winning the war

Amid a fragile Iran war ceasefire, President Donald Trump claimed that leaders in Tehran understand they have no credible path to victory. “I call it a skirmish because Iran has no chance,” Trump said Tuesday morning during an event in the Oval Office. “They never did. They know.

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Trump claims Iran’s leaders told him their country has ‘no chance’ of winning the warAmid a fragile Iran war ceasefire, President Donald Trump claimed that leaders in Tehran understand they have no credible path to victory. “I call it a skirmish because Iran has no chance,” Trump said Tuesday morning during an event in the Oval Office. “They never did. They know.
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