Trump torn between Iran deal or escalation after midterms defeat
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U.S. President Donald Trump went to war seeking regime change in Iran but faces a choice between a negotiated exit and a riskier escalation after voters...
U.S. President Donald Trump went to war seeking regime change in Iran but faces a choice between a negotiated exit and a riskier escalation after voters weary of the war and hit by soaring fuel prices handed Democrats control of Congress, weakening his grip on Washington.
In Tehran and among U.S. allies the result was swiftly cast as a verdict on the conflict. Across the Gulf, officials wondered which way U.S. President Donald Trump would turn.
One source close to a U.S. Gulf ally offered a first reaction: "Iran succeeded in regime change in America." The scale of the Democratic sweep in Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections stunned officials in the Gulf states into silence, the source said.
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