David E. Sanger
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- Sep 23, 2026
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- Jul 10, 2026
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Trump once vowed to âownâ Greenland. He settled for something far less. (opens the original)
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In January, Donald Trump was clear about his need to take over all of Greenland, and to make it US territory. âThatâs what I feel is psychologically needed for success,â he said. âOwnership gives you things and elements that you canât get from just signing a document, that you can have a base.â On Tuesday, he signed a document that paves the way to expanding the US military presence on the island, opening new bases. But it explicitly stops short of conveying any territory to the Unit
âEconomic D-Dayâ on Iran must overcome a troubled history (opens the original)
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In declaring a new âeconomic D-Dayâ for Iran on Monday, US president Donald Trump and treasury secretary Scott Bessent are reaching for yet another strategy to grope their way out of a military adventure gone wrong. Along the way they are reversing the usual approach to coercing adversaries to bend to American will. Ordinarily, Washington approaches a problem such as dismantling Iranâs nuclear programme with straightforward diplomacy. If that goes nowhere, officials mix in escalating econo
Why has the US done a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia? (opens the original)
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US president Donald Trump went to war with Iran in part to force compliance with two long-standing US demands: Iran must stop enriching nuclear fuel for at least two decades, and it must allow international inspectors to go anywhere and see anything to verify the country is not producing a bomb. On Wednesday, Trump took the reverse approach to Saudi Arabia, its close ally in the region. To seal a deal for Westinghouse and other American companies to seize a big piece of the business in building
Does Trump have a Plan C for Iran? (opens the original)
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In the days before US president Donald Trump signed his preliminary deal with Iran after a dinner at Versailles â where the first World War officially ended â he and his aides described their strategy: The Strait of Hormuz would open to traffic and the United States would open the spigot so that Iran could sell billions of dollars of oil. The theory, Trump said, is that after years of sanctions, Iran would quickly get addicted to a torrent of revenue, and access to dollars in western banks.
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