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Trump pulls stunning about-face on the Pope to salvage disaster deal
Trump Uses the Pope to Launder a Bad DealPower Sits ElsewhereThe real power in this story is not the Pope, and not the Republican commentators now denouncing the agreement. It is the Trump administration, which negotiated and signed the U.S.-Iran deal, and Iran, which secured major concessions in exchange for promises the source itself says remain unresolved. When a president needs a religious figure’s praise to defend his own foreign policy, that is not a sign of moral authority. It is a sign of political weakness and narrative management.What the Source SaysAccording to the reporting, the…
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