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Late-night report sends Trump into a social media death spiral

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What happened

AlterNet reports that President Donald Trump used Truth Social to deny an Axios report that his administration was open to easing sanctions and unlocking frozen Iranian assets if Tehran took concrete steps concerning its nuclear program. Axios attributed that account to anonymous U.S. officials; Trump called it fabricated, demanded a retraction, and said he had offered Iran nothing.

The denial followed Trump’s public rejection of an Iranian peace proposal three days earlier and came amid a broader stream of attacks on news outlets and public figures…

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