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DONALD TRUMP promised a “new era of peace” on Thursday night — claimed he would to end the US’s regime-change policies of the past.
Addressing a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, on his victory tour of the Midwestern swing states that secured his win last month, the president-elect hinted at co-operation with Syria, Iran and Lebanon.
“We will partner with every nation that is willing to join us in the effort to defeat Isis and radical Islamic terrorism.”
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
