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strikeApr 15, 2026
Iran-Israel ceasefire: Why America’s amateur diplomats are set up to fail
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The first reason is that the US in the second term of Donald Trump relies not on professional diplomats and experts but on amateurs who may have the trust of the president but are otherwise out of their depth.
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The first reason is that the US in the second term of Donald Trump relies not on professional diplomats and experts but on amateurs who may have the trust of the president but are otherwise out of their depth. The second is that Trump, as strategist-in-chief, keeps giving his neg…
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