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Trump's Lebanon pivot and the Iran arithmetic

At the White House on 21 July 2026, Donald Trump posed for cameras with Lebanon's president and told reporters that Tom Barrack is Lebanese. Hours later he told the same room that Iran would take 20 to 25 years to rebuild. Both lines came from the same podium, and the contradiction is the story.

Daniel Whitmore · Monexus Opinion desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·21 Jul 2026·Live on the wire ↗
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