SHOT: Donald Trump spent yesterday afternoon thanking the Iranian regime for sending him a mystery present, while also claiming his war with Iran “has been won” and his administration is “talking to the right people,” who “want to make a deal so badly…”
CBS News: President Trump voiced optimism on Tuesday that a peace deal will be reached with Iran, while insisting the war had already been won. “This war has been won,” Mr. Trump said in the Oval Office. “The only one that likes to keep it going is the fake news.”
CHASER: …all while Trump’s Pentagon deploys thousands of U.S. Army paratroopers and Marines to the Middle East to join the 50,000 troops already there…
Reuters: The Pentagon is expected to send thousands of soldiers from the U.S. Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, adding to a massive U.S. military buildup even as President Donald Trump talks about a possible deal with Tehran to end the war.
LIME: …and Americans here at home are forced to shell out hundreds of extra dollars this year for Trump’s skyrocketing gas prices.
New York Times: The price of a barrel of Brent crude, the international benchmark, hovered around $100, up nearly 40 percent since the war started. An average gallon of gasoline also topped $3.97 nationally, according to AAA motor club, which reflected a roughly one-dollar jump from a month ago.
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