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Trump Plotting Twisted Revenge on Key Allies That Don’t Like His War
April 8, 2026
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Kevin Lamarque / REUTERSThe Trump White House is weighing punishments for NATO allies that do not give their full support to the president’s war in Iran. President Donald Trump has been furious with several key U.S. allies for not pledging to give their full military might to help him reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait has emerged as a key point of leverage for Tehran, so much so that Trump threatened to kill off the entire Iranian population if it did not open back up, a threat which he later walked back.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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