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Search results for "Trump cancels envoys' trip to Pakistan for Iran talks"

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Donald Trump stated on February 02, 2017 in a Facebook post:
"Smart! 'Kuwait issues its own Trump-esque visa ban for five Muslim-majority countries.' "
By Louis Jacobson• February 7, 2017
Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2021 in on social media:
The man next to Mike Pompeo in a November 2020 photo “is the guy the Trump administration helped get out of jail in 2018 and who is now the 'president' of Afghanistan."
By Louis Jacobson• August 18, 2021
Eric Trump stated on May 18, 2021 in a Fox News appearance:
The Biden White House has "no one there. They don't travel. They don't go down to the border. They don't go overseas."
By Bill McCarthy• May 20, 2021
Donald Trump stated on July 28, 2025 in an interview:
“I’ve stopped six wars” since taking office in January 2025.
By Samantha Putterman• August 5, 2025
Donald Trump stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:
“I have ended seven unendable wars.”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• September 23, 2025
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.:
John McCain "has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 29, 2008
Donald Trump stated on August 01, 2024 in a Truth Social post:
In negotiating releases of Americans held abroad, “(I) gave the opposing country NOTHING — and never any cash.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann• August 7, 2024
Kimberley Strassel stated on May 28, 2017 in "Meet the Press" on NBC:
In 2008, "candidate Obama, he's not even president-elect, sends William Miller over to Iran to establish a back channel and let the Iranians know that should he win the election, they will have friendlier terms."
By Lauren Carroll• June 2, 2017
Ilhan Omar stated on February 27, 2019 in a tweet:
"#MichaelCohen: Convicted of lying to Congress re: Russia investigation … #ElliottAbrams: Convicted of lying to Congress re: arming Contra death squads"
By Jon Greenberg• March 1, 2019
Mitt Romney stated on August 30, 2012 in remarks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
In his first TV interview as president, Obama said we "should talk to Iran."
By Katie Sanders• August 31, 2012
Republican National Committee stated on October 21, 2008 in a direct mail piece:
"Barack Obama thinks terrorists just need a good talking to."
By Alexander Lane• October 22, 2008
John McCain stated on May 30, 2009 in a Twitter message:
"Obama has more czars than the Romanovs."
By Robert Farley• June 12, 2009
Elizabeth Warren stated on March 03, 2026 in in a speech on March 3, 2026:
“In the modern era, no American president has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump.”
By Zoe Weyand• March 20, 2026
Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden “helps build Afghanistan’s pipeline.”
By Tom Kertscher• February 18, 2021
Dana Bash stated on March 29, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
"There's just one piece of legislation that is now law" with Sen. Ted Cruz's "name on it."
By Lauren Carroll• March 29, 2015
Bernie Sanders stated on January 17, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Hillary Clinton called Barack Obama "naive" for saying he was would "sit down and talk to the Iranians" during the 2008 Democratic primary.  
By Lauren Carroll• January 17, 2016
Sean Hannity stated on March 10, 2015 in remarks on Fox's Hannity:
 In 2007, when Nancy Pelosi met with President Assad of Syria, "nobody got upset."
By Lauren Carroll• March 18, 2015
Instagram posts stated on February 05, 2025 in an Instagram post:
An E! News report said USAID paid millions of dollars to sponsor American celebrity visits to Ukraine.
By Sofia Ahmed• February 7, 2025
Kelli Ward stated on July 03, 2016 in a campaign advertisement:
Says Sen. John McCain spent the July 4 weekend in Islamabad, Pakistan, selling "F-16s and advanced weapons to the folks who harbored Osama bin Laden."
By Anthony Cave• July 14, 2016
George W. Bush stated on February 10, 2008 in Camp David:
Barack Obama said "he's going to attack Pakistan and embrace (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 12, 2008

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