Trump initiated the war against Iran in 2019. Iran supports Hezbollah as a regional proxy force. Caitlin Talmadge is a professor at MIT.
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Trump initiated the war against Iran in 2019. Iran supports Hezbollah as a regional proxy force. Caitlin Talmadge is a professor at MIT.
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Donald Trump
American businessman and politician (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
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Hezbollah
Iranian-backed Shia Islamist political party and armed organization in Lebanon
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