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"One of the strengths of President Trump is his strategic ambiguity..." Republican Michael Baumgartner says the President's threat that "a whole civilisation will die tonight" is "mimicking" the rhetoric of the Iranian regime, but shouldn't be taken at face value #Newsnight
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