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TRUMP DEMANDS: No deal with Iran unless they surrender

President Trump declared that he will accept nothing less than Iran’s unconditional surrender, setting the administration’s maximalist war aim and raising stakes across diplomacy, allies and global energy markets

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92,000 - U S payrolls lost in February

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"There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" — President Donald Trump

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