The leaders’ sit-down took place at the Oval Office on Tuesday, on a day dominated by the resignation of US counterterrorism chief Joe Kent over the US and Israel’s war on Iran and Trump’s tirade against NATO allies refusing to get on board with military action in the blocked Strait of Hormuz. But as the Irish Times newspaper noted, he remained “effectively mute” for the first 20 minutes as the US president held forth on a range of grievances, including the resignation of Kent, director of the US National Counterterrorism Center. Then, Trump went on to complain that while the US had helped with Ukraine, “they don’t help with Iran”, going on to unload a lengthy list of grievances against Iranian leaders, whom he called “the worst people going back to Hitler”, and Europe.
Author: Al Jazeera Staff
Published at: 2026-03-17 22:53:11
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