Trump drops plan to tax ships as fighting with Iran escalates
President Donald Trump during a meeting with Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi of Iraq in the Oval Office on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. Trump is retreating from his statement that the United States would…
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