Iran-U.S. Deal Lifts U.S. Inflation to 4.2% as Trump Faces Deeper Republican Divisions
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Updated · parstoday.ir · Jun 17
Iran-U.S. Deal Lifts U.S. Inflation to 4.2% as Trump Faces Deeper Republican Divisions
3 articles · Updated · parstoday.ir · Jun 17
Summary
4.2% U.S. inflation in May, up from 2.4% in February, has become the clearest domestic fallout from the Iran conflict and subsequent agreement, the Financial Times said.
Higher gasoline prices and broader war-driven costs left Americans with no clear sense of victory, undermining Trump even if the agreement holds and easing the conflict only for now.
Trump had swung between late-stage negotiations and military escalation, including talk around Khark Island, before settling on a deal far short of the unconditional surrender he demanded from Tehran on Feb. 28.
The episode also widened Republican splits between anti-intervention voices and hawks who had pressed the White House toward military action, threatening longer-term political damage to Trump and his party.