‘Foreign policy is the economy’: How Iran war is shaping US midterm vote
Democrats are framing the conflict as an affordability issue to criticise Republican candidates backed by Trump.
Al Jazeera English reports: Democrats are framing the conflict as an affordability issue to criticise Republican candidates backed by Trump.
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