Turning 80, Donald Trump frames his presidency as a high-stakes arena for shaping a new world order, blending political spectacle, AI rivalry with China, and resource-driven geopolitics while cultivating a growing personality cult and legacy drive and Middle East ambitions

Analysis: Despite Trump’s claim of progress in talks with Tehran, Iranian media insists the regime will not grant at the negotiating table what it refused to concede under fire; for Israel, the current state of neither war nor peace may only delay a deeper strategic reckoning