Everyone's blaming Trump's Iran war for the midterms bloodbath... but MAUREEN CALLAHAN confronts a far more sinister cause, and warns: He'll go down as the Mad King who squandered the greatest comeback in history

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Everyone's blaming Trump's Iran war for the midterms bloodbath... but MAUREEN CALLAHAN confronts a far more sinister cause, and warns: He'll go down as the Mad King who squandered the greatest comeback in history

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