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US President Donald Trump was going to be the president who stops wars, while Kamala Harris, if elected, would have sent American sons and daughters to die in needless wars.
Fast forward to March 2026, when White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed Trump attacked Iran because “he had a feeling”. No one can dare claim that a man waged a needless war because he was emotional.
In Outlook’s April 1, 2026 cover titled “ParaDime Shift”, we explore the small but significant modification to a commemorative dime in which the US government has dropped the olive branch symbol—a symbol of extending peace. The issues also looks at the US-Israel war on Iran, and how it has reached Indian kitchens.
In January of 2025, Trump had proclaimed, “We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end – and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into,” he said.
But for his own country, peace took a backseat, it would seem. Instead of stopping wars, he has started them, many of them in fact. In his first year back in office, Trump bombed seven countries: Yemen, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, and Venezuela. And on February 28, 2026, the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran, killing their Supreme Leader, the former Ayatollah, Ali Khamenei, over 160 school girls, and over 1100 civilians.
As the US-Israel machinery shows no signs of “ending war” this time, we revisit Outlook’s coverage of the election which shaped these future wars.
#Replug | November 11, 2024, issue of Outlook Magazine, titled 'White Wash', covered the US election as the race was nearing its finish line. The insanity and the inertia, the rhetoric and the reality and everything that is the US presidential election were explored.
Outlook magazine's November 21, 2024, issue, 'Cry Freedom', looked into the many violent things Trump has said over the years. There are all kinds of threats to all kinds of freedoms, including the freedom of the press. In a cover that featured Lady Liberty and Lady Justice facing each other in solidarity, Outlook underscored the need for women, immigrants, and everyone else to understand that the election was not only about economics and geopolitics but also about the rights of people to live with dignity and freedom.
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