{"id":237677,"date":"2026-08-06T00:14:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T00:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/237677\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T00:14:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T00:14:24","slug":"us-politics-iran-war-live-updates-probe-into-donald-trump-safety-incident-on-marine-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/237677\/","title":{"rendered":"US politics, Iran war live updates: Probe into Donald Trump \u2018safety incident\u2019 on Marine One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the Iran war. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities are looking into a \u201csafety incident\u201d that could have led to airborne disaster for US President Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, US time, the Marine One helicopter carrying Donald Trump took off from the White House but passenger planes at one of Washington DC\u2019s airports were not held to let the President pass. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/ea12a7d2b68d319af717bd20fce76a68\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Conservative pundit issues 3 month warning for Trump\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration has insisted it was not a \u201cdangerous close call\u201d but one report said the President and a passenger jet were \u201cconverging\u201c on one another and did not have the adequate minimum space between them.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the US is reportedly reassessing its plans to use nuclear weapons if there were to be a war with Russia or China.<\/p>\n<p>The plan could see the US give the President options to use more tactical nuclear weapons in a \u201cregional war\u201d amid fears Moscow and Beijing could team up in unison to thwart the US. <\/p>\n<p>And there are claims the US is \u201cinching closer\u201d to a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz \u2013 crucially without tolls being paid to Tehran. But the deal might only be temporary. <\/p>\n<p>In domestic politics, a series of left populist candidates have won primaries for the Democratic Party. <\/p>\n<p>American voters will go to the polls in November with the Democrats keen to win a majority in Congress as Donald Trump faces dire polling numbers. <\/p>\n<p>But the Mr Trump has said the success of the Democratic Socialist candidates shows the party is now run by \u201ccommunists\u201d. The party denies this but it\u2019s clear there is now a major split in the Democrats between centrists and socialists. <\/p>\n<p>Read on for more updates<\/p>\n<p>Read related topics:<a class=\"topic_tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/topics\/donald-trump\" data-tgev-container=\"story-topic-links\" data-tgev-label=\"Donald Trump\" data-tgev-order=\"1\" data-tgev-metric=\"npv\" data-tgev=\"event10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the Iran war. 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