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Former US intelligence chief Avril Haines: ‘Trump trusts his gut more than the expertise’

Financial Times25 September 2026, 12:00 UTCTaiwan

The security expert on the chances of a Trump-Xi deal on Taiwan, her interactions with President Biden — and why a third world war is a ‘plausible scenario’

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