Former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki holds the ballot paper at a polling station in Baghdad on November 11, 2025 during parliamentary elections

Former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki holds the ballot paper at a polling station in Baghdad on November 11, 2025 during parliamentary elections

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to end all US support for Iraq if Nouri al-Maliki, a former prime minister with ties to Iran, returns to the post.

Trump, in his latest blatant intervention in another country's politics, said that Iraq would make a "very bad choice" with Maliki, who has been nominated as prime minister by the largest Shiite bloc.

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