With the Iran war paused halfway through a 2-week ceasefire, President Trump is again voicing optimism over the potential for a deal to end it for good.
It will be very hard to get a deal as good as the situation before Trump pulled the US out of the nuclear weapons treaty unilaterally, or the deal Iran had offered the day before Trump started bombing them:
Iran had agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons
Iran had agreed to let international observers monitor their nuclear program
The Strait of Hormuz was open to shipping
The Gulf states could safely host tourists and export oil for $
It will be very hard to get a deal as good as the situation before Trump pulled the US out of the nuclear weapons treaty unilaterally, or the deal Iran had offered the day before Trump started bombing them: