Trump believes Iran deal is nearing

A senior White House official said the situation with the agreement has not changed at this time. He emphasized that an agreement with Tehran is still close, Politico reports.

The American strikes were in response to an Iranian attack last weekend that downed an American military helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.

However, the President and US Central Command emphasized that America's response was proportionate, a marked departure from Trump's previous threats to destroy Iranian civilization.

Even despite the escalation of hostilities, the Trump administration maintains that this is only a minor setback to peace, not a resumption of hostilities.

But the two countries have been trading peace proposals for weeks without reaching an agreement, and Trump has stated dozens of times that an agreement is close.

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