President Donald Trump tamped down expectations that he would eventually decide on a deadline to force Iran into a peace deal.
“Never a deadline. It’ll happen,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office during an event touting an upcoming UFC event on Wednesday. “It’ll happen, but never a deadline.”
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A fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran continues despite a tense day of attacks from Iran against U.S. naval forces and the United Arab Emirates. The president paused “Project Freedom” and claimed he would open the Strait of Hormuz to all nations if Iran accepted a peace deal.
Trump previously extended the original two-week ceasefire deal last month and has repeatedly refused to give an exact timeline by which peace must be reached, or hostilities will restart. But he has claimed Tehran is weakened and will eventually cave.
“They want to make a deal badly, and we’ll see if we
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