Trump raises hopes of a deal with Iran

To be fair, Donald Trump has been pretty optimistic since his war with Iran began that it would all work out well and he would meet all his objectives. There has been a ton of ups and downs since, but basically he remained sure that the war would end in due course and everything would be fine. While this was simplistic, because patently it has not been all right for the Iranians, or for Israelis injured in missile strikes or the Gulf states who have been targeted with Iranian drones and missiles, it now seems there is new hope for a settlement. Trump has said his two main Everything Envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, have held key talks with Iranian top officials and Tehran wants a deal. It's impossible to say with any degree of confidence that the talks will actually bring this war to an end. But Trump is holding off for five days from attacking Iran's power infrastructure to give the talks a chance. There was an almighty "PHEW" across the world and oil prices suddenly dropped. Of course, if the deal goes ahead but it doesn't include an agreement by Iran to hand over the 440 kilograms of 60 per cent enriched uranium, then there will be a lot of questions raised about why this war wes started in the first place. But, as someone famously said, let's give peace a chance. But what will Israel do? Only yesterday Israeli military spokesmen were talking about the war going on for weeks. Can Trump restrain Benjamin Netanyahu? I think he wqill have to, otherwsie any peace settlement with Washington will look pretty pointless. PLEASE BUY AGENT REDRUTH, MY NEW SPY THRILLER PAPERBACK. AMAZON, ROWANVALE BOOKS, WATERSTONES.