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US President Donald Trump claimed an agreement to end the war with Iran was close on Thursday, hours after cancelling a third consecutive night of strikes.

Trump had declared the US would strike Iran "very hard", but hours later said his negotiators had "just made a great settlement" with Iran.

He told reporters it was "subject to finalisation of documents, which should get done, over the next few days" and that there would "probably" be a signing ceremony in Europe.

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[–] dbdr@nord.pub 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

This BBC article is doing an ok job. It's true that Trump claims that a deal is near. They also point out the history:

Trump has previously claimed a deal with Iran was close without one materialising.

[...]

On 20 April, Trump said a deal with Iran would be made "relatively quickly", and both he and senior administration figures suggested negotiations were progressing in the weeks that followed.

But on 27 May, after reports the two sides were close to an agreement, Trump said he was "not satisfied" with its terms. Talks have continued since.

[...]

Hours before the latest comments on an impending deal, Trump had said "the United States will be hitting Iran... very hard tonight" while threatening to seize Kharg Island and other oil infrastructure points "in the not too distant future".

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

If they were doing an okay job, title would be something like, "Pathological liar and narcissistic pedophile makes claims without evidence." With a disclaimer at the top:

"Believing what this pathological liar says without absolute evidence is a mental illness."

[–] mech@feddit.org 3 points 19 hours ago

That's not news, that's an opinion piece.
And it would get the BBC sued, since Trump hasn't been diagnosed with narcissistic disorder or convicted in a criminal court for child abuse.

There are enough blogs you can read that write like that, though.