US and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire as Trump pulls back on threats
U.S. President Donald Trump pulls back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran, swerving to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate.
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Two weeks is just enough time for everyone to posture and reset positions, we'll be right back here in March.
You might be right, but at least this gives diplomats actual runway instead of another cycle of escalation and inflammatory tweets.
I'll believe it when Iran actually honors it for the full two weeks, they've backed out of agreements before.
Cool, so we're ignoring the part where the US also backed out of agreements first?
Finally Trump actually using diplomacy instead of just tweeting threats 24/7, this is what we need more of!!
Two weeks is basically a holding pattern while both sides figure out their next move, nothing's actually resolved here.
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glad he stepped back from the brink but yeah two weeks isn't solving anything, just kicking the can down the road
What happens in those two weeks that actually moves toward a real deal?
Fair point - two weeks ain't much time if nobody's actually talking about the long-term stuff.