President Donald Trump is still pursuing a long-term agreement to end the Iran war, even after Iran and Israel exchanged long-range missile strikes over the weekend for the first time in roughly two months, threatening to derail the process and drag the region back into war.Trump has repeatedly said Iran is ready to make a deal and that it has agreed to concessions that match his positions. Continued and escalating Iranian aggression has not changed the president’s desire for a deal.“Both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE! Final negotiations on ‘Peace’ are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way,” he said on Monday morning, adding in an earlier social media post, “Israel and Iran must immediately stop ‘shooting.'”
Despite repeated Iranian attacks that would appear to violate the terms of the ceasefire, Trump maintains it’s still in effect, though he said last week he would restart offensive operations if Iran killed more U.S. troops, which has not happened.
The events of the weekend began when Hezbollah — an Iranian proxy paramilitary group based in Lebanon — fired rockets into northern Israel. Israel’s military responded by targeting a Hezbollah command center in the Dahieh area, which is a suburb of the capital city of Beirut.
