THE IRAN RUNAROUND. Last Wednesday, President Donald Trump told reporters that talks to end the Iran war were going “very well,” so well that they might result in an agreement in a few days. “I mean, if it happens — it might not happen, who knows? But if it happens, it could happen over the weekend,” the president said.At that point, Trump made one of those comments that are both sharply funny and sadly true. When a reporter asked him how he defined the word “ceasefire” — that is, the situation that exists now between the United States and Iran — Trump said, “Pretty much the way it is. It’s a different part of the world. You know, I’d say in that part of the world, ‘ceasefire’ is when you’re shooting in a more moderate manner.”On Friday, taping an interview that would air on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, Trump said, “We’re very close to having a deal. And if we don’t have a deal, we’ll do it one way or the other,” meaning the U.S. would use military force to settle the issue. “Either way, we win.” Still, Trump held out hope for the talks. “We’re having very good negotiations with the people that are leading the country now,” he said. “It’s the third group that we’ve been dealing with. And they are different. You could say it’s regime change, actually, because these are very different people. I find them to be more rational, very smart.”