TRUMP: ‘NO STICKING POINTS’: To hear President Donald Trump tell it, a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz and bar Iran from ever having nuclear weapons is just days away. By one count, Trump has made similar statements more than three dozen times in the past few months. However, speaking to reporters at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York last night, Trump insisted negotiations were about to conclude with a “powerful deal.”“We’re in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal that will not allow in any way, shape, or form nuclear weapons, et cetera,” Trump said after watching game three of the NBA Finals in New York. “And the Strait will open up right away. It’ll open up immediately upon signing, which could be in two or three days.” When an incredulous reporter asked if Trump were saying he’d be signing a peace agreement in two or three days, Trump was quick to backpedal. “No, no, we have a good chance of doing it,” he said. “I don’t think there are any sticking points. I think we’re very close to having a very, very, good, strong, powerful deal.”
Earlier in the evening, in a remote appearance at a rally in South Carolina for Sen. Lindsey Graham and Pamela Evette, Trump promised the war would end later this month. “We’re negotiating now, and they want to make a very good deal. They’re willing to give us everything. They’re willing to give us no nuclear weapons. I think we are winning that battle, but you’re really going to win it over the next two weeks when we declare total victory, it will be a total victory.”
