Trump has claimed multiple times in recent weeks that the warring parties have been on the cusp of a deal without anything coming to fruition.

Trump claims peace talks are progressing after Israel-Iran clashes, predicting a swift end to the war and lower oil prices.

Israeli strikes Tuesday on southern Lebanon came hours after the president’s latest optimistic assessment, and risked renewed fighting with Tehran.

Israel and Iran have agreed to largely hold off strikes against each other for now, as US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that talks over a peace deal to end the war were…