President Trump called off planned strikes on Iran on Thursday, June 12, and told the public a peace deal is close — a claim he’s made before, more than once, as U.S. policy toward the conflict has lurched in competing directions.
The cancellation is the latest in a string of sharp reversals. Trump has swung between threatening military action and announcing diplomatic progress on the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran, leaving the overall trajectory of U.S. involvement unclear. No deal has materialized from his previous announcements.
NPR reported the development Thursday evening, describing the episode as part of a pattern of “whiplash proclamations” from the White House on the Iran conflict. The administration hasn’t offered a timeline or framework for any proposed agreement.
Whether this reversal holds — or gives way to yet another shift — hasn’t been answered.
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