A whirlwind 48 hours: How Trump’s Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together
In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Donald Trump went from elated to indignant to triumphant as the fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together, teetered toward collapse and ultimately coalesced. Trump publicly on Tuesday harangued Israelis and Iranians with pique that’s even notable for someone who isn’t shy about letting the world know exactly what he thinks. The effort was helped along as his aides, and Qatari allies, sensed an opening after following a half-hearted, face-saving measure by Tehran to retaliate against the U.S. for strikes against three key nuclear sites. It didn’t hurt that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after 12 days of bombing, could make the case to the Israeli public that Iran’s nuclear program was diminished.
