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I am going to start wearing a neck brace\u2026 Trump\u2019s conflicting comments about the peace negotiations with Iran have given me whiplash.\u00a0Today at a Cabinet meeting<\/a>, President Trump asserted that Iran is \u201cnegotiating on fumes<\/em>\u201d and insisted that November\u2019s midterm elections won\u2019t make him rush into a deal to end the nearly three-month-old conflict.<\/p>\n He said that after opening the Cabinet meeting with the claim that a deal is near.\u00a0Over the weekend<\/a>, he had declared that his administration and Tehran had \u201clargely negotiated<\/em>\u201d a settlement, but the negotiations remain in flux. Which is it?\u00a0Flux<\/em>,\u00a0fumes<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0largely negotiated<\/em>?<\/p>\n Trump expressed confidence<\/a>\u00a0that the US would soon reach an agreement to end the conflict, though he cautioned that his administration is not yet satisfied with the terms \u2014 and is willing to resume fighting if it can\u2019t secure its demands.<\/p>\n The key area emanating fumes is the Strait of Hormuz\u2026 Trump said: \u201cWe\u2019re going to watch over it. We\u2019ll watch over it, but nobody\u2019s going to control it. That\u2019s part of the negotiation that we have.<\/em>\u201d Iran disagrees, with Iranian officials continuing to insist that management of the strait has nothing to do with the US and would be coordinated with Oman. Oh yeah, almost forgot, Trump also threatened to bomb Oman if it goes along with Iran in controlling traffic passing through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n