Going "very well"

Trump suggests ceasefire still in place and negotiations going "very well"

By Betsy Klein

President Donald Trump suggested that a ceasefire between the US and Iran remains in place despite recent strikes in the region, while adding that negotiations have gone “very well.”

“A ceasefire there is much different than a ceasefire in other parts of the world,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday when asked if the fragile truce was holding.

He painted a rosy picture of negotiations to end the war and suggested that a potential advancement could happen as soon as this weekend.

Going very well....

“The negotiation itself has gone very well — actually, very well — even if it happens, and it might not happen, but if it happens, it could happen like over the weekend,” he said.

Trump said there was “a reason” behind the US strikes and suggested Iran was “reciprocating” with its attacks.

CNN has reported that Iran said it targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, as well as a vessel near the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s foreign minister said they were “self-defense strikes” after the US military fired a missile to disable a Botswana-flagged oil tanker heading toward an Iranian port.