I think that pretty much sets the tone of what we can expect this week. That being another week where we go back and forth on the same issues awaiting both sides to strike a compromise, just so that we can get on with the optics of a deal. Trump’s full tweet:
“Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A. and those that are with us. But don’t the Dumocrats, and various seemingly unpatriotic Republicans, understand that it is MUCH tougher for me to properly do my job and negotiate, when political hacks keep negatively “chirping,” at levels never seen before, over and over again, that I should move faster, or move slower, or go to war, or not go to war, or whatever. Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end – It always does! President DJT”
He doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to rush an agreement just for the sake of it at least. But if he is going to be pushy about wanting Iran to make some baseline promises/commitments on nuclear before signing off, this standoff might last for quite a while.
With the conflict already stretching on for three months, Iran is clearly just as stubborn and obstinate as Trump is.
Besides the above, the US and Iran also need to agree on four key terms in maintaining the deal at hand. And in that lieu, it may not be as simple as it looks. If any one of those terms break, the whole agreement falls apart. From earlier: Back from the weekend and still no closer to a US-Iran deal
