UPDATED with Iranian statements: Donald Trump on Tuesday accepted a ceasefire deal with Iran brokered by Pakistan for an off-ramp on his threat that a “whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
Promising brimstone and fire, Trump had given the regime in Tehran until 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. PT to open the blocked Strait of Hormuz before undefined attacks would commence.
Almost from the moment Trump said he would hit Iran even harder than usual, the extreme position found POTUS clearly looking for a way out of his own deadline. In what many will view as a widely anticipated TACO move with less than two hours remaining on his self-imposed clock, Trump took to social media to unveil the latest state of affairs.
“Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein
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