Andrew England

And don't forget, at the beginning of this war, they killed the Supreme Leader and many of his top officials.

And the dead supreme leader was the father of the current supreme leader.

So you can see that you've got two unpredictable, hostile leaderships, and you're trying to bring them together and get them to agree on a deal.

And then there's just the political courage for either side to sign off on something, because they're both going to want to claim victory.

They both believe they have the upper hand.

So even just getting this preliminary agreement over the line is a huge, huge task.

It is.

And this is President Trump of the United States.

He's not your normal president.

I think we've all come to terms with that now.

And he's a man who likes to deliver his own type of bluster and rhetoric.

And, you know, at the beginning of the week...

You said 40 times.

He said we're two to three days away from signing this agreement.

And then on Tuesday, he announced that the U.S.

military had informed him that Iran had shot down an Apache helicopter.

Right.

So clearly he wasn't happy about that.

And again, he's got to speak to his base and the hawks.

As soon as the helicopter shot down, he says, I have to respond.