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Two days after the Trump administration touted a new plan to get ships out of the Strait of Hormuz and protect them from Iranian attacks, that effort is over for now.

NPR's White House correspondent Franco Ordonez joins us now to talk about this.

Good morning.

You know, Franco, we've heard the president say the war is over, nearly over, will be over in two weeks, several times now.

Is it actually over this time?

Yeah.

Last night, Trump also touted what he called progress towards an agreement with Iran.