Can Trump stop Israel’s strikes in Lebanon?
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What are Donald Trump's claims about a deal with Iran?
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Donald Trump keeps saying a deal with Iran to end the war is close, but there are still no signs of it. With Iran and the US engaged in retaliatory strikes... and Israel pushing further into Lebanon. So, can the US president still get out of the war? And how far is Israel prepared to go in its fight against Hezbollah amid reports it's dropping toxic white phosphorus on Lebanese towns? Today, Randa Slim, Director of the Middle East Program at the Stimson Centre on the tit-for-tat warfare. I'm Sam Hawley on Gadigal land in Sydney. This is ABC News Daily.
Rhonda, the war in Iran as of this week has been underway for more than 100 days.
How is the conflict between the US and Iran escalating?
But on NBC's Meet the Press, Donald Trump said it's not an endless war.
I don't like these endless wars. This is not an endless war. We've been doing this for three months. Much of it has been under the form, a pretty good form of ceasefire. The blockade has been amazing. Our Navy is amazing.
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What do you make of that?
Well, I mean, it has lasted so far 100 days. And the vice president of the United States, Mr. Vance, who is leading the negotiations with Iran on behalf of the United States, says the deal can come next week, within days, or it can come within months.
No, I think we're going to know a lot before the midterm elections. Look, I think the deal could happen in the next week, but the deal could also happen months from now.
And Mr. Trump has been promising an end to this war and an agreement to be signed. So far, he has done it more than 30 times.
Soon it will be over. I think you'll see it's going to be a short-term excursion. Maybe two weeks, maybe a couple of days longer to do the job. We've done a hell of a job, and I think we're going to be finished with that very quickly. We're very close to having a deal, and if we don't have a deal, we'll do it one way or the other. Either way, we win.
What is Israel's strategy in Lebanon against Hezbollah?
I think what he's trying to do, he always does it prior to the beginning of the stock market so that he can manipulate the market with this information. Look, he ran on this ticket as a president on the promise of ending endless war, of not bringing the United States into endless war. And here he is.
Yes. So Donald Trump, he actually campaigned. for the presidency on a promise to keep America out of new wars. And during that same interview with Meet the Press, he said he never guaranteed that. What changed? Because you insisted no new wars.
If I didn't guarantee no war, why would I have built the strongest military in the world?
Donald Trump keeps saying a deal is close, but the fighting has resumed in the war with Iran, with Iran firing on Israel across the weekend and now the US retaliating after Iran shot down a US military helicopter.
Things can escalate. It's a slippery slope.
Iranian state media says the port city of Sirak and Qeshm, an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz, have both been attacked.
The US military says it has begun launching what it calls self-defence strikes against Iran after the US president accused Tehran of shooting down a US helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it has attacked the US Navy's 5th Fleet Base in Bahrain with drones.
Supposedly we have a ceasefire since April, but it has been a ceasefire on paper and it has been violated on numerous occasions by all the parties concerned here. And the more of these violations happen, the higher the probability or the likelihood of an error taking place and then leading to resumption of major hostilities.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:17
2
What are Donald Trump's claims about a deal with Iran?
0:17–1:58
3
How is the conflict between the US and Iran escalating?
1:58–3:12
4
What is Israel's strategy in Lebanon against Hezbollah?
3:12–7:33
5
How has the war impacted civilians in Lebanon?
7:33–10:16
6
What role does Hezbollah play in the Lebanon conflict?
10:16–12:18
7
Can Israel and Hezbollah reach a ceasefire?
12:18–13:40