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Negotiations seem to be making progress. Enter Trump with a stupid, inflammatory bleat:

And yet, he declares victory, about every other day.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he thinks the U.S. is “going to end up with a great deal” with Iran to end the weekslong war, even as he said he does not expect to extend a ceasefire due to expire on Wednesday.

“I think they have no choice,” Trump said during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” when asked what he expected to come out of a second round of peace negotiations with Iran.

cnbc.com - Trump iran war ceasefire peace talks

Everything is going "better than expected".

“If you would have told me that oil is at 90 [dollars] as opposed to 200 I would be frankly surprised,” Trump said on “Squawk Box.” “And you know what is happening? Boats are finding other sources. They’re going up to Texas and Louisiana. They’re going to Alaska, they’re going to other places. It’s an amazing phenomenon.”

“Look at that S&P [500]. The numbers are what they were when we started this whole thing. I thought they’d be down 20% or down a very substantial amount,” Trump said. “When it was down more a couple of weeks ago, I was surprised. I thought it would be down much more, and I thought the oil would be much higher, and I’m very happy to say that it wasn’t.”

cnbc.com - Trump surprised by stock market comeback amid iran conflict thought dow would be down

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