In his latest about-turn, the US president is seeking to de-escalate the recent confrontation because ‘the perimeters of a deal’ have been reachedU.S. President Donald Trump, said late Sunday that talks with Iran will resume this Monday. “We have just been asked by Iran, and other Middle Eastern Countries, to hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. Early on Monday, CNN reported that a U.S. military officer emailed troops seeking “new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran.” He said he did so at the request of Tehran and other regional countries he did not specify. On other occasions he has announced supposedly imminent agreements that either did not materialize or lasted only a short time.