April 21Trump announces that the U.S. is indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran a day before it was to expire. May 18After a weekend of dire threats against Iran, Trump says he is holding off on a major planned military strike because “serious negotiations” were underway. Then, a few hours later, Trump posts on social media that there had been a breakthrough in negotiations and called off the strikes. July 7After Iranian attacks on commercial ships in the strait, Trump launches new strikes on Iran while he is in Ankara, Turkey, attending the NATO leaders’ summit. July 27Trump says he has paused two weeks of intense, daily U.S. strikes on Iran to give negotiations another chance.