00:00That was a close one. With President Trump's threat that, quote, a whole civilization will
00:05die just minutes away, he announced a two-week ceasefire has been agreed to while the U.S. and
00:10Iran continue to negotiate a lasting peace. And it sounds like the two sides may be somewhat on
00:15the same page. Posting on Truth Social, the president said that Iran would open the Strait
00:19of Hormuz and the U.S. would suspend all bombing because, as he wrote, quote,
00:24we have already met and exceeded all military objectives and are very far along with the
00:28definitive agreement concerning long-term peace with Iran and peace in the Middle East. He went
00:33on to say that a 10-point plan from Iran is in a workable place to continue negotiating.
00:39The president concluded his post, quote, on behalf of the United States of America as president and
00:44also representing the countries of the Middle East, it is an honor to have this long-term problem close
00:48to resolution. Now, it is worth noting that this ceasefire came just hours after bombing began on
00:54the critical Karg Island. And as negotiations continue, that's a name you're going to want
00:59to look out for. It's a place the president has mentioned a lot over the past few weeks.
01:03I asked the Post's Washington reporter, Caitlin Dornbos, about these strikes and why Karg Island
01:08has become such a focus for the president. So the U.S. targeted about 50 sites on Karg Island,
01:16mainly bunkers and ammunition storages, notably not anything related to Karg Island's oil
01:23infrastructure, which is really the thing that the U.S. could hold as kind of a bargaining chip
01:31with Iran. And that's because Karg Island produces about 90% of the oil exports, the crude oil exports,
01:40that is, that Iran actually sells and funds its regime off of. So President Trump is really focused
01:48on this island in particular because it could be seen as kind of a negotiation piece if the U.S.
01:56wants
01:56to go in there and actually take over that island. I think it was notable that he did not strike
02:03some of
02:04the actual exporting infrastructure. Of course, that could still come.
02:10Something else to keep your eye on will be today's visit by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. He'll
02:15meet with President Trump at the White House, and you can be sure Iran and the president's distaste
02:20for NATO's lack of support will be at the top of the discussion list.
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