00:00The voices wondering why President Trump is letting peace negotiations drag on without
00:04bagging the ceasefire and striking Iran are growing louder. The Post's White House reporter
00:10Emily Gooden has some great details on the process that help explain the delay.
00:14Now, what we're hearing from sources is that President Trump thinks this deal is still possible
00:20and he is going to hold off on taking any military action as long as he thinks this
00:25peace option is on the table. There are some concerns that Iran thinks it may have an advantage
00:33here trying to hold out against the U.S. high gas prices. But the administration points out it's
00:39actually Iran in trouble. Their economy has completely sunk with this embargo on the Straits
00:46of Hormuz. Food prices are a huge increase in Tehran and across Iran. So the administration
00:54believes time is on their side. And right now, that's what they're doing. They're waiting it out.
01:01I'll also point out just the difficult logistics of trying to make a peace deal with Iran.
01:06Iran's leadership is actually in hiding in rural parts of the country. And in order to communicate
01:11with them, a courier literally has to take the paper, drive it to the hideout, let them read it,
01:18get their feedback, drive it back, and then submit it through the Pakistanis to the United States.
01:23So just that process takes two or three days. So you can imagine the back and forth that's going
01:28again and again across Iran and to Pakistan, back to the U.S. and around the world again.
01:33But regardless of the reason for the delay, the war is starting to wear on Congress.
01:38Four Republican lawmakers in the House joined Democrats to pass a war powers resolution,
01:43instructing the president to end action against Iran or get congressional approval for war.
01:49That now heads to the Senate. But the House vote was enough to get under the president's skin.
01:54He posted, quote,
01:56The Democrats are fueled by Trump derangement syndrome. They would rather have our country
02:00fail than give me another of many victories. The four Republicans, that's a whole other story.
02:06They're grandstanders. They should be ashamed of themselves. MAGA.
02:10They're a stage. So we're half to hear it.
02:11We'reINDMORE DEFACILITY
02:11Thank you!
02:12Our record is outpouring the Witwer of the House of the BIM
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