It’s over, it’s not over. Everyone gets whiplash.
The world is getting a little tired of being dangled on the edge of relief. The Iran war has dragged on for months now, with no end in sight.
The Strait of Hormuz is blocked, oil and gasoline futures are all in flux, and everyone is just hoping for an end to the bloodshed. Except, apparently, those in charge in Washington DC
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Because every time it seems that the stakeholders have moved towards a solution, something goes sideways. President Donald Trump has said several times that the Iran war is over, or about to be, before things inevitably go bad again. So how many times has he said the Iran war was over?
It’s probably more than you realized.
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How many times has Trump said the Iran war is over?
There is nothing like the gnawing anxiety and humanitarian crisis of ongoing military action with no clear end in sight. People are exhausted, worried and life is in the middle of a game of political pawns being played between the US, Israel and Iran.
So when will it all end?
Unfortunately, no one seems to know.
And Trump himself has muddied the waters by declaring an imminent end to hostilities. How many times has he said that?
According to CNNhe has suggested that the war was over close to 40 times. Sometimes he says a solution is close, sometimes he says hostilities are over, and sometimes he just says they want to end things one way or another. Still, the war drags on.
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It is unclear whether Trump realizes that the countries are so far from a solution or how involved he is in the negotiations. CNN points out that every time the weekend approaches, Trump seems to signal an end to hostilities on the horizon. Then something happens over the weekend and he announces a new solution a day or two later, just before the stock market reopens.
Some have suggested that this could be market manipulation. Others believe that Trump is simply unable to understand what is happening, with some critics believing that he has slipped into a severe state of dementia.
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In mid-June, a deal came closer, but it continues to go south.
The speculation about Trump’s potential diagnosis of dementia remains just that; speculation. However, it is hard to ignore the bizarre pattern of repeatedly suggesting that a solution is coming only for one or both countries to deny it and hostilities march on.
But there was a glimmer of hope in mid-June 2026. On June 12, 2026, AP News reported, “Pakistan’s prime minister said Friday that the United States and Iran have agreed on the formulation of a deal aimed at ending their war in the Middle East and that mediators were working with both sides to finalize a deal.”
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Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has been instrumental in bringing all parties to the negotiating table, and this is the most hopeful tone he has struck since the US first attacked Iran.
In a post shared with X (formerly Twitter), he wrote that the two have reached a “final, agreed-upon text,” adding, “Peace has never been as close as it is now.”
But we’ve been here before, and people probably won’t believe anything until the Straits are open and hostilities have ceased for good.
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