Trump again says deal is close, then confirms a last-minute agreement with Iran, but details still secret

By the media’s count, President Donald Trump had assured America 39 times that he was about to reach a peace deal with the Iranians.Networks were running montages of these similar-sounding assurances.And yet it never seemed to materialize.In between, Trump would threaten to hit Iran VERY HARD – to "bomb the s--- out of them," as he told Fox – only to pull back at the last moment.There were bombing attacks against the mullahs, who bombed U.S.

targets in the region and shot down an Army helicopter, in a cycle of recrimination and retaliation that reduced the ceasefire to false advertising.Things seemed grim in the last few days when Trump called the Iranians "dishonorable," saying they leaked a draft agreement that bore no resemblance to what the two sides were actually discussing.WHY TRUMP KEEPS FLIPPING ON IRAN: A PRESIDENT WHO SEES THE WORLD AS HE WANTS IT TO BEPresident Donald Trump has repeatedly assured Americans that an Iran deal is on the horizon – and it finally seems to have materialized.

(Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Was the president falling into the same trap?There he was this weekend, saying that the long-awaited peace agreement would be signed the next day, Sunday.Then, as if by clockwork, Iran knocked it down, saying there was no agreement.

For most of yesterday, Trump repeated that an agreement was "very close."But in another plot twist last night, with the intervention of Qatar, Trump posted that "the Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete.Congratulations to all!"TRUMP DOESN’T CARE ABOUT THE MIDTERMS? WHY THAT MISSES THE MARKIran said the agreement was an "historic victory" for its side.Not to rain on the president’s parade, but some analysts are viewing this as merely an extension of the ceasefire that was available all along, with Tehran opening the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for Trump lifting the U.S.

blockade.No text was released, so we’re flying blind here.But late as it was, Trump was able to ce...