If Trump’s diplomacy fails, the Iran war could get much worse

 https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/26/politics/trump-iran-peace-talks-us-troops-analysis

Iran doesn’t seem to be susceptible to the art of the deal.

President Donald Trump is desperate to sell the story that the Islamic Republic is ready to end the war.

But there’s no public sign yet from Tehran that it’s poised to help him walk back a crisis that he triggered by obliterating his own previous diplomatic effort nearly four weeks ago.

The disconnect casts doubt on Trump’s claims this week that a breakthrough could be imminent, even as momentum inexorably grows toward a dangerous escalation of the conflict — with thousands of US troops on their way to the region.