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Trump’s True Deal-Making Abilities, Revealed

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Trump’s True Deal-Making Abilities, Revealed

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Trump’s True Deal-Making Abilities, Revealed

What moving deadlines — and red lines — in Iran means for America’s leverage.

April 25, 2026,

7:00 a.m. ET

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Trump’s True Deal-Making Abilities, Revealed

What moving deadlines — and red lines — in Iran means for America’s leverage.

President Trump, the self-proclaimed master of deal making, is struggling to end his war with Iran. This week, the contributing Opinion writers E.J. Dionne Jr. and Robert Siegel reunite with the Opinion columnist Carlos Lozada to discuss the confusion caused by Trump’s foreign and domestic policies, the power of political memoirs, and whether a bill in Virginia could upend the Electoral College.

Trump’s True Deal-Making Abilities, Revealed

What moving deadlines — and red lines — in Iran means for America’s leverage.

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Robert Siegel:

I’m Robert Siegel in conversation about politics, once again with my fellow Times Opinion contributor, E.J. Dionne.

E.J. Dionne Jr.:

Always great to be with you.

Siegel:

And returning to join us is Times Opinion columnist Carlos Lozada.

Carlos Lozada:

Happy to be back.

Siegel:

Great to see you. This was a week when a deadline came and went. It was a deadline Donald Trump set in the war against Iran. Rather than resume attacks on Iranian targets, Trump declared a continuation of the cease-fire until, in his words, Iran’s “leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal.”

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