The article discusses the stalemate developing in asymmetric conflicts between the US and Iran, noting that former President Trump's statements have varied between aggressive maximalism and proposing potential deals.

In a week where a stalemate appears to have developed after nearly two months of asymmetric conflict between the US and Iran, President Trump’s Truth Social posts have swung between belligerent maximalism and breezy deal-making—one minute suggesting a within-reach deal, and that Iranian forces would personally help their enemy confiscate what he called its “nuclear dust” and move it to America.