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This morning, President Trump backing off his threat to wipe out a whole civilization, agreeing to suspend attacks on Iran for two weeks once the country reopens the straight of Hermuz before his self-imposed deadline.
The president writing on social media this will be a double-sided ceasefire,
saying, "We received a 10-point proposal from Iran and believe it's a workable basis on which to negotiate."
Iran's foreign minister responding, saying their military will allow the massive backup of tankers in the critical strait to pass and finally deliver oil to the rest of the world.
The White House says the ceasefire won't go into effect until Iran reopens the straight and it's unclear when that will happen.
The president has been under immense pressure to find an off-ramp in the final hours before his deadline, delivering an ominous warning that a whole civilization will die if Iran does not make a deal.
That extraordinary threat sent shock waves around the world and prompted this rebuke by the first American pope.
>> Attacks on civilian infrastructure is against international law, but that it is also a sign of uh the hatred, the division, the destruction that the human being is capable of.
>> Before the deal was reached, Republicans were largely silent on the president's threat, including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader John Thun.
But a handful of GOP lawmakers did speak out. Alaska Senator Lisa Marowsky saying the president's threat cannot be excused away as an attempt to gain leverage in negotiations with Iran.
Republican Senator Ron Johnson, a staunch Trump supporter, signaling the president went too far.
>> I do not want to see us start blowing up civilian infrastructure.
I do not want to see that.
We We are not at war with the Iranian people.
You know, we we are trying to liberate them.
This morning, news of the ceasefire being greeted with cautious optimism, but Democrats argue it's not enough.
>> Well, a two-week ceasefire is insufficient.
We need a permanent end to
Donald Trump's reckless war of choice.
>> So, this morning, Pope Leo is welcoming the news of a ceasefire.
The president says the United States will be helping with a traffic buildup in the street of Hermuz, but it's unclear what exactly that will look like.
And just moments ago, the vice president speaking, saying that the ceasefire deal is in fact fragile as those negotiations continue.
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