2026-03-27
12 分钟This is The Guardian.
Almost every statement he's made since the beginning of the war has had a contradiction in it.
He says the Iranians are begging for a deal.
They are negotiating by the way and they want to make a deal so badly but they're afraid to say it.
The Iranians won't fool.
Lifting of sanctions, overall strategy is one of defiance.
And they have become very good at this international trolling.
Because it's also about his standing in the world.
Iran has rejected Donald Trump's peace plan, despite the president saying they're begging for a deal.
Meanwhile, thousands of US military personnel are being sent to the Middle East.
So is Trump's pitch for peace falling flat?
From the Guardians today in Focus, this is The Latest with me, Lucy Hoth.
Joining me is Julian Borgia, The Guardian's senior international correspondent.
Julian, thanks so much for coming up to the studio.
As ever, as we enter, well, we're in the middle of the fourth week of this war.
It's a somewhat confusing picture.
Donald Trump pressurising Iran overnight to accept a deal to end the war, a 15-point plan that we'll come on to.
Iran has rejected that plan.
Meanwhile, Trump is threatening very serious.
Implications should that deal not be accepted.