The President’s Path: The political consequences of war and peace for Trump

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  Hi there, I'm Katrina Perry.

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  You're very welcome to The President's Path here on the BBC's The Explanation feed.

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  Do follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode because each week here on The President's Path we walk back

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  along the latest actions of President Trump and his administration.

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  This week we're talking about the war in Iran and the events leading up to that ceasefire deal.

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  I'm joined, as always, by my fellow chief presenter here in Washington,

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  Sumi Somiscanda, and our White House reporter, Bernda Boosman.

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  Hi guys, good to see you again.

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  Big development this week.

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  We 've been talking so much about the war in Iran,

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  but this week a ceasefire deal was agreed between Iran and the US, brokered by Pakistan.

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  So we 're in a sort of interesting holding pattern now to see whether that lasts,

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  whether a more permanent deal can be done.

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  Great relief, of course, to the Iranian people, but straining of relations with many of the allies, it would seem.

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  Well, I think this conflict will have long lasting impact even after it ends,

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  whether it ends in the next two weeks or drags on any further.

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  I think a lot of these relationships won't go back to being the same as they were before the conflict broke out.

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  I think NATO perhaps is the most obvious example of that.

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  He was already upset at NATO because of disagreements over Greenland.

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  And this conflict, no matter what the eventual outcome of the ceasefire is,

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