If you can make sense of this, please be my guest. Don’t ask anyone to agree with you, though. I’ve got my theories about this back-and-forth behavior, and have stated them. But that doesn’t mean I’m correct either.

But here goes:

We reported earlier how President Donald Trump lit up the Iranian state media for leaks that they were claiming about the deal that is about to be finalized.

As we noted, the regime’s foreign ministry spokesperson confirmed the deal was close to being finalized.

Now, in what has to be a first, the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, scolded the Iranian media for what they had reported about the deal, indicating they were getting things wrong. Then, Trump quoted Araghchi, probably another first.

Get it?

This is the rumored deal:

1. Nuclear material will be destroyed and removed

2. Nuclear program will be dismantled

3. None of their money released until they perform

4. Strait of Hormuz will be open

5. No Iran funding of terrorist groups

I’d like to add, “stop killing your own people.” Or even better, “step down” and have free and fair elections. I know, that’s not happening. But will those five points happen? How will all of it be enforced? It’s a nice wishlist, but I’ll believe it when I see it.

And then what? If a Democrat gets elected president, will everything go out the window? Isn’t that what the Iranian regime – which plays the long game – is counting on? How would the Trump administration be able to guarantee a deal would last long enough to matter? I don’t think they’re unaware of the problem. But I hope they’re very creative about the solution.

Then again, the deal may fall through again, and the war resume.