Iran Snubs Trump as Washington Scrambles to Find a Peace Exit

Trump, eager to end the Iran war, pushed for in-person talks with Tehran after a list of U.S. terms, but Iran offered little response and later resumed hostilities, seizing three ships in the Strait of Hormuz as a two-week ceasefire neared its end. The White House extended the ceasefire pending a concrete peace offer, while Gallup data show a global plunge in approval of U.S. leadership (about 31% approve, 48% disapprove), and domestic polls place Trump around 37% approval ahead of midterms, underscoring the political peril of ending the conflict.