"The fragile monthlong ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran appears set to expire Monday absent a last-minute deal to extend it and potentially end the war between the two nations"

Interesting, but that's not how America's Forever Wars end.

Admittedly, that term "forever" may at first glance appear a bit over the top. But those wars ended because the US, tiring of a quagmire, threw in the towel and skedaddled.

For Trump? Just another bankruptcy, business as usual.

It's all been one "ceasefire" since the signing of the MOU between the US and Iran. Absent an agreement on control over the Strait of Hormuz and a boatload of other dicey issues, the MOU (and the non-ceasefire "ceasefire") expires after 60 days, either tomorrow (Aug. 16) or the following day.

Ding! End of the warmup for Round 1. For a preview of what comes next, perhaps someone in the White House might consider taking a peak at Seyed Abbas Araghchi's The Power of Negotiation: Principles and Rules of Political and Diplomatic Negotiations. The author is Iran's foreign minister and, boy, does he have some things to say about the subject.