Trump Keeps Announcing Pauses In Iran Strikes. But The Attacks Keep Coming

President Donald Trump has repeatedly announced pauses in military strikes against Iran, only for hostilities to resume shortly after. This pattern of fluctuating threats and negotiations has characterized the ongoing five-month conflict.
Why it matters
The inconsistency in U.S. foreign policy regarding Iran creates geopolitical instability and impacts global oil markets.
President Donald Trump said late Saturday that he would halt new planned attacks on Iran pending renewed talks to wind down the war and revive stalled cargo traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.It was the latest in a pattern of announcements the US president has made to first threaten massive strikes and then later call them off. The abrupt shifts have been a defining feature of the five-month conflict that has sent prices of oil and basic goods soaring - and the announcements to date have been upended by renewed attacks days or even hours afterward.Here is a look at some of Trump's past major announcements about pausing strikes against Iran:The United States and Iran agree to a two-week ceasefire to end the intense fighting that began on February 28 with Israeli and US attacks.
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