Bloomberg (June 20)
2026/ 06/ 22 by jd in Global News
President Trump admitted “the prospect of global economic collapse was a big reason he signed an interim peace deal with Iran. That admission exposes a key US weakness heading into the next round of talks with Tehran” and “eases the pressure for Iran to end the talks quickly.” Since there is little domestic support for continuing the fight and “a prolonged conflict could trigger the deepest global slowdown in 40 years,” the US is likely to confront increasing challenges in the negotiations.
