President Trump told reporters Friday he expects a formal response from Iran's leadership — possibly that same evening — on a one-page memorandum of understanding meant to lay the groundwork for a broader peace agreement.
Said Trump: "I'm getting a letter supposedly tonight. So we'll see how that goes." When pressed on whether Tehran was running out the clock, he offered plainly: "I don't know. We'll find out soon enough."
The terms on the table, per sources familiar with the talks: eased U.S. sanctions in exchange for Iran halting uranium enrichment and reopening commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Eisenhower understood that every hour of war has a cost measured in American lives and American treasure — and that the harder right is always to pursue peace without surrendering the terms that protect the republic. Congress should be watching this negotiation with both eyes open.