Trump’s Ceasefire Still Leaves the US and Iran Mired in Quandary

US President Donald Trump has two weeks to figure out whether he’s untangled the knot he created in Iran, or just pulled it tighter.

Trump’s announcement Tuesday that he was accepting a proposal for a two-week ceasefire in Iran was met by relief in global capitals and jubilation in financial markets. Worries are quelled — for now — that he’d push forward with attacks on civilian infrastructure and plunge the region further into conflict with a bombing campaign Trump has likened to returning Iran to the “stone ages.”