This isn’t a big surprise given the leaks all week but it’s still progress and a great signal that the US and Iran are on track:
I just had excellent conversations with the Highly Respected President
Joseph Aoun, of Lebanon, and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel.
These two Leaders have agreed that in order to achieve PEACE between
their Countries, they will formally begin a 10 Day CEASEFIRE at 5 P.M.
EST. On Tuesday, the two Countries met for the first time in 34 years
here in Washington, D.C., with our Great Secretary of State, Marco
Rubio. I have directed Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State
Rubio, together with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan
Razin’ Caine, to work with Israel and Lebanon to achieve a Lasting
PEACE. It has been my Honor to solve 9 Wars across the World, and this
will be my 10th, so let’s, GET IT DONE! President DONALD J. TRUMP
There has been a small bump in risk assets on this. Now we get to the harder part of ending the war in Iran and opening the Strait of Hormuz in a way that preserves long term peace.
Now there is a report that Netanyahu is just convening a cabinet meeting and one report says cabinet is outraged it was announced by Trump before they were informed. There is also a Reuters report saying that Israel’s military has no plans to withdraw forces from southern Lebanon during any ceasefire.
This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.