Israel and Iran agree to ceasefire to bring end to '12 DAY WAR,' Trump says

Uh we have President Trump who was just announced on his social media platform Truth Social uh that there is an agreement between Israel and and Iran. He says congratulations everyone. Uh it has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be complete and a total ceasefire. Uh listen Cristian recognize that this is just happening and a lot of moving pieces here, but what more can you tell us about this? Well, it's funny just a few minutes ago, Alex, right? We were asking about a potential deescalation in rhetoric and this seems to be a product of uh all of the events that have happened in the past 48 hours or so. President Trump announcing that Iran will initiate the first 12-hour ceasefire. Israel will follow with the second 12-hour ceasefire and after that initial 24 hours, the war will officially be declared ended in the president's word uh words uh saying that it's set to begin in about six hours. So a really big turn in events and on top of a lot of things that have happened in the past couple of days or so. But we saw this more or less right the writing on the wall with Iran's retaliatory attack today not really penetrating through the defense air systems in Qatar and uh and importantly not um harming any Americans the 40,000 troops that we have in that region in the Middle East. And so there's um there there was a question of whether this was kind of a first initial phase of Iran's retaliatory efforts. Uh it appears that the alternative route was to deescalate from there and that seems to be where we are now. Gotcha. And and and so like I'm looking at this statement right now, Christian, and as you as you laid out, it looks like uh you know, each side will have their 12-hour period and upon completion, it will essentially uh cement this ceasefire, but the president writing during each cease each ceasefire, the other side will remain peaceful and respectful uh on the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will. I would like to congratulate both countries, Israel and Iran, on having the stamina, courage, and intelligence to end uh what should be called the 12-day war. You you see the president really kind of taking a moment to to congratulate both countries here. What what can we glean from that? Well, I think there are still some questions, right? I mean, we've seen ceasefires. This has been a really big tense part of the world. Um, so we've seen various ceasefires be broken in the past, not necessarily between Iran and Israel in recent memory, but uh certainly in in the most recent example of course was is in the war between Hamas and Israel. And so um there is still it seems a very fragile moment in front of us, but the fact that there is a framework is substantial because remember before this 12-day period was a 60-day period of diplomatic negotiations. President Trump trying to get a deal on the table uh before the missiles started flying and that came up um unsuccessful. So, the fact that there is an agreement here is substantial and we'll see if this uh holds. Alex.