President Trump has paused his ‘Project Freedom’, which would see the US Navy escort merchant ships out of the Strait of Hormuz. The reason? According to Trump, the US and Iran are close to an agreement. Is a deal really imminent? And which of the five goals Trump put forward on the first day of the war did he achieve nine weeks later? Economist and American expert Herman Matthijs (UGent) believes there is a good chance that Trump will end the war next week during … a tea party in Beijing.

