Trump’s ‘deal’ with Iran was smoke and mirrors, says Velshi
4/9/202642 min
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[upbeat music] Good evening from New York. I'm Ali Velshi in for Chris Hayes. Donald Trump always promises the best deals, but a day after he backed down from his threat to kill, quote, "a whole civilization," end quote, his words, everyone's waking up to the fact that his ceasefire with Iran was smoke and mirrors, that the President of the United States crossed a dark line that cannot be uncrossed, all for a shaky promise of a temporary peace that began falling apart less than twenty-four hours later at a humiliating list of concessions that Iran says Trump promised them. It's starting to look like Trump was desperate for a way out of a war that he launched almost six weeks ago without good reason. A way to wrap it up, to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,