President Donald Trump claims a peace deal with Iran is only "two or three" days away, promising it will halt Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions and immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz to global shipping despite saying the same thing 37 times in the past

President Donald Trump claimed that a peace deal with Iran is just "two or three" days away, asserting it would prevent the country from acquiring nuclear weapons and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

However, this is not even the first or second time the president has made such a claim. It is, in fact, the 38th time that the president claimed a deal was coming. In April, the president commented that the two countries were "very far along," but needed two weeks for “the Agreement to be finalized and consummated.”

He concluded by saying that “it is an Honor to have this long-term problem close to resolution.” Of course, there was no resolution; the president did spend the next two months hinting that a deal was on the verge of happening.

Including the time during the ceasefire, the president has reportedly announced a deal with Iran approximately 38 times. Trump's deal-touting began in March, just a month into the war.

On March 25th, the president claimed Iran wanted to “make a deal so badly.” On March 26, at a Cabinet meeting, Iran was “begging to make a deal.”

The president has maintained that line across the month right up until Monday night. Speaking to reporters at Madison Square Garden on Monday, Trump revealed that Washington and Tehran had been going "back and forth." He stated, "They were going back and forth [with strikes], and now they both agreed, through me, to stop, and now we're in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal."

Trump maintained that the proposed agreement would prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. "The strait will open up right away," he insisted, adding, "It'll open up immediately upon signing."

This is far from the first time the U.S. President has suggested a deal with Iran was within reach. Since the conflict began in February, Trump has repeatedly touted an imminent agreement, only for negotiations to collapse at the eleventh hour.

Also on Monday, the president described having a "very good conversation" with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, dismissing reports of growing tensions between the two leaders. The call came after Trump had threatened to withdraw support for Israel should it choose to escalate its attacks against Iran. Trump claimed Washington was only notified at the eleventh hour about Israel's overnight strikes on Iran. The two nations exchanged attacks after Israel struck Hezbollah in Beirut on Sunday, sparking heightened tensions across the Middle East and growing concerns that the conflict could escalate further, reports the Express U.S.

The Times of Israel reported that Trump said he urged Netanyahu during a phone call the previous night not to retaliate against Iran's ballistic missile attacks, citing Channel 12. The outlet noted that the conversation between the two leaders concluded without a definitive resolution.

However, according to Trump's aides who were present on the call, Trump managed to secure a few additional days without Israeli retaliation in order to support ongoing U.S.-Iran negotiations over a deal. The president told the network that Israel only notified Washington about its initial strikes against Iran at the last moment, as the missiles were already en route to their targets.

He further stated that on Monday morning, Iranian officials reached out to Washington, declaring they would launch no further attacks on Israel and requesting that Israel cease its strikes in return. Following this development, he contacted Netanyahu again and convinced him to halt further strikes.

Since the U.S. and Israel commenced strikes against Iran on Feb. 28, the war has rattled the global economy, pushed energy prices higher worldwide, and driven up the cost of many essentials, including food. Officials have so far been unable to transform the April ceasefire into a permanent end to the fighting. The fresh strikes led U.S. President Donald Trump to demand an immediate cessation of hostilities between Israel and Iran. Shortly afterward, the Iranian military's joint command released a statement announcing it was suspending offensive operations.

Iran's statement warned that additional "aggression and hostile acts" by Israel and its supporters, including in southern Lebanon, would trigger "much more severe and crushing measures than before." Netanyahu, speaking in a videotaped statement, implied that the current round of fighting was over.