US air drills with Israel signal hard line on Iran but door still open to a deal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Elon Musk, the world's richest man, and one of Trump's closest allies, reportedly met Iran's ambassador to the UN in New York in November.
53% : Trump himself has said he wants a "verified nuclear peace agreement".
46% : During his first term in office, Trump was backed by both Israel and Arab Gulf States in its maximum pressure campaign on Tehran.
42% : In his first few months in office, Trump has burned the establishment on files like Iran.
39% : Tucker Carlson, the media personality close to Trump, has railed against the US entering a war with Iran.
32% : Triti Parsi, the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, wrote recently that a "unique window of opportunity" for Trump to strike a nuclear deal with Iran "is closing fast".
31% : Trump unilaterally withdrew from the Obama administration's 2015 nuclear accord with Iran during his first term.
27% : Trump has vowed to return to a "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran.

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