Trump's Peace Talks With Iran: Negotiations Via Fax Machine and Wordsmithing
KEY POINTS
- •President Trump said on Friday he was considering ending the Iran war but officials expect two to three more weeks of fighting.
- •Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are leading peace discussions, recycling Geneva terms presented before the conflict began.
- •Iran demands a ceasefire, future peace guarantees, and reparations, while the US calls reparations a 'non-starter' but is open to clever wordsmithing.
After three weeks of war, President Trump casually suggested 'winding down' the conflict—only to have officials admit they'd need two to three more weeks of actual fighting. Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff star as diplomatic heavy hitters, reviving proposals they pitched in Geneva just days before bombs started flying. The strategy includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, dismantling Iran's nuclear ambitions, and capping missiles at a measly 1,000—because fewer missiles make for better neighborly hugs. Iran's settlement wishlist includes ceasefires, reparations (which Trump calls a 'non-starter'), and assurances wars won’t resume, but Trump prefers 'wordsmithing' over literal reparations. Officially, peace negotiations are stuck identifying which Iran contact has a working fax machine and whether Qatar can play mediator without anyone noticing.
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(1 of 3)US diplomacy with Iran now runs on Kushner's reruns, mysterious wordsmithing, and the thrill of fax machine politics. What could possibly go wrong?
Negotiating peace by demanding zero uranium and 1,000 missile caps is like asking your neighbor to keep a silent disco but still host a fireworks show.
Trump’s peace plan: bomb first, talk later, then pretend frozen assets are just misplaced snack money. Real diplomatic genius.
Source: Axios | Published: 3/21/2026 | Author: Barak Ravid
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