Trump’s calculations are brilliant: as long as the soldiers don’t die, they can keep on muddling through; if they do die, he flips the table—classic deal-driven thinking, walking a tightrope atop the Middle East’s powder keg.

CryptoWorld News reports that, according to The Wall Street Journal, U.S. officials have revealed that President Trump has privately told his aides that if Tehran causes American soldiers to be killed, he will consider ending the ceasefire agreement with Iran. Officials also insist that, despite the recent surge in conflicts, the airstrike pause that has been in place for several weeks is still being maintained unchanged. President Trump's reluctance to reignite the fighting suggests that, in order to avoid a wider outbreak of conflict in the Middle East, he may be willing to tolerate sporadic clashes that have continued for several weeks or even months.