Donald Trump has delivered a series of confused and contradictory statements in Washington about the fragile ceasefire with Iran and upcoming peace talks in Pakistan, prompting fresh questions over whether the 79 year old president is showing signs of cognitive decline as Tehran dismisses his claims of an Iranian 'surrender' as fantasy.
The US and Iran are in fragile talks over a two week ceasefire, with Pakistan expected to host the next round and Vice President J.D. Vance set to play a central role. Against that already volatile backdrop, Trump has offered shifting accounts of who is travelling, what has been agreed and how close the two sides are to a deal, fuelling fresh scrutiny of his judgement even as any claim of cognitive decline remains medically unproven and politically charged.
