President Donald Trump during a meeting at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. While at the summit, Trump declared the cease-fire with Iran “over” after less than a month. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By DAVID E. SANGER Just two weeks ago, opening the Great American State Fair, President Donald Trump triumphantly declared: “For the first time in 3,000 years, we are going to have peace in the Middle East.” It was typical bravado for Trump. But the “peace” he was…
