Does Trump really want a new deal with Iran?

US President Donald Trump used his Republican party’s convention speech on August 27 to shower himself with accolades on his foreign policy accomplishments, including in the Middle East. Trump claimed the region was in total chaos when he came to office nearly four years ago and said he deserves credit for ending constant and costly US wars, defeating the ISIS caliphate, bringing Israel and the UAE to peace and getting rid of the “world’s number one terrorist, Qassem Soleimani.” He also boasted about recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights and moving the US embassy to Israel’s rightful capital in Jerusalem. Conspicuously absent in Trump’s speech, though, was any reference to...