March 1 — Trump: “Four to five weeks.” March 2 — Trump: “I always thought it would be four weeks. And we’re a little ahead of schedule.” March 9 — Trump: “I think the war is very complete, pretty much.” March 9 — Trump: “I think soon — very soon.” March 23 — Trump: “We have major points of agreement… almost all points of agreement.” March 31 — Trump: “We will be leaving very soon… within two to three weeks.” April 7 — Trump: “Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to.” April 16 — Trump: “I think we’re very close to making a deal with Iran.” April 17 — Trump: “This process should go very quickly.” May 5 — Trump: “Great Progress has been made toward a Complete and Final Agreement.” May 7 — Trump: “It could happen any day.” May 19 — Trump: “I think we’re gonna be finished with that very quickly.” May 23 — Trump: “An Agreement has been largely negotiated.” May 29 — Bessent: “We’re not there yet, but we’re very close.” June 3 — Trump: “It could happen, like, over the weekend.” June 7 — Bessent: “We are very close to a final deal with Iran.” June 11 — Trump: “We just made a great settlement with Iran… very soon, maybe over the weekend.” August 4 — Bessent: “There is a chance we may have a deal today or tomorrow.” August 6 — Trump: “I think it’s going to end pretty soon. I don’t think they can go much longer.”