The US and Iran have agreed an initial framework for peace, but does Iran have the upper hand in negotiations? And is President Trump backing down as he looks for a quick exit from a war which has been politically costly to him at home? Selina Downes asks Americans what they think about the deal and the chances of future agreement on reparations, the Strait of Hormuz and the key issue: Iran’s nuclear programme. Conservative writer Peter Roff and Democratic strategist Richard Goodstein clash over Trump’s handling of the war.

