Right, so for months now, Trump has strutted about like a steroid-ridden satsuma and kept insisting that Iran is under pressure; it will break like an overripe melon.

But now, in the face of a shift on the part of Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, a deal they have set on the table before Mr Dealmaker, Trump, for whom any pretence of power over Iran, the power of a US threat not really carrying any weight with Iran, he is being faced with a choice where he would rather chew off one of those dayglo orange tiny hands of his, than make.

If you accept the negotiations, it means you have to agree to let Iran get what it wants.

Refuse to do this and keep the oil crisis going, all during the election campaign, very much copping even more blame for it than you were already, because you had a chance to rectify that  ...