Trump in the oval once again addressed the Iran conflict, saying "this is a change in the Iranian regime," and went further, stating, "I think we can say this is regime change."

Trump expressed confidence that negotiations would conclude successfully, saying, "they are going to make a deal; they gave us a significant prize worth tremendous amount of money," later reiterating that Iran had "gave us a very big present" worth "a very big amount of money" - supposedly the Strait of Hormuz. He asserted "we'll have control of anything we want."

He also hailed that Iran has been completely destroyed "militarily" - but without addressing the fact that Iranian forces continue to fire rockets on targets across the region. He at one point proclaimed once again: "we won" - but blamed the "fake news media" for not acknowledging that.

Reports of US-Iran Peace Talks for Thursday

Axios reports another 'maybe' planned peace talks: "The U.S. and a group of regional mediators are discussing the possibility of holding high-level peace talks with Iran as soon as Thursday, but are still waiting for a response from Tehran, two sources with knowledge of the discussions" were cited as saying.

As has been the case for days, Tehran is denying that it is in dialogue with Washington, also as the White House has talked about "escalating to de-escalate" - and now amid reports of elite 82nd Airborne troops about to deploy to the region. Trump is reportedly interested in "winding down" the war, but is there an actual plan to do this? More from Axios:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is concerned Trump might strike a deal that falls well short of Israel's objectives, includes significant concessions, and limits Israel's ability to conduct strikes against Iran, two Israeli sources say.

A third source said Israeli leaders were skeptical Iran had actually offered the concessions the U.S. claimed.

Trump confirms efforts, which may still be unreciprocated:

TRUMP: WE'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN RIGHT NOW

TRUMP: RUBIO, VANCE, OTHER PEOPLE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH IRAN

TRUMP SAYS IRAN IS 'TALKING SENSE'

TRUMP: IRAN AGREED THEY'LL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON

82nd Airborne Division Deploying to Middle East

Amid speculation that President Trump could seek to force open the Strait of Hormuz by some kind of ultra high risk Kharg Island takeover operation, Fox chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has posted the following:

Fox News has learned that the Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division Maj Gen Brandon Tegtmeier and his "command element," members of his headquarters staff, have been ordered to deploy to the Middle East as the Pentagon and White House weigh whether to send the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East for possible land operations.

It was only on Monday that the NYT began reporting Pentagon was seriously weighing whether to send the elite 82nd Airborne. This would be a sure sign of escalation into potential 'ground operations'.