The US has wiped out Iran's military capabilities.

The nuclear program is obliterated.

Iran's economy is shattered and it is looking for a way to be reintegrated into the global economy.

The current US blockade of Iranian ports from outside the Strait of Hormuz is a smashing success and has bankrupted the Iranian economy.

All of this is essentially propaganda. What I do not know is whether Trump and his team sincerely believe this tripe or are they building a narrative to gaslight the public and create a reason for the US to exit the war with Iran? I think Donald Trump's collapsing poll ratings and growing criticism of this social media antics from within his MAGA base has alarmed Susie Wiles and accelerated the hunt for a viable exit plan.

This headline from FoxBuisness is the latest example of Trump's new narrative construction project: Trump says Iran war is 'very close to being over' as peace talks are expected to resume. Here are the key points:

President Donald Trump said the U.S.-Iran war is "very close" to an end as hostilities ease amid a two-week ceasefire agreement.

"I think it's close to over, yeah. I view it as very close to being over," Trump told FOX Business anchor Maria Bartiromo in an interview that will air on "Mornings with Maria" on Wednesday. . . .

Despite Trump saying the war is nearing an end, he also said the U.S. is not done.

"If I pulled up stakes right now, it would take them 20 years to rebuild that country. And we're not finished," he said. "We'll see what happens. I think they want to make a deal very badly. . . .

Trump justified his entrance into the Middle East conflict, telling "Mornings with Maria" it was necessary to disarm Iran's nuclear capabilities.

"I had to divert because if I didn't do that, right now, you'd have Iran with a nuclear weapon," Trump said. "And if they had a nuclear weapon, you'd be calling everybody over there 'sir,' and you don't want to do that."

Trump's erratic comments on relations with Iran and the state of the war have jumped from one extreme to another over the course of the last 10 days. However, I think we do have a clue about Trump's thinking based on JD Vance's final address to the press prior to departing Islamabad on Saturday, when he singled out Iran's refusal to compromise on nuclear enrichment as the major obstacle to an agreement to end the war… He was saying that on instructions from the White House.

In a recent speech to Turning Point USA, Vance signaled what Trump's exit plan may be:

Trump says to Iran: "If you commit to not having a nuclear weapon, we are going to make Iran economically thrive."