Netanyahu is pressuring Trump to strike Iran again, but Trump is stuck — going back to war looks bad, and walking away with no deal looks worse.

• A long, tense call between Trump and Netanyahu shows Netanyahu wants a strike while Trump is trying to delay.
• Trump set another vague deadline of Friday through early next week, saying Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon.
• Iran has offered a deal better than the old Obama one, including a pause on enrichment, but only after the US agrees to lift sanctions and pull back militarily.
• Lindsey Graham, Mark Levin, and other hawks blew up the last near-deal, leaving Trump trapped between his own war camp and a fight he cannot win.
• If the US strikes again, Iran has promised a regional war hitting Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, and Qatar, and shutting the Strait of Hormuz.
• Meanwhile Trump keeps talking about his new billion-dollar White House ballroom and is holding up ICE funding to force his party to pay for it.

Outlook: Trump will likely keep stalling and hoping Iran's government cracks, since both striking and backing down carry heavy costs.