President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Saturday, April 18.
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Donald Trump has spent days negotiating peace in Iran — with himself.

The president has rolled out every trick in his entrepreneur’s manual “The Art of the Deal” in trying to create leverage, spin endgame scenarios and force Iran to capitulate.

But his round-the-clock avalanche of online outbursts and quotes to reporters who have him on speed dial seem to ignore one of his big rules.