Trump Says Iran 'Negotiating on Fumes,' Insists that Midterm Elections Won't Impact His War Strategy
Trump said a deal could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and curb Iran’s nuclear capability, while dismissing midterm election pressure.
- President Donald Trump asserted Wednesday that Iran is "negotiating on fumes" during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, expressing confidence a deal is near while insisting midterm elections won't factor into his approach.
- Military tensions escalated Monday when U.S. forces struck Iranian missile sites, complicating fragile talks as the blocked Strait of Hormuz and Republican electoral concerns drive urgency for settlement of the nearly three-month-old conflict.
- Trump stated Iran's economy is "in freefall" with 250 percent inflation, while the International Atomic Energy Agency reports Iran holds 440.9 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60% purity; a 60-day negotiation period would determine whether it's diluted or transferred.
- Saudi Arabia has insisted a guaranteed path to Palestinian statehood remain a precondition for joining the Abraham Accords, which Israel vehemently opposes, complicating Trump's demand that regional powers sign on to the agreement.
- The preliminary agreement defers many critical issues to later negotiations, leaving Lebanon's ceasefire status unresolved as Trump seeks to declare victory by reopening the Strait of Hormuz before November midterms, though some Republican senators question whether terms favor Tehran too heavily.
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Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Trump says he can outwait Iran, dismisses midterm election pressure
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Hawaii Tribune-Herald
West Hawaii TodayTrump says he feels no political pressure to make an Iran deal
President Donald Trump on Wednesday held the door open for more negotiations with Iran but insisted he did not feel any political pressure to make a deal to end the unpopular three-month war and lower gas prices. The post Trump says he feels no political pressure to make an Iran deal appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
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President Donald Trump promised Wednesday that he would conclude an advantageous agreement to put an end to the war with Iran, warning that the regime's efforts to distort things in the hope that he would give back would not work, because he personally "does not care about the mid-term elections scheduled for November, whose stake is control of Congress.
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