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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Trump Says Iran Is 'Negotiating on Fumes'
President Trump asserted on Wednesday that Iran is "negotiating on fumes" and insisted that November's midterm elections won't make him rush into a deal to end the conflict that's spurred unease across the global economy. Speaking at the start of a Cabinet meeting, Trump expressed confidence that a deal is...
The US President claims that the approach to mid-term elections does not influence his strategy to end the conflict.
President Donald Trump promised on Wednesday that he would conclude an advantageous agreement to end 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," CNN reports.
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