Trump Says He Asked Netanyahu to Hold Off on Iran Strike to Allow Nuclear Talks

Trump confirms he told Netanyahu not to attack Iran, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s appropriate’

(JTA) — President Donald Trump says he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to attack Iran while negotiations over the Iranian nuclear program were nearing a deal. “Well, I’d like to be honest. Yes, I did,” Trump said at a press conference Wednesday, when asked whether he warned Netanyahu against disrupting the negotiations in a phone call last week. He added later that Israeli action — which he did not specify — would not be “appr…

Trump Continues to Break Ranks with Bibi

It was a quote perhaps meant to be missed—a line buried beneath headlines about Iran and the fragility of diplomacy. “I told Netanyahu striking Iran would be very inappropriate as we were getting close to a deal.” That statement, given by Trump but making waves in the Times of Israel and across Middle East channels–not […] The post Trump Continues to Break Ranks with Bibi appeared first on The Hayride.

Europe's 'Trump shock' is opportunity to forge 'new West,' Timothy Garton Ash says

A so-called "Trump shock" has plunged Europe into its deepest crisis since 1945, but also presents an opportunity for the continent to forge a "new West," British historian and commentator Timothy Garton Ash has said in an interview with the Kyiv Independent.The first months of Trump's presidency dispelled any illusions in European capitals that the long-held transatlantic partnership would hold firm no matter who sits in the White House.Washing…

US President Donald Trump threatens Iran with war again. Western media, on the other hand, report on Trump's optimism and that this Benjamin Netanyahu stops attacks.

Iran nuclear talks: Trump warns Israel off air strikes on enrichment sites

Reports suggest that Tehran may be willing to suspend its uranium enrichment in return for a pair of significant concessions from Washington

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