— We had very good talks about Iran. It looks like Iran really wants to make a deal, Donald Trump said while talking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Florida.
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He referred in this way to Friday's talks between his envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi in Muscat, Oman. “We'll have to see what the deal is.” But I think Iran really wants to conclude the deal, just like it should have done last time (…) Maybe now it will be different than last time, he added, recalling the American attack on nuclear installations from June last year.
Trump stressed that he was “in no hurry” to use force if the negotiations failed, recalling that he had similarly delayed attacking Venezuela.
The president also signaled progress in talks on ending the war in Ukraine, describing them as “very good.” “Something could happen,” Trump said, without elaborating.
He showed the Obamas as monkeys. Trump blamed the employee
The head of state also explained why he posted a video on his account on the Truth Social social networking site, which at one point depicts Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. Trump said he wasn't going to apologize for it, but condemned the clip. He explained that while watching the film, he did not see the fragment with Obama, and blamed his colleague who posted it despite the racist accents.
Initially, presidential spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt claimed that it was just a meme referring to “The Lion King”, but after a number of ruling party politicians expressed outrage, the White House announced that the video was posted by a subordinate of the president by mistake.
