In a post on Truth Social confirming and explaining his decision to cancel US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s trip to Islamabad for talks with Iran, US President Donald Trump says: “If they want to talk, all they have to do is call.”
With Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi already having left Pakistan, the efforts to reach a deal on ending the war appear to be deadlocked. Iran has demanded that the US end its blockade of Iranian ports as a condition for resuming talks, and the US has ruled this out.
“I just cancelled the trip of my representatives going to Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with the Iranians. Too much time wasted on traveling, too much work!” he writes.
“Besides which, there is tremendous infighting and confusion within their ‘leadership.’ Nobody knows who is in charge, including them,” he says. “Also, we have all the cards, they have none!”
“If they want to talk, all they have to do is call!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP,” he concludes.
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