Trump: I’m not sure I’ll make deal with Iran if Gulf countries don’t join Abraham Accords

US President Donald Trump suggests he may not sign a deal with Iran if neighboring Gulf countries do not join the Abraham Accords.

“I’m not sure we should make the deal if they don’t… join the Abraham Accords,” Trump says during a cabinet meeting, referring to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, and others.

On Sunday, Trump for the first time tied Iran talks with the Abraham Accords, as he seeks to secure diplomatic wins amid questionable results on the battlefield, with the Islamic Republic still in power and in control of missiles and uranium stockpiles, as well as the Strait of Hormuz.

But Saudi officials were quick to reiterate that Riyadh will only normalize ties with Israel if the latter agrees to establish an irreversible pathway to a Palestinian state — something Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to reject.

Trump appears not to budge, telling reporters that Gulf countries “owe it” to the US to join the Abraham Accords after Washington launched the war against Iran — a conflict that placed them in Tehran’s crosshairs for weeks.

Asked if he would go as far as to specifically make the Iran deal contingent on countries joining the Abraham Accords, Trump takes a step back from the bluster.

“I’m not going to [tell] you what’s contingent, and what’s not,” he responds.

Trump turns to US special envoy Steve Witkoff and asks if countries will join the Abraham Accords, but the senior adviser is similarly non-committal.

“We’re definitely pushing it,” Witkoff responds.