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Friday, May 16, 2025
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Friday, May 16, 2025
Trump: Iran wants to trade with US, I’m using trade to make peace
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump says that Iran wants to trade with the United States, according to excerpts from an interview with Fox News.
“Iran wants to trade with us, OK? If you can believe that I’m OK with that. I’m using trade to settle scores and to make peace,” Trump says in the interview conducted before he left Abu Dhabi after a four-day Middle East trip.
“But I’ve told Iran, we make a deal. You’re going to be really — you’re going to be very happy,” says Trump, who has been pushing Iran on a nuclear deal.
"I'm using trade … to make peace": President Trump outlines how he is approaching a deal with Iran in an interview with @BretBaier pic.twitter.com/0k4T37vYKa
— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) May 16, 2025
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