Netanyahu's challengers aren't labeling him 'crazy' for striking Lebanon, and are instead painting him as a weak leader who has capitulated to Trump. Watching the opposition hitting the prime minister from the right – not the left – should temper hopes that a Netanyahu defeat will bring a less militaristic regime
Trump also said that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is directly involved in negotiations with the United States. 'They've already agreed they're not going to have a nuclear weapon,' he said
The prime minister's capitulation to the U.S. president stems from the pardon he hopes Trump will extract for him from the Israeli president. The question of what the point of the war is has been pushed to the sidelines
According to Axios, Trump was furious that Israeli operations against Hezbollah risked derailing ongoing diplomacy with Iran and undermining efforts to preserve a fragile regional cease-fire
After two hours in the Situation Room, Trump did not reach a decision on a new deal with Iran despite vowing to do so, according to the New York Times. Earlier, a senior Iranian source said the U.S. and Iran have reached a 'political understanding' that 'has not yet been finalized'
Trump is the only person with both the power and the interest to order Netanyahu to halt the fighting in Lebanon. But since neither he nor Netanyahu has shown much skill or dedication in pursuing the difficult initiatives needed for real solutions, it is unlikely the U.S. president can win or end the war
The White House dismissed Iranian reports of a draft agreement as a 'complete fabrication,' while Trump said Washington would not lift sanctions in exchange for Tehran giving up its nuclear material
Trump says Saudi Arabia and Qatar 'should be the first to join' the Abraham Accords and warns that refusal would signal 'bad intentions,' as U.S. and Iranian officials move toward a preliminary deal centered on uranium disposal and reopening the Strait of Hormuz
PM Netanyahu said that he and Trump agreed that any final agreement must eliminate Iran's nuclear capabilities, including removing enriched material from Iranian territory and dismantling the regime's enrichment facilities
Irans Foreign Ministry spokesperson said nuclear issues are not part of the current negotiations, as Tehran first seeks to end the war before discussing its nuclear program, while Trump told CBS News, 'I will only sign a deal where we get everything we want'
The two spoke a day after Trump announced he was putting off renewed strikes, with Netanyahu arguing that a delay serves Tehran. Trump and Netanyahu had another call two days earlier, with the U.S. president saying he was likely to begin new strikes on Iran soon
Speaking to reporters at the White House a day after saying he had paused a planned resumption of attacks following a new peace proposal by Tehran, Trump said that Iran's leaders are begging to make a deal, but that a new U.S. attack would happen in the coming days if one was not reached
According to an Iranian official who spoke with Reuters, Iran focused its new truce proposal to the U.S. on ending the war and allowing shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump later told the New York Post that he was not open to concessions and that Tehran 'knows what will happen soon'
Trump claimed Iran said it lacks the technology and equipment to remove its nuclear infrastructure. He also disputed reports on Iran's missile capacity, saying 80 percent of Tehran's firepower has been destroyed
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Trump said China's president would 'like to see a deal made' between the U.S. and Iran as Beijing promised it would not provide Iran with military equipment, even though it would like to continue purchasing Iranian oil
As Trump and Xi Jinping prepare for a high-stakes summit dominated by trade, the U.S. president is also expected to press China to help end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, amid concerns the conflict is hurting the global economy and weakening Trump politically
At the unveiling of a 22-foot golden statue of Donald Trump at his Florida golf resort, Hasidic Jewish activists joined evangelical supporters as Trump phoned in to thank attendees, even as critics likened the display to the biblical golden calf