Trump huddles with team on Iran amid stalemate in talks
President Donald Trump is meeting today with top national security officials to discuss the ongoing stalemate in discussions with Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
The meeting comes after the president abruptly canceled plans for his top envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to travel to Pakistan for another round of negotiations over the weekend.
Officials had planned discuss Trump’s options for moving ahead, including whether or not to resume the US bombing campaign that’s on hold after the president extended a ceasefire last week. Trump has appeared hesitant in public on reviving the conflict.
Trump said he decided to call off the trip because Iran hadn’t provided a satisfactory negotiating proposal and claimed they returned after the cancellation with an updated document.
But he still sounded skeptical of dispatching his team on a lengthy flight to Islamabad without a clearer picture of which concessions Iran could agree to or who precisely was in charge in Tehran.