Washington DC [US], March 26 (ANI): A Wall Street Journal report suggested that US President Trump has told associates in recent days he wants to avoid a protracted war with Iran and hopes to bring the conflict to an end in the coming weeks.
Citing people familiar with the matter, the WSJ reported Trump privately informed advisers he believes the conflict is in its final stages and urged them to adhere to the four-to-six-week timeline he has outlined publicly.
That deadline could come before the mid-May summit Trump has scheduled with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
At the NRCC Annual Fundraising Dinner on Thursday, Trump said he had “settled eight wars” and claimed the US was “winning another one,” adding that Iran was negotiating and wanted a deal but feared saying so because they might be killed by their own people or by the US. He said, “There has never been a head of a country who wanted that job less than being the head of Iran.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump does not bluff and would “unleash hell,” warning Iran not to miscalculate Washington’s intentions in West Asia. Leavitt told reporters Trump prefers peace and that he postponed planned strikes after Iran expressed willingness to talk.
“President Trump’s preference is always peace. However, following his powerful threat on Saturday evening, it was made clear that Iran wanted to talk. As the President announced on Monday, the US has been engaged over the last three days in productive conversations, leading the President to temporarily instruct the Department of War to postpone planned strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure,” she said.
“Let me be clear, Iran should not miscalculate again. Their last miscalculation cost them their senior leadership, their navy, their air force, and their air defence system. President Trump does not bluff, and he is prepared to unleash hell if they refuse to accept the reality that they have been defeated,” Leavitt added.
Earlier, Iran rejected an American proposal aimed at ending the conflict, insisting any cessation of hostilities would occur only on Tehran’s “own terms and timeline.” Iran said it would end the war when it decided to do so and when its own conditions were met, emphasising it would continue its defence and inflict “heavy blows” on the enemy until its demands are fulfilled. (ANI)
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