Trump Says There Is "No Pressure" in Iran Talks, Will Not Rush

[The Financial News] President Donald Trump, who effectively extended the ceasefire deadline with Iran by one more day, said the United States is under no pressure in its negotiations with Iran. He stressed that he would not rush into a bad deal.
Trump addressed the Iran talks in a post on Truth Social on the 20th local time. He claimed that "things will move along relatively quickly, but time is not my enemy." Trump wrote that he had read "fake news" saying he was under "pressure" to reach a deal, adding that this was "not true at all." He then said, "What matters is finally correcting, after 47 years, the chaos created because other presidents failed to do what had to be done regarding Iran." Trump emphasized, "We are doing this, and it will be done properly."
He also said, "I will not tolerate weak and pathetic Democrats and traitors who try to undermine the military and the achievements of the Trump administration just because I am doing this." Trump criticized the Democratic Party, saying it was using every possible means to weaken the fact that the United States is in a very strong position on Iran.
He stressed that, despite the fact that World War I lasted 4 years, 3 months and 14 days, World War II lasted 6 years and 1 day, the Korean War lasted 3 years, 1 month and 2 days, the Vietnam War lasted 19 years, 5 months and 29 days, and the Iraq War lasted 8 years, 8 months and 28 days, people like to claim that he promised to defeat Iran in six weeks.
From a military standpoint, he said, it was much faster than that. "But I will not rush into a deal that is worse than the best possible agreement for the United States," he added. He also said military operations in Iran were being carried out "perfectly," just as they were during the Venezuela situation, and claimed that only the scale is larger and more complex, while the outcome will be the same.
Earlier, Trump wrote on Truth Social on the 7th, "I agree to stop bombing and attacking Iran for two weeks, on the condition that the Iranian government opens the Strait of Hormuz completely, immediately and safely." Most foreign media then reported that the ceasefire would last until the 21st. In a phone interview with Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on the 20th, Trump was asked, "What happens if the ceasefire ends on the evening of the 21st?" He replied, "A lot of bombs will go off."
However, in a later interview with another outlet on the 20th, Trump said the ceasefire would end on "Wednesday evening, Washington time, the 22nd." He said the second round of ceasefire talks with Iran would begin in Pakistan on the 21st and claimed the possibility of another extension was "very small."


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