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Optimism over US-Iran deal fades; Trump scrambles to secure Lebanon truce
Key takeaways
- Trump sent varying messages as he scrambled Monday to secure a truce between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-linked proxy group that controls much of southern Lebanon.
- He told NBC News that he had not been informed of reports that Iran had paused ceasefire talks, but wasn t surprised because they re better negotiators than they are fighters.
- It doesn t mean we re going to go and start dropping bombs all over there, he said.
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Trump sent varying messages as he scrambled Monday to secure a truce between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-linked proxy group that controls much of southern Lebanon.
The president declared in a TruthSocial post that talks with Iran are continuing at at a rapid pace, while also telling CNBC in an interview that he didn t care if negotiations ended and was becoming bored by efforts to end the three-month war in the Middle East.
He told NBC News that he had not been informed of reports that Iran had paused ceasefire talks, but wasn t surprised because they re better negotiators than they are fighters.
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