President Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. is talking with Iran “even today” as he weighs whether to pursue a deal to end the war.
“I think that a settlement is going to be reached,” Mr. Trump said during a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham at the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
“They want to talk to us. They have been talking to us even today,” the president said. “They’ve been talking to us, and the relationship is developing.”
Mr. Trump’s comments came just hours after he said in his U.N. speech that he has to decide between reaching a deal with Iran or “annihilate the Islamic republic.”
“I have a big decision to make: Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before?” Mr. Trump told the crowd of world leaders. “Or do I annihilate the Islamic republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?
“Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope for future generations?” he added.
Ahead of Mr. Trump’s trip to New York, he reportedly told his advisers he’d like to arrange a meeting with Iranian officials at the U.N. if “conditions are right,” according to a CNN report.
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