President Trump was asked Friday whether the US has given Iran a “deadline to make a deal.”
“Only they know,” he responded, adding that he has sent the message to Tehran directly.
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The US has at least eight warships in the Middle East, and the president deflected a question about whether he had a “timeline” to begin drawing down the American military presence there.
“We’ll see how it all works. They have to float someplace, they might as well float near Iran,” he said. “But it’s a rough situation going in.”
Trump further said that his pressure earlier this month had stopped Iran from executing “837 people” after the regime brutally cracked down on protesters despite his warning not to.
“They were going to hang 837 people. And I told them, ‘If you do it, you’re going to pay a price like nobody’s ever paid before.’ And they pulled back,” he said. “I appreciated that.
“But a lot of people are being killed, so we’ll see what happens. I can say this: They do want to make a deal.”
