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By Tune Sang-ho
WASHINGTON, Could 1 (Yonhap) — U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned Friday that he was “not happy” with Iran’s newest peace proposal, noting that negotiators from the Islamic Republic had been asking for issues that he “cannot agree with.”
Trump made the remarks throughout a press availability following a information report that Tehran has despatched a brand new proposal to Pakistani mediators for the negotiations with the USA, as Washington awaits a unified response from the Iranian management, which Trump referred to as “extraordinarily disjointed.”
“They wish to make a deal, however I’m not happy with it. So we’ll see what occurs,” Trump instructed reporters on the White Home. “Iran needs to make a deal as a result of they don’t have any navy left, primarily.”
Requested to elucidate what he isn’t happy with, Trump mentioned, “They’re asking for issues that I can not agree with.”
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters earlier than departing on Marine One from the South Garden of the White Home in Washington on Could 1, 2026, on this picture launched by the Related Press. (Yonhap)
He didn’t elaborate on Iran’s newest proposal.
The 2 sides have sought to slender variations over Iran’s push to carry sway over the essential Strait of Hormuz and a U.S. demand for Iran to surrender its nuclear ambitions and hand over its stockpile of enriched uranium that can be utilized to construct bombs.
Trump reiterated the problem in negotiating with the Iranian management that the U.S. believes is battling inside division between hard-liners and moderates, which makes it troublesome to plan a coherent proposal to finish hostilities with the U.S.
“In Iran, the management could be very disjointed. It is received two to 3 teams, perhaps 4,” he mentioned. “With that being mentioned, all of them wish to make a deal, however they’re all tousled.”
He additionally mentioned that Iranian leaders are “not in a position to get together with one another,” which he mentioned places the U.S. “in a nasty place.”
“One group needs to make a sure deal. The opposite group needs to make a sure deal, together with the hard-liners,” he mentioned. “The hard-liners wish to make a deal too. Why would not they? They don’t have any navy. They don’t have any air power. they don’t have any anti-aircraft. They don’t have anything.”
He added that Iranians have no idea “who their leaders are.”
“They’re very confused,” he mentioned.
Trump has prolonged a ceasefire with Iran till Tehran comes up with a unified peace proposal, although his administration has been ramping up stress on Iran via its naval blockade of Iranian ports and vessels, and financial sanctions.
Washington and Tehran held their first and solely spherical of direct high-level negotiations in Islamabad on April 11 and 12, however they failed to achieve an settlement.
Commenting on the 1973 Warfare Powers Decision, Trump mentioned his administration considers it unconstitutional.
Underneath the decision, the president is required to finish an unauthorized use of U.S. armed forces inside 60 days of notifying Congress, except lawmakers grant approval.
The 60-day interval for the present navy operation in opposition to Iran was set to run out on Friday, as Trump had notified Congress of the operation on March 2. The Trump administration believes the present ceasefire with Iran has paused the 60-day countdown.
“Many presidents, as you realize, have gone and exceeded it. It is by no means been used. It is by no means been adhered to,” the president mentioned. “Each different president thought-about it completely unconstitutional, and we agree with that.”
In a letter to Home Speaker Mike Johnson and Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Senate president professional tempore, Trump wrote that “the hostilities that started on Feb. 28, 2026 have “terminated,” successfully evading the Could 1 deadline to safe congressional approval to proceed the battle with Iran, in response to the Related Press.
In the course of the press availability, Trump struck a optimistic be aware on the upcoming summit with Chinese language President Xi Jinping, which is ready to happen in Beijing on Could 14 and 15.
“It will be wonderful. The go to with China and Chairman Xi … that is going to be nice,” he mentioned.
If held, the high-stakes summit between Trump and Xi is anticipated to the touch on an array of bilateral, regional and international points, together with commerce, the safety of Taiwan and the continuing U.S.-Israeli battle in opposition to Iran.
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