Trump keeps Iran talks alive despite threats of fresh US strikes
What's new: Even after calling the process a waste of time, Trump indicated negotiators could keep meeting as Hormuz tensions deepen.
President Donald Trump signaled that diplomacy with Iran may continue even as he threatened more US strikes and described Tehran in inflammatory terms. Speaking at the NATO summit in Turkey, Trump said he did not care if his negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, kept talking, though he called the effort a waste of time. The mixed message underscores how fragile the talks remain after recent US and Israeli attacks and Iran's insistence on keeping control of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. Mediators described the latest violence as a setback and said the atmosphere around negotiations is tense, with little trust between the sides.