Iran’s Women’s Soccer Team Offered Asylum by President Trump
The dissonance between the president’s hard-line immigration policies and his offer of asylum to the athletes was striking. Australia took in five players.
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The dissonance between the president’s hard-line immigration policies and his offer of asylum to the athletes was striking. Australia took in five players.
President Trump spent the first months of his term holding back Israel’s push for an assault on Iran’s nuclear program. With the war underway, he has now expressed support for Israel. Jonathan Swan, a White House reporter for The New York Times, breaks down how the president got to this point.
The president now confronts the reality that stopping Iran’s drive toward a bomb may require letting it continue to make some nuclear fuel.
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s chief Iran negotiator, offered the clearest outlines of the administration’s position in talks over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iran rejects any deal that would ban it from any nuclear enrichment, long a demand of U.S. conservatives.
His suggestion to call the body of water the “Arabian Gulf” has apparently done the impossible: Unite Iranians.
The president said he would be “leading the pack” against Iran if it did not agree to a nuclear deal, but he said he was open to meeting Iranian leaders.
The Trump administration started with an simple goal: Make Iran dismantle its nuclear and missile programs. Then its top negotiator started softening his tone, and had to retreat.
The two sides are set to negotiate on Saturday, though expectations for a breakthrough are modest, and distrust high.
Nuclear talks between the United States and Iran are set for Saturday. President Trump has set a high bar for success.