Trump says he canceled Kushner, Witkoff trip for Iran talks: "We have all the cards"

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President Trump said Saturday he called disconnected plans for U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to question to Pakistan for bid talks. He cited wasted clip and disorder implicit leadership, adding, "we person each the cards."

"I conscionable cancelled the travel of my representatives going [to] Islamabad, Pakistan, to conscionable with the Iranians," the president wrote connected Truth Social. "Too overmuch clip wasted connected traveling, excessively overmuch work!"

"Besides which, determination is tremendous infighting and disorder wrong their 'leadership,'" helium said. "Nobody knows who is successful charge, including them. Also, we person each the cards, they person none! If they privation to talk, each they person to bash is call!!!"

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said connected Friday the duo would caput to Islamabad for "direct talks" successful pursuit of a lasting bid woody much than 50 days aft the U.S. and Israel started bombing Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was successful Islamabad connected Friday and Saturday, and spoke with Pakistani Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif. He aboriginal departed for Oman. The Pakistanis person been serving arsenic intermediaries for discussions betwixt Iran and the U.S.

The warfare continues to disrupt shipping postulation done the Strait of Hormuz, a strategical waterway done which one-fifth of the world's lipid proviso usually flows. Oil prices person jumped arsenic a result, and the struggle has pushed ostentation successful the U.S. to its highest level successful astir 2 years.

A U.S. blockage of Iranian ports and vessels is besides continuing, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth saying Friday it volition enactment successful spot "as agelong arsenic it takes." He indicated the Trump medication is successful nary hurry to scope a bid woody with Iran and echoed Mr. Trump's caller comments that the U.S. is successful power of the timeline for Operation Epic Fury.

In Iran, the president determination urged radical to trim energy use, aft U.S.-Israeli strikes damaged vigor infrastructure, authorities media reported Saturday.

"Instead of turning connected 10 lights astatine home, crook connected 2 lights. What is incorrect with that?" President Masoud Pezeshkian said, The Associated property reported.

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