President Donald Trump said Wednesday afternoon that the parties involved 'want to make a deal so badly' and expressed surprise that a peace deal was not already in place, according to a brief statement circulating in Israeli media. Trump does not specify the deal or the parties he is referring to.
President Donald Trump issued a brief statement Wednesday afternoon, remarking that the relevant parties "want to make a deal so badly" and adding "and I thought there was already a peace deal," according to a report circulated by Israeli media. The statement does not name the deal or the parties.
Trump has made a series of similar remarks in recent days, as The Zioneer has reported: on June 11 he said he "would like to reach a deal now" (Thursday afternoon); earlier on June 10 he stated that "they need to sign a deal" and separately that he believes "the Iranians want a deal — but we will see." Those remarks came in the context of Trump's mixed signals on the US-Iran track — combining threats to strike Iran "very hard today" with repeated openness to a diplomatic off-ramp amid the ongoing US air campaign. On June 9, a message attributed to an unnamed source claimed Trump is "about to sign an agreement."
Wednesday's brief remark adds a new layer of teasing uncertainty to President Trump's public posture: expressing that he expected a deal already finalized but that the parties are still eager. No further details on the scope or status of any negotiation have been provided.
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