US President Donald Trump on Monday warned Iran of the “consequences of not making a deal” ahead of talks between the United States and the Islamic republic in Geneva.
“I’ll be involved in those talks, indirectly,” the US president told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Washington. “I don’t think they want the consequences of not making a deal,” Trump added.
The latest talks, scheduled Tuesday and mediated by Oman, follow repeated threats from Trump of military action against Tehran — first over Iran’s deadly crackdown on anti-government protests, and then more recently over the country’s nuclear program.
Meanwhile, President Trump said he would decide soon on whether to send more weapons to Taiwan, after Chinese President Xi Jinping warned him not to do so.
“I’m talking to him about it. We had a good conversation, and we’ll make a determination pretty soon,” Trump said, adding that he has a “good relationship” with the Chinese leader, whose country claims the self-ruled island of Taiwan as its territory. (AFP)
