Trump hits out at critics, says Tehran ‘really wants’ a deal

US President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at critics as a potential deal with Iran remains elusive, saying Tehran “really wants to make a deal” and that it would be a good deal for the United States and its allies.

His comments came as airstrikes between the US and Iran resumed over the weekend, with both sides claiming they had hit military targets near the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that usually handles about 20% of the world’s global oil traffic.

“Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good deal for the United States and those who are with us,” Trump said on Truth Social. to mail.

“But Dumocrats and various seemingly unpatriotic Republicans do not understand that it is MUCH harder for me to do my job and negotiate properly if I move faster or move slower or go to war or not go to war or whatever while the political hacks continue to ‘tweet’ negatively at never-before-seen levels,” Trump said.

“Just sit back and relax, everything will be okay in the end – it always is!”

US Central Command in question While it carried out “self-defense strikes” on Iran’s radar and command and control sites for drones on Goruk and Qeshm Island over the weekend, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted an air base used in the US attack in retaliation.

An Aksios report A document published on Saturday stated that Trump requested some changes to the final terms his envoys reached with Iranian officials. The report cited a senior administration official and a second source briefed on the matter. CNBC could not independently verify the report.

The US president has repeatedly said Washington and Tehran have been close to reaching an agreement since the ceasefire took effect in early April, but talks have made little progress in recent weeks.

Guntram Wolff, senior fellow at Brussels-based economic think tank Bruegel, said market participants were “very optimistic” about the prospects of a diplomatic breakthrough.

“The problem I would say is that we’ve been promised a good deal for a long time, and it’s been more than 90 days,” Wolff told CNBC’s “Europe Early Edition” on Monday. he said.

“I understand that it will take time to reach a truly solid agreement, but have the fundamentals changed? No, they have not. Iran continues to have significant capabilities that can do a lot of damage, it can continue to control the Strait of Hormuz, it still has nuclear-enriched materials, so the fundamentals have not changed,” he added.