Still no deal to end U.S.-Iran war; Trump says he’s not in a ‘hurry’
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a cabinet meeting in the White House Cabinet Room on May 27, 2026 in Washington, DC, USA.
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The United States and Iran have yet to sign an agreement to end the war, which is in its fourth month; President Donald Trump said Saturday he was “in no rush” to make a deal.
In an interview with his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, on Fox News, Trump said he was pushing for a deal that would ensure Iran never has nuclear weapons. Although he says he would prefer an agreement to be reached as soon as possible, he is not rushing the process. The president also threatened further military intervention if negotiations fail.
“I’d like to say I’m in a hurry because gas prices are going to come down, but if you’re in a hurry you can’t get a good deal,” Trump said. “And I think slowly but surely we’re getting what we want, and if we don’t get what we want, we’re going to end it a different way.”
“We’re going to make a huge deal, [otherwise] “We will go back and finish this militarily,” he said.
The war continues in a tenuous ceasefire as U.S. and Iranian negotiators have been working for weeks to reach a deal that would end the conflict. The conflict has damaged global energy markets and caused inflation to soar to its highest level since May 2023, after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz when the war began.
Gasoline prices in the U.S. on Sunday averaged $4.34 per gallon. According to AAA.
The strait carries roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil and is largely impassable.
Trump demanded that Iran agree to never obtain nuclear weapons and to immediately reopen the Strait as part of any peace agreement.
The president ended the meeting held at the White House on Friday without a decision on the agreement, after saying that he would “make a final decision” during the meeting.
According to a report in Axios on Saturday, Trump demanded adjustments to the proposed agreement regarding the management of Iran’s nuclear materials and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
In the Fox interview, Trump also said he added language to the deal that would prohibit Iran from purchasing nuclear weapons, along with development bans.
