Trump says he’d be willing to meet with Iran’s president with “no preconditions”
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In a sudden and dramatic change in his anti Iran stand US President Donald Trump on Monday expressed his willingness meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Last week he threatened Iran with potential war.
During a press conference with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at White House on Monday, a reporter asked Trump if he would be open to meeting with Iran’s president. Trump responded that he’d sit down with any leader and talk.
“I’m ready to meet any time they want to,” he said, adding that he’d do so without preconditions. “Speaking to other people, especially when you’re talking about potentials of war and death and famine,” he continued, “you meet.”
“No preconditions,” Trump said of a meeting with Iranian leaders. “No. They want to meet, I’ll meet. Anytime they want. Anytime they want. It’s good for the country, good for them, good for us, and good for the world. No preconditions. If they want to meet, I’ll meet.”
That’s a startling turnaround, as Trump has consistently struck a hawkish tone when dealing with Iran.
On July 23, Trump threatened Iran in an all-caps tweet with “consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before.” That came in response to a speech by Rouhani in which he warned that peace between the US and Iran would be the “mother of all peace” and confrontation between the two would be the “mother of all wars.”