Trump: Iran Sent New Offer Within Minutes of Canceled Talks

President Donald Trump said Saturday that Iran “offered a lot, but not enough” after he canceled a planned trip by U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan for talks.

Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One for Washington, D.C., Trump said Tehran quickly offered a new proposal following the cancellation.

“They gave us a paper that should have been better,” Trump said. “And interestingly, immediately when I canceled it, within ten minutes, we got a new paper that was much better.”

Trump pointed to what he described as “tremendous infighting” within Iran’s leadership, but added he is prepared to “deal with whoever runs the show.”

“They're probably fighting for leadership,” Trump said. “In many cases, I think they're fighting not to be the leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders. But I'll deal with whoever we have to.”

He also pointed to long travel times as a reason for canceling the trip.

“There's no reason to wait two days — have people traveling for 16, 17 hours — we're not doing it that way,” Trump said. “… When they want, they can call me. We have all the cards. We've won everything. We have all the cards.”