US Doesn't Need Backup Plan in Iran Negotiations, Says Trump

President Trump told reporters that he thinks the Strait of Hormuz will be open 'fairly soon' and said that the US doesn't need a backup plan if talks between the US and Iran go south in Pakistan this weekend, as he answered questions on his way to Charlottesville, Virginia.
President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on Iran as Vice President JD Vance traveled to Pakistan for talks to end the war, with Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz’s effective closure looming over diplomatic efforts.
Trump posted on social media Friday that Tehran’s only leverage is “short term extortion of the world by using International Waterways” — a reference to Hormuz, a critical shipping lane for oil and natural gas that remains largely shut, raising global energy prices. Trump declared that the “Iranians don’t seem to realize they have no cards.”
While the two-week ceasefire was broadly holding across the Middle East, the situation with the strait and continued fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon threatened to complicate negotiations due to begin over the weekend in Islamabad.
The Iranian delegation, led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, has arrived in Islamabad, the semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim reported on Friday.
Before arriving, Ghalibaf pushed back, stressing on social media that a ceasefire in Lebanon is one measure that “must be fulfilled before negotiations begin.” The other is the “release of Iran’s blocked assets,” he added, without being more specific.
Trump had earlier told the New York Post on Friday that US warships were being reloaded with “the best ammunition” to launch fresh attacks if the talks faltered. When asked if he believed negotiations would be successful, Trump said: “We’re going to find out in about 24 hours.”
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