Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, were due to travel to Islamabad for talks with Iranian leaders later Saturday, but Trump called them off at the last minute, blaming “infighting” among Iran’s leadership.
“Also, we have all the cards,” he wrote.
He reiterated that point when speaking to reporters in West Palm Beach on Saturday before boarding Air Force One.
The news comes a day after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News that the president directed the duo to fly to Pakistan for in-person talks as the conflict nears two months, and a tentative cease-fire was extended by Trump this past week. Leavitt said there had been some progress with the Iranians in recent days and the Administration had been hoping for further movement after Witkoff and Kushner’s meetings.
He said in a post on X after leaving that Iran has “yet to see if the U.S. is truly serious about diplomacy.”
Meanwhile, Israel has continued its assault on southern Lebanon, intensifying on Saturday with two raids in the Nabatieh district and killing four people.
The Strait of Hormuz is still closed
Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz has become central to the negotiations aimed at ending the war. Iran has effectively closed the Strait, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil flowed before the fighting began, allowing only its allies to traverse the vital waterway, and others if they paid a toll. The U.S. has since imposed its own blockade on all traffic in an attempt to pressure Iran to open the Strait.
Oil prices have risen by more than 11% in the past week as diplomacy has failed to end the conflict, and Brent crude futures rose to more than $105 a barrel in early trading on Friday.
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