Contest seen as latest test of president’s grip on GOP as he tells reporters at White House that he will be endorsing candidate for senate race in Texas
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Trump told reporters he is giving Iran until the weekend or early next week, to make a deal to end the war.
He said he was within an hour of deciding to resume bombing the Middle Eastern country but that his negotiators had reported progress in talks.
I never tell anybody when. But they knew that we were very close. I would say we were. I was an hour away from making the decision to go today, and we would probably not be talking about a beautiful ballroom today. We’d be talking about that.
I had made the decision, so they called up. They had heard I made the decision. They said, sir, could you give us a couple of more days because we think they’re being reasonable.
Well, I mean, I’m saying 2 or 3 days, maybe Friday, Saturday, Sunday something. Maybe early next week, a limited period of time, because we can’t let them have a new nuclear weapon.
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Author : Maham Javaid (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)
Publish date : 2026-05-19 15:33:00
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