On the 2nd, President Donald Trump signaled the resumption of talks regarding the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that an agreement had been reached with Iran. President Trump made these remarks while meeting with White House reporters on his private plane returning from Bedminster, New Jersey, to Washington, D.C. “There is an agreement regarding Hormuz,” President Trump said. “Then there will be an agreement regarding the nuclear issue, or an agreement that could be called the denuclearization of Iran.” He continued, “What we are trying to do now is talk with them in the form of negotiations,” and announced that talks with Iran would “begin tomorrow afternoon (the 3rd),” which is Monday, U.S. time. However, President Trump did not answer questions regarding the deadline for an agreement with Iran.
Previously, President Trump had foreshadowed a powerful airstrike against Iran during a cabinet meeting held at Camp David, Maryland, on the 31st of last month, but announced the cancellation of the military operation on TruthSocial the previous night, stating, “I received requests from Iran and other Middle Eastern countries to put any attacks on hold because agreement on a framework for a deal has been reached.”
When reporters asked why the attack on Iran was canceled, President Trump replied, “I received requests from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Iran to cancel the attack.” He added, “We had all the preparations complete. We would have [attacked] right around this time,” suggesting that it would have been a “massive attack.” President Trump stated, “When allies ask you to cancel an attack, you have to say, ‘Okay, let’s see.’ And the reason they asked is because they judged that an agreement is possible.”