WASHINGTON, Jan 31: President Donald Trump predicted on Friday that Iran would seek to negotiate a deal rather than face American military action, despite Tehran warning that its arsenal of missiles would never be up for discussion.
"I can say this, they do want to make a deal," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Asked if he had given Iran a deadline to enter talks on its nuclear and missile programs, Trump said "yeah, I have," but refused to say what it was.
"We have a large armada, flotilla, call it whatever you want, heading toward Iran right now," Trump said, referring to a US naval carrier group in waters off Iran.
"Hopefully we'll make a deal. If we do make a deal, that's good. If we don't make a deal, we'll see what happens." "AFP
