Saber rattling with Iran: US President Donald Trump.Image: keystone
02/14/2026, 07:4502/14/2026, 07:45
US President Donald Trump believes a change of power in Iran is desirable. In response to a question from a reporter after visiting a US military base in the state of North Carolina, he said: “That seems to be the best thing that could happen.” According to information from the news portal Axios, a new round of negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program is expected in Geneva on Tuesday. Asked what Iran could do to avoid a US attack, Trump said: “If they give us the right deal, we won’t do that.”
So far, Iran has talked a lot but done nothing, Trump said. The leadership in Tehran should “give us the deal that they should have given us the first time.” Washington and Tehran had already negotiated Iran’s nuclear program last year, but the talks stalled. A day before a planned further round of negotiations, Israel attacked targets in Iran. The US military joined Israel’s attacks less than a week later and bombed Iranian nuclear facilities.
Trump threatens a new attack
Iran decided against an agreement at the time, Trump wrote this week after a meeting in the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Hopefully they will be more sensible and responsible this time,” he added.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are scheduled to take part in the next round of negotiations on the US side, as “Axios” reported, citing a US official and three other informed sources. The Iranian delegation should therefore again be led by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr al-Bussaidi, who is mediating between the two sides, is also expected to attend the meeting. The USA and Iran began new negotiations last week in Oman’s capital Muscat.
At the same time, Trump has been expanding the US military presence in the Middle East for weeks, including with the aircraft carrier “USS Abraham Lincoln”. Trump has now confirmed that another aircraft carrier will follow. According to the media, it is the “USS Gerald R. Ford”, the most modern aircraft carrier in the US Navy. Other warships, air defense systems and fighter squadrons are already in the region. (sda/dpa)
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