Trump Aides Seek Iran Diplomacy After UN Annihilation Threat — SkimNews
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- Trump aides are trying to jump-start diplomacy with Iran as the crisis widens, with U.S. and Iranian representatives spending hours discussing both war and peace following the UN speech.
- Trump threatened to annihilate Iran during his UN address and outlined a winner-takes-all foreign policy vision; CNN fact-checked his UN claims and flagged them as false.
Why it matters: The gap between Trump's annihilation threat at the UN and his aides' rush to open diplomatic channels signals an administration split over how far to push the Iran confrontation. CNN's fact-check calling his UN claims false also undercuts the credibility of his escalation rationale in front of allies and Tehran.
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