Trump Says He Is Reviewing Iran's New Offer But Doubts It Is 'acceptable'

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was reviewing a caller connection from nan Iranian authorities to nan extremity the war, but offered small optimism that nan connection would succeed.

"I will soon beryllium reviewing nan scheme that Iran has conscionable sent to us, but can’t ideate that it would beryllium acceptable successful that they person not yet paid a large capable value for what they person done to Humanity, and nan World, complete nan past 47 years," nan president wrote successful a Truth Social post.

Shortly earlier nan station went live, Trump responded to questions from reporters connected nan tarmac astatine Palm Beach International Airport astir nan negotiations. The president said he would fto reporters cognize whether he accepted aliases rejected nan Iranian connection soon.

On Friday, Trump had said he was "not satisfied" pinch nan proposal, but said Saturday he would analyse its specifications further.

"They told maine astir nan conception of nan deal," Trump said. "They’re going to springiness maine nan nonstop wording now.”

Iran’s latest connection would open shipping successful nan Strait of Hormuz and extremity nan U.S. blockade, while pushing disconnected talks connected Iran’s atomic programs for later.

Trump's comments travel arsenic he weighs really to proceed successful nan weeks-long standoff. Military officials briefed him Thursday connected options for nan Strait of Hormuz and connected nan crushed successful Iran. Trump has near unfastened nan anticipation of resuming strikes.

"Do we want to spell and conscionable blast nan Hell retired of them and decorativeness them forever, aliases do we want to effort and make a deal. Those are nan options," Trump told reporters Friday, adding he would "prefer not" to resume strikes.

Iran's connection to unfastened nan Gulf to immoderate ships comes aft it has blocked fundamentally each shipping, isolated from its own, from nan Gulf for much than 2 months. The U.S. has besides enforced its ain blockade of nan Strait since April 13.

Trump connected Saturday called nan U.S. blockade "friendly," telling reporters "Nobody's moreover challenging it."

The U.S. Navy is utilizing much than 100 fighters and surveillance aircraft, 2 bearer onslaught groups and much than a twelve ships to enforce its blockade connected Iran. Last month, a Navy destroyer seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel that had attempted to break done nan blockade.

Trump's comments travel amid accrued unit from Capitol Hill to activity support for nan conflict. Trump has insisted that because a impermanent ceasefire went into effect connected April 8, he does not request Congress' authorization to proceed subject operations successful Iran.

According to nan War Powers Resolution of 1973, nan president must activity authorization for warfare from Congress aft a subject cognition reaches its 60th time successful action. The U.S. subject operations successful Iran reached that people earlier this week.

The Senate voted for a sixth clip Thursday to cull a War Powers solution that would extremity subject operations successful Iran until Congress votes to o.k. them.

The solution grounded by a ballot of 47-50, pinch each Senate Democrats, pinch nan objection of Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, voting successful favour of nan measure. Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky collapsed pinch their statement to ballot 'yes' connected nan resolution.