Macron says US has made offer for Israel-Iran truce
French President Emmanuel Macron says the US leader has made an offer for a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
“There is indeed an offer to meet and exchange. An offer was made especially to get a ceasefire and to then kick-start broader discussions. And I think this is a very good thing,” Macron told reporters at the G7.
“We have to see now whether the sides will follow.”
‘Confused picture’: Trump departs early from G7 amid reports of Situation Room meeting
I have to say that it’s a somewhat confused picture, and lots of different reports pointing in different directions.
President Trump is wrapping up business here about 24 hours early. He was supposed to leave here on Tuesday after giving a press conference. He won’t be here on Tuesday at all.
[French] President Macron has been speaking to reporters.
He said that President Trump had told the other leaders that there was the possibility of negotiation between Israel and Iran. And that’s why President Trump was leaving early and it should be seen as a positive sign.
On the other hand, there are other reports: Fox News, the US cable channel, is saying that President Trump has urged all of his security team to immediately go to the Situation Room in the White House.
And a couple of hours ago, President Trump put a post on Truth Social saying that all the residents of Tehran should evacuate.
That’s a massive city. One of the biggest in the region. People were describing that as a throwaway remark. But now, reportedly, one administration official says that’s because of the current urgency of the situation, suggesting that this could go either way.
So whether we see this as a positive development – that talks of a ceasefire are getting close or whether we see it as things going in a negative situation and getting much, much worse in Tehran – I think we need to look into this much, much closer.
Trump hits out at ‘kooky’ Tucker Carlson
Trump has taken a swipe at conservative commentator Tucker Carlson over his opposition to US involvement in Israel’s attacks on Iran.
“Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that, ‘IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!'” Trump wrote on Truth Social late on Tuesday.
Trump’s broadside comes after Carlson, a former Fox News host, accused the US president of being “complicit” in Israel’s “act of war” against Iran.
“While the American military may not have physically perpetrated the assault, years of funding and sending weapons to Israel, which Donald Trump just bragged about on Truth Social, undeniably place the US at the center of last night’s events. Washington knew these attacks would happen,” Carlson wrote on his website on Friday.
Iran has exposed divisions in the MAGA coalition, factions of which were drawn to Trump over his stated opposition to overseas wars.
