President Donald Trump revealed during a meeting of his Cabinet on Thursday that Iran allowed eight oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, an allowance from the Middle Eastern country that comes during fragile negotiations with U.S. officials.
Trump said Iranian negotiators told the United States that they would allow the oil tankers through to show they are “real and solid,” despite public posturing from Iranian officials that no negotiations are taking place.
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“Well, I guess they were right, and they were, they were real, and I think they were Pakistani-flagged,” Trump said. “And I said, ‘Well, I guess we’re dealing with the right people.’”
During his remarks, Trump said it “won’t be long” before the Iran war concludes but admitted he was not sure the current negotiations between Washington and Tehran would lead to that peace.
The president talked at length about the U.S.-Israel operation against Iran during a televised
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