White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the United States is still engaged in “productive” peace talks with Iran, even after Tehran rejected the reported plan to end the war offered by the Trump administration.
Leavitt opened her Wednesday press briefing by claiming that President Donald Trump‘s Operation Epic Fury had decimated Iran’s defense capabilities, killed the bulk of Iran’s civilian and military leadership, and that the threat over the weekend to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure finally moved Tehran to begin negotiations.
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“It was made clear to the United States that Iran wanted to talk. President Trump is willing to listen,” she claimed. “But if Iran fails to accept the reality of the current moment, if they fail to understand that they have been defeated militarily and will continue to be, President Trump will ensure they are hit harder than they have ever been hit before. President Trump did
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