Axios: “We are low keying it,” Trump said during a brief phone call.
He stressed that Iran “is in very bad shape” economically and has no money to pay its troops. The U.S. naval blockade has exacerbated the Iranian regime’s economic crisis, Trump said.
“We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money.”…
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