Are the U.S. and Iran negotiating? President Trump says talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are happening right now, but Tehran flatly denies it. The diplomatic confusion comes as another cargo ship is attacked, sending oil prices higher.
President Donald Trump cast doubt in recent days on allegations that Russia is helping Iran target U.S.forces, even as members of his own administration acknowledge Moscow and Beijing are supporting Tehran in other ways.Trump dismissed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's claim that Russia supplied Iran with satellite imagery of U.S.
military installations in the Gulf, saying any assistance would have been "very unimpactful" given the damage inflicted on Iran's military."We’ll find out if that’s true.I’ll ask Putin.
We’ll find out," Trump told reporters at the end of July.WALTZ WARNS OF CHINESE, RUSSIAN-FUELED ‘NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT’ LOOMING CLOSE TO US SHORESPresident Donald Trump cast doubt in recent days on allegations that Russia is helping Iran target U.S.forces. (Al Drago/Getty Images)"I don’t think they’ve been doing it, certainly not at a high level," Trump added.
"And if they have, it has been very unimpactful."Trump pointed to the damage Iran’s military has suffered during the war.Russian help, he argued, has failed to stop the United States from destroying much of Tehran’s conventional forces.Trump's comments came as his administration confront separate reports that Russia and China are helping Iran in different ways — allegations that, if borne out, would suggest America's two chief geopolitical rivals are quietly supporting a nation at war with the U.S.
Members of his own administration have acknowledged broader help from Moscow and Beijing.CHINA’S IRAN TIES COMPLICATE TRUMP-XI SUMMIT AS TENSIONS TEST US LEVERAGEWar Secretary Pete Hegseth has said Russia and China are "enabling some of the things Iran is doing," but a White House official told Fox News Digital that any foreign assistance has failed to improve Tehran's ability to attack Americans.Trump's comments came in response to two recent reports: Zelenskyy's allegation that Russia provided satellite intelligence to Iran and a Reuters report that China could sen...