The 60-day ceasefire deadline is expiring Monday, but President Donald Trump's resolve on ending Iran's nuclear weapons aspirations is not, he told Fox News on Monday morning, where he confirmed there is a backchannel for peace talks with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps."They should put up the white flag of surrender," Trump said in a phone interview, confirming reports of the IRGC backchannel talks that bypass mediators and Iranian political officials.While the 60-day ceasefire expires Monday, Trump said there is still time for peace and Iran's relenting to Trump's primary demand: "The number one Goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon," as he wrote on Truth Social around the time of the exclusive call with Fox News' Trey Yingst.TRUMP SEEKS $672M TO STOP IRANIAN NUKES AS NEGOTIATORS WEIGH FATE OF URANIUM STOCKPILEPresident Donald Trump gave an exclusive interview to Fox News' Trey Yingst on Monday morning, confirming reports of the backchannel with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps amid fractured Iranian political leadership.(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)"I have no time schedule," Trump told Yingst.
"I'm not in a hurry."While Trump has long lamented reaching peace with a fractured Iranian regime that has had multiple levels of leadership killed in past strikes, he confirmed U.S.officials are communicating directly through a backchannel with IRGC officials."They’re good poker players, but they’re dying," Trump said.While speculation swirls Iran is engaging in its decades-long strategy of running out the political clock on Trump, before the midterms, if not 2028, Trump rejected the suggestion that politics is guiding his military strategy as commander in chief.TRUMP REVEALS THE LINE IRAN HAS TO CROSS FOR US TO RESTART OFFENSIVE MILITARY CAMPAIGNIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long maintained a strong relationship with President Donald Trump, who stopped short of saying he wil...