U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he returns to the White House in Washington, DC, May 31, 2026, after playing golf at his Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia.
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American President Donald Trump On Monday, he slammed critics as a potential deal with Iran remains elusive, saying Tehran “really wants to make a deal” and that it will be a good deal for the United States and its allies.
His comments come as airstrikes between the United States and Iran resumed this weekend, with each side claiming to have hit military targets near the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that typically handles about 20% of the world’s oil traffic.
“Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good deal for the United States and those who are with us,” Trump said in a Truth Social message. job.
“But don’t Democrats and various seemingly unpatriotic Republicans understand that it is MUCH harder for me to do my job well and negotiate, when political hackers continue to ‘chirp’ negatively, at levels never seen before, over and over again, that I should move faster, or move slower, or go to war, or not go to war, or whatever,” Trump said.
“Just sit back and relax, everything will work out in the end – it always does!”
American Central Command said they carried out “self-defense strikes” on Iranian radar and drone command and control sites in Goruk and Qeshm Island over the weekend, while Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted an air base used in the US attack in retaliation.
An Axios report released Saturday said Trump had requested several amendments to the latest terms his envoys reached with Iranian officials. The report, which cites two unnamed U.S. officials, said Trump’s request depends on several issues, including Iranian nuclear materials. CNBC was unable to independently verify the report.
Ships anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, seen from Musandam, Oman, May 29, 2026.
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Kuwait, located in the northwestern part of the Persian Gulf, announced Monday that its air defenses had intercepted missile and drone attacks. If explosions are heard, they are the result of air defense systems that intercepted the hostile attacks, the Kuwaiti military said. said on social networks.
The US president has repeatedly said Washington and Tehran have been close to reaching an agreement since the ceasefire took effect in early April, although talks have shown little progress in recent weeks.
Oil priceGuntram Wolff, a senior researcher at Brussels economic think tank Bruegel, said market participants were “far too optimistic” about the prospect of a diplomatic breakthrough.
“The problem, I would say, is that we’ve been promised a good deal for a long time now and it’s been over 90 days,” Wolff told CNBC.Europe First edition” on Monday.
“I understand that it will take time to reach a truly solid agreement, but have the fundamentals changed? No, they have not. Iran continues to have significant capabilities to inflict a lot of damage, it can continue to control the Strait of Hormuz, it still has enriched nuclear material, so the fundamentals have not changed,” he added.
Read more news about the US-Iran warOil price were higher on Monday morning. International reference Brent Crude futures delivered in August rose nearly 3% to $93.74 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate Futures with July delivery rose 3.3% to $90.20 a barrel.
Brent and WTI closed up 11.1% and 9.6% respectively last week, recording their worst weekly performance since mid-April.
