President Donald Trump said Friday it would be “very hard” to ask Israel to halt strikes on Iran for the purpose of appeasing the Iranians to continue negotiations.

Trump was reacting to comments made by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi earlier in the day. Araghchi said there was “no room” for talks amid Israel’s “aggression.” A reporter asked Trump if he would ask Israel to halt strikes. 

“I think it is very hard to make that request right now,” Trump told reporters in Morristown, New Jersey. “If someone is winning, it’s a little bit harder to do than if someone is losing. But we are ready, willing, and able, and have been speaking to Iran, and we’ll see what happens.”

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