Alex Ritson

And Mr. Trump saying at the end of the meeting that he says, quote, there was nothing definitive reached other than that I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not

A deal can be consummated, he says, and then basically goes on to say he'd rather have a deal.

But if not, we'll have to see what happens.

And there is the sort of explicitly stated threat, but of military action.

So it seems to me that what we had here was Mr. Trump pursuing his desire to try and do a deal with the Iranians and Mr. Netanyahu pressing hard for that to be a much more expansive deal that is not just about ending nuclear enrichment.

but is around restricting Iran's ballistic missile capabilities, stopping its support for proxy militias in the region.

And Mr. Trump appearing to want to press ahead with the diplomatic track at the moment, albeit one that holds a gun to the heads of the Iranians because he has this aircraft carrier strike group currently in the Arabian Sea close to Iran.

The word I insisted sounds like there might have been a bit of an argument over that.

I mean, will Israel be able to get what it wants ultimately?

You know, they have a bumpy relationship, these two, but ultimately this is a deep military relationship between the US and Israel.

It's not unhelpful to President Trump.

You know, this is coercive diplomacy to try and get what he wants from the Iranians, that America's key ally in the region is being very belligerent and that the threat of military action remains there.

I think the question is whether or not.

After the conflict between Israel and Iran last year, which President Trump ultimately joined, the Israelis would be prepared to go ahead once again on their own without American blessing if the Americans were still pursuing some kind of diplomatic action.

I think that's extremely unlikely.

But I think, you know, differences between these two ultimately over whether diplomacy can work has the potential to escalate tensions more in the region in what is a very

unstable and unpredictable moment.

Tom Bateman.

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