Deepa Shivaram

And I think one of the things I'm confused about is wouldn't lowering interest rates at a time when the country is not ready for it, couldn't that potentially send us back into the inflationary problem that President Trump spent so much time talking about?

I just don't ever hear him engaging with that possibility.

I don't really.

Am I misunderstanding something or is that a real risk?

All right.

Well, we can leave it there for today.

I do always appreciate you having you here, Scott, to be able to bounce all of this stuff off you.

Thanks for doing it.

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Traveling on Air Force One back to Washington, Trump said Iranian leaders called Saturday to negotiate and said a meeting would be set up, though he didn't specify when that would take place.

Trump added that the U.S.

might still take action on Iran before a meeting takes place.

The president also didn't specify what kind of action he would take on Iran, but says the military is looking into options and he's getting hourly reports on the protests.

In recent weeks, protests have escalated in Iran with reports of hundreds of protesters dead and internet blackouts.

On that, Trump says he's considering calling Elon Musk to assist in providing internet connectivity in Iran.

Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, traveling with the president.

NPR's Deepa Shivaram has more.