Steve Witkoff

It's almost because he understands he's got plenty of alternatives.

But it's curious.

He's curious as to why they haven't.

I don't want to use the word capitulated, but why they haven't capitulated.

Why under this sort of pressure with the amount of sea power, naval power that we have over there, why they haven't come to us and said, we profess that we don't want a weapon, so here's what we're prepared to do.

And yet it's hard to sort of get them to that place.

Benjamin Netanyahu's made no secret about his doubts that Iran can be trusted, and he voiced it to Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Oman last week.

But he came to Washington to push President Trump personally on Israel's demands that any deal with Iran ends all uranium enrichment, removes stockpiles, ends ballistic missile production, and ends Iran's support for proxy militias in the

envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kirshner, were there.

They were communicating with Iran's foreign minister.

but through al-Mani officials.

Now, Iran says these talks were lengthy and intensive, but really the most important thing is that they met at all because it's really given breathing room to regional tension.

Trump had threatened military strikes.

Iran had said if that happened, it could spark regional war.

In a statement, White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff calls the two days of talks constructive.

The most immediate outcome, the release of some 300 soldiers and another prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.

Witkoff also says the U.S.

and Russia have agreed to reestablish a military dialogue channel suspended following Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, with Witkoff calling it crucial to achieving and maintaining peace.

yet left unclear whether Russia and Ukraine are any closer to a deal either could accept.

Months of U.S.