Tim Pierce

The two sides were supposed to meet in Turkey, but Iran apparently wanted a different venue, and its foreign minister said Wednesday talks will now take place in Oman.

But there still seem to be major questions over the scope of the talks.

According to reports, Iran is ready to talk about its nuclear program, but not much else when these talks are supposed to be all-encompassing.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Wednesday that in order for talks to lead to something meaningful, they will have to include certain things.

Those things included the nuclear program, but also ballistic missiles, Iran's sponsorship of terror groups across the region, and the treatment of the Iranian people.

So that is an enormous amount that Iran wants off the table.

Trump has never taken off the table the use of force.

Trump reminded Iran of that in an interview with NBC News on Wednesday.

Should the supreme leader in Iran be worried right now?

And it's worth noting that Iran may have attempted a first strike already.

The U.S.

military said on Tuesday that it shot down an Iranian drone after it, quote, aggressively approached the Lincoln, though the military did say in that statement that the drone's intent wasn't clear.

But then just hours later, two boats and a drone with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps harassed a U.S.-flagged oil tanker.

The U.S.

military said Iranian forces approached the tanker at high speeds and threatened to board it.

According to Trump, the call was, quote, excellent.

He posted about it on True Social, and he said him and Xi talked about a wide range of issues from trade to Taiwan to the war in Ukraine.

Trump said that the United States' relationship with China is extremely good and that, quote, there will be many positive results achieved over the next three years of my presidency having to do with President Xi and the People's Republic of China.

Yeah, it is serious.

Some analysts have called it unprecedented in the context of China's current communist regime.