Trump says Iran 'talking to' US and hints at deal to avoid military strikes

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Guardian

Sat 31 Jan 2026 17.28 EST
First published on Sat 31 Jan 2026 17.21 EST


Donald Trump has said Iran is “talking to” the US and hinted at a deal to avoid the use of military strikes. “[Iran is] talking to us, and we’ll see if we can do something, otherwise we’ll see what happens … We have a big fleet heading out there,” he told Fox News. “They are negotiating.”

Trump added that US allies in the region were not being told of plans for possible strikes due to security reasons. He has threatened to intervene in Iran in the wake of a deadly crackdown on anti-government protests.

“Well, we can’t tell them the plan. If I told them the plan, it would be almost as bad as telling you the plan – it could be worse, actually,” he said.

Washington has deployed a naval battle group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier off Iran’s shores, after Trump threatened to intervene in response to a deadly crackdown on anti-government protests. In remarks made later on Saturday, Trump declined to say whether he’d made a decision on what he wanted to do regarding Iran.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/31/trump-hints-at-deal-with-iran-to-avoid-military-strikes

[Bayard]

1. What can you even say anymore about his hypocrisy?

[LiberalLovinLug]

2. The Axis of Evil Russia China Iran and the US?

I believe Trump has no sympathy or desire to help the struggling democratic revolution in Iran. Its all about what he personally, can profit from it.

He will use whatever leverage is there, this time a volatile population and a diminishing ally in Russia, to squeeze out a deal. The orange king gets a certain number of million, or billion, in his families bank account, and he'll let you stay in power to torture, murder and abuse your more liberal citizens

[Martin68]

3. Trump is going to sell out the Iranian people for money. Nothing to see here. Keep moving right along folks.

[thought crime]

4. OMG "But they are talking to us. Seriously talking to us." ... to Us! They're Talking!

Now would be a nice time for Ali Khamenei to offer a $Billion for a place on the Gaz-a-Lago "Board of Peace". He couldn't be worse than the other unsavory characters who have joined.