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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Bernadette B. Tixon

'We Have All the Cards,' Trump Says After Pulling Witkoff and Kushner From Pakistan as Iran Walks Away

Second round of US–Iran talks derailed: Trump cancels envoy flight, claims America has the upper hand. (Credit: The White House/WikiMedia Commons)

'We have all the cards, they have none,' President Donald Trump declared on Saturday after abruptly cancelling a planned trip by his two top envoys to Pakistan, where a second round of peace negotiations with Iran had been expected to take place. The announcement came hours after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi departed Islamabad without agreeing to meet with the American delegation, dealing a significant blow to diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the ongoing US-Iran conflict.

Trump told Fox News in a phone interview: 'I've told my people a little while ago, they were getting ready to leave, and I said, 'Nope, you're not making an 18-hour flight to go there. We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you're not going to be making any more 18-hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.'

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