Iran regional confrontation

Trump says the New York Iran meeting was very good and the alternative is annihilation

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Trump is quoted as saying a roughly three-hour meeting was very good, that he could not understand why Iran did not want a deal, and that the choice was a deal or annihilation, with another round expected. A separate quote has him calling a Witkoff and Kushner meeting with Iranian mediators productive and citing momentum for a deal.

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Evidence: Trump: very good meeting; deal or annihilation, Trump: Witkoff and Kushner had a very productive meeting with Iranian mediators

Two OSINT monitors quote Trump; the wording is not identical. No official U.S. account post. Not independently corroborated.