Trump says he's willing to meet Iranian President Rouhani 'any time' and without preconditions

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post




By Anne Gearan, William Branigin and Felicia Sonmez

July 30 at 4:03 PM

President Trump declared Monday that he would meet Iran’s leaders “anytime they want,” an invitation for face-to-face dialogue with a country he had appeared to threaten with war only days before and an affirmation of Trump’s faith in his brand of personal diplomacy.

Trump said he would meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani without preconditions, because “I believe in meeting.”

“No preconditions,” Trump said of a meeting with Iranian leaders. “No. They want to meet, I’ll meet. Anytime they want. Anytime they want. It’s good for the country, good for them, good for us, and good for the world. No preconditions. If they want to meet, I’ll meet.”

Trump was responding to a question at a joint news conference at the White House with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-hes-willing-to-meet-iranian-president-rouhani-without-preconditions/2018/07/30/89bb6b66-93e3-11e8-80e1-00e80e1fdf43_story.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Does he get a rush out of the thought of a summit?

WHO in their sane mind would want to meet with him?

[colorado_ufo]

2. "Ignorance is bliss."

[BumRushDaShow]

3. He must be desperate for a distraction

I guess the "Summit coins" are being designed right now.

[NCDem47]

4. Putin to Trump in private:

“You’re going to shut up and play nice with Iran and North Korea. You’re going to look the other way on Syria, and you’re not going to do a damn thing when we invade former USSR satellites.”

[doc03]

5. Obama said he would meet with Iran without

preconditions and the Republicons had a hissy fit.

[turbinetree]

6. Yepper, spot on...................in fact they wrote a letter..................

November 2018 cannot get here fast enough......................vote

99 days to go........................We want Paper Ballots..................

[oberliner]

9. Democrats also

Specifically his top primary opponents at the time.

Anybody else here old enough to remember the 2008 primary season?

[sandensea]

7. Bibi mustn't have liked reading THAT

But as he should know by now, loyalty is a one-way street with Cheeto - just as it is with Bibi himself.

[keithbvadu2]

8. Maybe Donald can claim 200 sets of remains from Iran like he did from NK?

Maybe Donald can claim 200 sets of remains from Iran like he did from NK?

[dawnie51]

10. He'll give away everything.....

just to get his cardiac looking scrawl on the paperwork, and not Obama. That's what this is about. He doesn't know or understand ANY of the particulars, but he wants HIS name on the paper. He is insane.

[Scarsdale]

18. It seems that Don the Con

is ready for meetings with anyone, except Robert Mueller. I wonder why that is?

[RussBLib]

11. Trump thinks a meeting is a "win" for him

He has no clue about diplomacy and he doesn't know he doesn't know.

What an embarrassing, crude piece of crap this guy is.

[PSPS]

12. Same meaningless nonsense as his change from 'rocket man' to 'let's have a summit!!!11!'

[SunSeeker]

13. Trumps repeats his North Korea M.O.: bluster then capitulation.

That is why Rouhani said he was "unimpressed" by Trump's all caps tweet threat 8 days ago. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/07/trump-pressure-iran-rouhani/566000/

Trump is a laughing stock.

[Marcuse]

14. More good cop - bad cop strategery.

[truthisfreedom]

15. Hey 45, howsabout you work on one problem country at a time?

NK is building new long-range liquid propelled icbms. You haven’t even acknowledged this even though OUR SPY AGENCIES HAVE. You’re too embarrassed to admit that you’ve failed miserably in NK.

[duforsure]

16. Same tactic he's already used,

He creates chaos with the Iranian deal nixed only to meet and make a worse deal, then claim its a lot better when it isn't , and say he saved us again , and its the greatest deal ever, when its another scam, it isn't. That's how trump works making chaos to then do something to claim its solved by him. He did the same thing with the DACA kids, and NK, and Russia , and its his pattern. He's a fraud.

[Behind the Aegis]

17. Putin moves his fingers and his puppet speaks.

Last edited Tue Jul 31, 2018, 05:38 AM - Edit history (1)

I am sure it is a thrill for some, especially those who hate another "I" country as much as the right hates Iran.

[JI7]

19. agree, Putin is behind this