Iran ‘miscalculating’ by betting on midterms after 3-hour talks, Trump officials warn

Top official says Trump holds 'all the cards' with Iran after marathon meeting as gas prices surge, midterms loom

Morgan Phillips / Fox News 

NEW YORK — Trump officials say Iran is miscalculating if it believes rising prices and the midterm elections will weaken President Donald Trump's hand in negotiations to end the nearly seven-month conflict.

The administration is projecting confidence that mounting economic pressure will push Tehran toward a deal, even after three hours of talks this week ended without an announced breakthrough.

"The president holds all of the cards here," State Department principal deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott told Fox News Digital in an on-camera interview on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. 

Americans, meanwhile, are facing a mounting cost at home. The national average for regular gasoline reached $4.49 per gallon Friday, according to AAA, up from $3.16 a year ago. AAA said volatility in the Strait of Hormuz and high crude oil prices have driven the national average to its highest level ever recorded for this time of year. Read more, see video and photos here.

 

An Important Read

This post is shared from Steve Maman (the great-grandson of the Jewish mayor of Amismiz, Morocco; the man who founded CYCI: "The Liberation of Christian and Yazidi Children of Iraq," and who is now also known as the "Jewish Schindler.")

 

This post is probably one of the most important posts you will ever read. After having read it, this is what I put up as a comment. “Benjamin Netanyahu is probably the best leader in the world today. President Trump needs to learn from him and not always take the advice of SE Steve Whitcoff or his own son-in-law Jarad Kushner.”

 

ISRAEL’s BIBI DOESN’T WHISPER ABOUT ITS ENEMIES.

Whatever your opinion of Prime Minister Netanyahu or the State of Israel, one thing is clear from the record: Israel repeatedly identifies the people it holds responsible for attacks against it, pursues them, and in many cases publicly acknowledges the results.

After October 7, Israel created a special IDF–Shin Bet operation known as NILI — Netzach Yisrael Lo Yishaker.

 

Its mission: identify and pursue the perpetrators of October 7 and others involved in planning the attack, the kidnappings and the captivity of Israeli hostages.

 

Israel compiled a list containing thousands of names, using intelligence, videos, photographs, facial recognition, interrogations and other evidence.