President Trump’s offer to negotiate included warning about nuclear weapons program
By Bob Unruh
Iran’s refusal to accept an offer from President Donald Trump to negotiate an end to its nuclear program, which is considered by experts to include nuclear weapons, eventually, is raising the risk that the U.S. military will have to act against that agenda, according to a new analysis.
Con Coughlin, a distinguished senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and an expert on defense issues, explained in a report at the organization’s website that Trump’s initial offer to negotiate was in a letter he wrote earlier this month.
There, he “indicated he was willing to engage in talks concerning Iran’s nuclear activities. But the letter also contained an explicit warning that any failure by Tehran to respond positively to his overture could lead to direct military action,” the report said.