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Now, we can bring you some important breaking news from the United States.
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The President, Donald Trump, has just posted on his truth social, something that could turn
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out to be very important.
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We're going to read it in full.
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It's just come through.
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Let's read it together.
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I am pleased to report that the United States of America and the country of Iran have had
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over the last two days, very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and
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total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East.
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Based on the tenor and tone of these in-depth, detailed, and constructive conversation,
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which will continue throughout the week, I have instructed the Department of War to postpone
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any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for
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a five-day period, subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions.
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Thank you for your attention to this matter, President Donald J. Trump.
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So this is a lengthy message, we're going to keep this up on the screen for a moment
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There's a lot here to unpack.
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Now, remember, we are only hours away or were, just up until this moment, only hours
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away from the end of a 48-hour deadline.
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The Donald Trump had imposed on Iran.
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That deadline was very specific and very simple.
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Donald Trump had told Iran to reopen the straight-of-hormuz within 48 hours of me sending
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of the very minute when Donald Trump had sent his last true social message, reopen
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it within 48 hours, or the U.S. would bomb Iran's power plants, which could have been a
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major escalation in this conflict.
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And Iran had already responded by saying no, by saying that it wasn't going to abide
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It wasn't going to reopen the straight-of-hormuz.
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And if its power plants were bombed, Iran would respond by bombing power plants in Israel
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and in Gulf countries across the region.
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So we were looking at a possible serious escalation between the U.S. and Iran.
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And now we have this message from the U.S. President saying he is halting this for five days.
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That's one takeaway from this message.
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The other very important takeaway from this message is the first part of it.
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The United States of America and the country of Iran have had over the last two days very
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good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities
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So Donald Trump is telling us that there are talks, which is a marked departure from what
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has been the case, at least what was known publicly, up until this moment.
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Donald Trump has said several times Iran wants to talk, but I don't want to talk to them.
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Iran had denied that they were talking to the United States.
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Now the U.S. President writing in all caps, there are conversations actually happening.
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They are in depth and they are going well and they could lead to an off-ramp.