John Bolton on Talks with Iran Despite New Strikes: It’s Part of Trump‘s Desperate Effort to Make People Believe That the MOU Is Still Alive

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BOLTON: “I‘m not sure it‘s true. I think Trump makes up what he wants to make about these negotiations. And let‘s also be clear, the bulk of the negotiations are proximity talks. The U.S. talks to the mediators, Qatar and Pakistan. They then talk to the Iranians. The Iranians talk back to the mediators, who then talk to us. And the idea that somehow negotiations are continuing is part of Trump‘s desperate effort to lead people to believe that the Memorandum of Understanding is still alive, which I think it‘s not.”