“President Trump will shorten his meeting with world leaders in Canada and fly back to Washington late Monday,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
Mr. Trump arrives in Canada on Sunday for the annual G7 Summitand meet with leaders from Canada and the UK earlier Monday. But Levitt said on Monday night that the president would leave early, which seemed to refer to the Israel-Iran conflict.
“A lot of things have been achieved, but due to the situation in the Middle East, President Trump will leave tonight after dinner with the head of state,” Levitt wrote.
“I have to come back early for obvious reasons,” Trump said on Monday when asked why he was leaving the summit.
Levitt said in a statement that the president is returning to the capital to “participate in many important matters.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will also return to Washington.
U.S. officials told CBS News on Monday night that the United States did not join Israel’s military offensive. Despite reports that Mr. Trump has asked the National Security Council and the Situation Room to return to the White House, members of the National Security Council’s cabinet have been on standby for 24 hours a day, including since last week’s Israeli strike against Iran.
A spokesman for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office told CBS News that the country “has been informed through official channels before the White House public announcement.”
The situation in the Middle East has become most of the focus of the summit. When Mr. Trump met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the president said he was already linked to Israel and Iran.
The president said: “I have told everyone.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that Iran sent messages to intermediaries indicating they wanted to downgrade the conflict, which Mr. Trump confirmed to reporters when he met with the Canadian Prime Minister.
Asked what he heard from Iran, he replied: “They want to talk. But they should do it. I have 60 days, they have 60 days. On day 61, I said, we have no deal. They have to reach an agreement.” He continued: “It’s painful for both sides, but I want to say Iran has not won this war. They should speak, and they should talk immediately before it’s too late.”
President suddenly returns to Washington as Israel and Iran Trade air strikes and missile attacks In the fiercest battles of these two enemies in decades.
Since late last week, Israel has carried out multiple rounds of air strikes, saying it targets Iran’s nuclear program, research scientists and senior military officials. Iran retaliated against Israel’s missile and drone strikes.
Monday, Israel hit Iranian state television is in Tehran’s capital and urges thousands of residents to evacuate in central Tehran. “Everyone should evacuate Tehran immediately,” Mr. Trump wrote in The Truth!
The president and other U.S. officials say publicly and in private The United States has not participated in Israel’s strike against Iran, although Israel did tell the United States about prior actions that the United States had helped Israel intercept Iran’s missiles. CBS News has previously reported on Mr. Trump Rejected a plan Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut off employees to kill Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
If he plans to target Khamenei, the Israeli leader is asked to be interviewed by ABC News.
“Look, we’re doing what we need to do,” he told ABC News’ Jonathan Karl. Carl noted that Mr. Trump rejected the idea, telling Netanyahu that the president was worried that the assassination of Iran’s top leader would escalate the conflict.
“This will not escalate the conflict,” Netanyahu said. “This will end the conflict.” He accused Iran of “bringing us to the brink of nuclear war” and said, “In fact, all Israel did is to stop this, end this aggression, and we can only achieve evil forces by standing up.”
The Trump administration also warned Iran not to strike U.S. military bases in the region.
Meanwhile, Mr. Trump urged Iran to sign a deal to limit the scope of its nuclear program, convening multiple rounds of talks that are now suspended. Iran has long denied any plans to build nuclear weapons, although international regulators say it has increased its highly abundant uranium stockpile in recent years. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long suspected a deal with Iran.
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