Rubio briefs Iran plans to congressional leaders as Trump claims Tehran ‘desperately wants a deal’
NY Post
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe are briefing eight senior members of Congress Tuesday afternoon on possible US attacks on Iran — shortly after President Trump claimed to network news anchors over lunch that Tehran “desperately wants a deal.”
Rubio and Ratcliffe spoke with top lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).
Trump, who will deliver his annual State of the Union speech Tuesday night, continued to keep the world guessing — amid widespread reporting this week that Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, warned him about the risks of being drawn into a sustained conflict, which Trump denied.
“Important negotiations Thursday in Geneva. Iran desperately wants a deal. But Iran just can’t say the sacred phrase ‘we won’t build nuclear weapons’,” Trump said at the traditional pre-State of the Union lunch, Fox News anchor Bret Baier reported.
The timeframe for a possible attack has stretched as Trump dispatches his special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner to negotiate with Iranian officials — after the pair defied skeptics to broker a Gaza peace deal last October.
Witkoff said Saturday on Fox News that Iran was “probably a week away from having industrial-grade bomb-making material” — drawing speculation that the window for negotiations may be effectively over.
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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe are briefing eight senior members of Congress Tuesday afternoon on possible US attacks on Iran — shortly after President Trump claimed to network news anchors over lunch that Tehran “desperately wants a deal.”
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