The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has called Iran a "failed state" and has indicated that he remains waiting to verify if the Iranian delegation acts in good faith in the peace talks being held this Saturday in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan.
In an interview granted to the conservative network NewsNation, Trump has highlighted that, under his mandate, the United States is consolidating itself as a great global crude supplier and that it could become an alternative to the blockade that Iran maintains over the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the war that the United States and Israel started last February 28.
"Many are heading to the United States to stock up on oil, which we have in abundance," the president has stated, thus expanding on the message launched this very morning on his Truth Social platform, where he assured that "a large number of completely empty oil tankers, some of the largest in the world, are heading right now to the United States to load the best oil (and gas) on the planet."
Trump has also insisted that Iran behaves like a "failed state" and, in relation to the conversations in Islamabad led by his vice president, JD Vance, has stressed that his main objective is to verify if Tehran is truly willing to negotiate honestly.
"I will let you know very soon. I won't take long," he pointed out, after yesterday warning that he would resume bombings on Iran if in 24 hours the talks did not offer a satisfactory result. "We are ready to start," he reiterated this Saturday in this regard.