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Asked what Iran had offered, Trump said, “They offered a lot, but not enough.”
By United with Israel Staff
President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a planned trip by his negotiating team to Pakistan on Saturday, halting a second round of U.S.-Iran talks that had been scheduled to take place in Islamabad.
Special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were expected to travel this weekend after the first round collapsed without a breakthrough.
The planned trip followed an earlier attempt last week, when Vice President J.D. Vance was expected to depart for Pakistan, but that trip was also called off amid uncertainty over the negotiations.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the decision was driven by frustration with both the process and Iran’s internal dynamics.
“Too much time wasted on traveling, too much work,” Trump wrote. “Besides which, there is tremendous infighting and confusion within their leadership. Nobody knows who is in charge, including them. Also, we have all the cards, they have none.”
Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One, Trump said Iran had presented an initial proposal that fell short of expectations.
“They gave us a paper that should have been better,” he said, adding that a revised version was delivered shortly after the cancellation. “Interestingly, immediately when I canceled it, within 10 minutes, we got a new paper that was much better.”
Asked what Iran had offered, Trump said, “They offered a lot, but not enough.”
On the Iranian side, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi signaled continued engagement despite the canceled talks.
Writing on X after a visit to Pakistan, Araghchi described the trip as “very fruitful” and said he had shared Iran’s position on a “workable framework” to end the conflict, while questioning whether Washington is “truly serious about diplomacy.”
According to Iran International, Araghchi is expected to return to Islamabad after meetings in Muscat, part of a broader regional diplomatic effort that has included stops in Oman and planned travel to Moscow.
The diplomatic uncertainty comes as the United States continues to increase its military presence in the region. U.S. Central Command confirmed earlier this week that a third aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush, has entered the Indian Ocean, joining two other carrier strike groups already deployed.
The buildup follows increasingly forceful rhetoric from Trump, who warned that “the clock is ticking” for Iran and emphasized that any agreement would be reached on U.S. terms.
The status of future talks remains unclear as both sides weigh their next steps.
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