President Trump just told NBC Reported Garrett Haake that he’s not heard from Iran that they are suspending talks but is totally fine with it, saying he believes they’ve been talking too much anyway.
Trump is confident he can wait them out, especially with the blockade in place.
Here’s what he said:
New: President Trump tells me he’s not heard from Iran on reports they’re suspending talks w/ the US, but if true, its ok: “I think we’ve been talking too much if you want to know the truth. I think going silent would be very good, and that could be that could be for a long time.”
“It doesn’t mean we’re going to go and start dropping bombs all over there,” he continued “We’ll just go silent. We’ll keep the blockade. Blockade is a piece of steel.”
Can he wait them out?
“I think I can wait as long as they want. They’re losing a fortune…”
The “Art of the Deal” author also seemed to have some grudging respect for the Iranians negotiators when I first asked about reports they were suspending talks: “It’s an appropriate thing to say, because they’re better negotiators than they are fighters.”
New: President Trump tells me he's not heard from Iran on reports they're suspending talks w/ the US, but if true, its ok: "I think we've been talking too much if you want to know the truth. I think going silent would be very good, and that could be that could be for a long…
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) June 1, 2026