Axios reported that Trump favored continuing diplomacy with Iran while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged strikes after the Nov. 3 midterms. The report describes a diplomatic track continuing even as military action remains possible.
Trump described the negotiations as going fine and said he was “not in much of a hurry,” Axios reported. The account did not connect that remark to a decision about resuming attacks.
Axios reported, citing one Israeli and one U.S. source, that Netanyahu has urged strikes after the midterms and raised concerns about Washington’s approach. The claims remain unverified beyond Axios’s reporting.
Separately, Qatar’s mediation effort has continued.
The U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 3, are the next scheduled indicator cited in the report.
