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President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday he might be willing to accept a smaller scale deal with Tehran that would simply open the Strait of Hormuz but potentially not address larger goals.
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Trump was asked about Iran before boarding Air Force One to fly to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut to deliver a commencement address. He said of such a deal, “The strait would have to open immediately.”
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But, he added, “I’m in no hurry.”
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He shrugged off suggestions that GOP performances in November’s midterm elections could increase the political pressure to make a deal, but also said: “We could do it another way.”
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