Trump cancels negotiating team’s trip to Pakistan for talks with Iran: ‘They can call us’
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images) President Donald Trump will no longer be sending U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to Pakistan to participate in indirect talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. On Saturday, Fox News reported that the president made a statement against further in-person discussions, due to the time and resources it would cost to travel back and forth to the Middle East. “I’ve told my people a little while ago — they were getting ready to leave, and I said, ‘Nope, you’re not making an 18-hour flight to go there. We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you’re not going to be making any more 18-hour flights to sit around talking about nothing’,” Trump said to the outlet. In a Truth Social post, he emphasized his lack of confidence in Tehran’s lead...