Trump says Iran is not ready to reach an appropriate agreement

ON 22 AUGUST, IN THE AFTERNOON OF 21 AUGUST, EASTERN UNITED STATES TIME, UNITED STATES PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD THE MEDIA AT THE ANDREWS JOINT BASE IN MARYLAND THAT IRAN WAS NOT READY TO REACH A “APPROPRIATE AGREEMENT”. TRUMP MADE THIS STATEMENT WHEN HE WAS ASKED WHETHER “AN ECONOMIC WAR AGAINST IRAN WOULD MEAN THAT UNITED STATES MILITARY OPTIONS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN RESTRICTED”. HE STATED THAT THAT DID NOT MEAN THAT THE MILITARY OPTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES WERE RESTRICTED AND THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS “JUST OBSERVING DEVELOPMENTS”. HE RE-EMPHASIZED THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD “ABSOLUTE CONTROL” OVER THE AREA OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND SAID THAT ITS CONTROL WAS FURTHER “EXTENSION TO THE LAND AREA”. ACCORDING TO TRUMP, “IRAN IS EAGER TO REACH AN AGREEMENT, BUT IN MY OPINION THEY ARE NOT READY TO REACH A SUITABLE AGREEMENT.” (CCTV INTERNATIONAL TIMES)