{"id":35497,"date":"2026-08-10T01:04:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T20:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35497"},"modified":"2026-08-10T01:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T20:04:30","slug":"trump-tells-axios-hes-now-low-keying-it-on-iran-after-weeks-of-threats-it-will-work-out-it-always-works-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35497","title":{"rendered":"Trump Tells Axios He\u2019s Now \u2018Low Keying it\u2019 on Iran After Weeks of Threats: \u2018It Will Work Out. It Always Works Out.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5749602\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5749602\" class=\"wp-image-5749602 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sunday.jpeg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5749602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Andrew Mordzynski\/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/08\/09\/trump-iran-interview\">told Axios&#8217;s<\/a> <strong>Barak Ravid<\/strong> on Sunday that he&#8217;s now &#8220;low keying it&#8221; when it comes to negotiations with Iran, and that he&#8217;s certain it will all &#8220;work out&#8221; in his favor.<\/p>\n<p>Trump indicated he was set to restart major combat operations only a week ago, but the president now says he&#8217;s willing to let Iran ride out the economic discomfort because the Islamic State &#8220;is in very bad shape&#8221; and can&#8217;t pay its troops.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are only semi-negotiating with them,&#8221; Trump told Ravid. &#8220;We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will work out. It always works out. It&#8217;s like a chess game,&#8221; Trump said of the up and down negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Ravid added that Trump claimed U.S. consumers are feeling less pain because oil is down to slightly over $75 a barrel.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s comments about &#8220;semi-negotiating&#8221; came after Vice President <strong>J.D. Vance<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/iran-demands-u-s-correct-its-behavior-and-issues-sweeping-demands-in-exchange-for-opening-strait-of-hormuz\/\">told Fox News Saturday<\/a>, \u201cI do think that we\u2019ve made some progress over the last few days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vance also compared the Iran war to a &#8220;game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I try to remind people that we\u2019re really in the middle of the game here,&#8221; Vance told <strong>Kayleigh McEnany<\/strong> on <em>Saturday in America<\/em>. &#8220;This thing is not over. It\u2019s obviously not at the beginning. We\u2019re in the middle of the game, and we\u2019re applying a whole host of tools, diplomatic, economic, military tools, to ensure that we get the best outcome for the American people. I feel quite confident we will get there, but we\u2019re still a bit in the middle of game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Also, Saturday, the head of Iran&#8217;s Supreme National Security Council, <strong>Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr<\/strong>, said the U.S. must correct &#8220;its behavior&#8221; before the Strait of Hormuz will reopen.<\/p>\n<p>Zolghadr laid out provisions in a statement, demanding that the U.S. must &#8220;never threaten nor insult Iran in any language&#8221; and must &#8220;permanently end the war against Iran and Iran&#8217;s allies in Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen, and Iraq.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other demands included lifting the naval blockade, withdrawing military forces, and paying full reparations.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-tells-axios-hes-now-low-keying-it-on-iran-after-weeks-of-threats-it-will-work-out-it-always-works-out\/\">Trump Tells Axios He\u2019s Now \u2018Low Keying it\u2019 on Iran After Weeks of Threats: \u2018It Will Work Out. It Always Works Out.\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Andrew Mordzynski\/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images) President Donald Trump told Axios&#8217;s Barak Ravid on Sunday that he&#8217;s now &#8220;low keying it&#8221; when it comes to negotiations with Iran, and that he&#8217;s certain it will all &#8220;work out&#8221; in his favor. 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