https://motube.smithandtech.com/videos/watch/4ed6ec0e-06ac-4e0e-b8bf-d7ac8f9c01e1 White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday said it would be "very wise" for Iran to strike a deal with the U.S. over its nuclear program as the Trump administration builds up America's military presence in the region.   "The president has always been very clear, though, with respect to Iran or any country around the world, diplomacy is always his first option," she told reporters. "And Iran would be very wise to make a deal with President Trump and with this administration."   The U.S. and Iran held a second round of talks on Tuesday, with the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner, and special envoy Steve Witkoff meeting with Iranian officials in Geneva.   Both sides signaled progress but said there remain deep divides.   Ms. Leavitt said "a little bit of progress" was made during the talks, but that the countries are "still very far apart on some issues."   "The Iranians are expected to come back to us with some more detail in the next couple of weeks, so the president will continue to watch how this plays out," she added.   Vice President JD Vance shared a similar assessment in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday evening.   "In some ways it went well, they agreed to meet afterwards," he said. "But in other ways, it is very clear that the president has set some red lines that the Iranians are not yet willing to actually acknowledge and work through."   The U.S. joined Israel's 12-day war with Iran last June, dropping "bunker buster" bombs on Iran's underground nuclear facilities, which the president claimed were "completely and totally obliterated."   Asked why the U.S. would need to conduct more strikes on an "obliterated" program, Ms. Leavitt said, "There are many reasons and arguments one could make for a strike against Iran." Mon, 04 May 2026 21:40:54 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://motube.smithandtech.com https://motube.smithandtech.com/lazy-static/avatars/933c9118-81c8-4e69-a82c-512c3a13a060.jpg https://motube.smithandtech.com/videos/watch/4ed6ec0e-06ac-4e0e-b8bf-d7ac8f9c01e1 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://motube.smithandtech.com/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.