Americans hurt in Kuwait as Trump sends mixed signals on war

Several Americans were hurt in a missile attack on a Kuwaiti air base over the past day as a White House meeting to discuss extending the ceasefire with Iran ended without conclusion.

The lack of public comment after the Situation Room talks on Friday, despite President Donald Trump earlier suggesting an agreement was near, was the latest conflicting signal from Washington over the prospects for a deal with Tehran as the conflict drags into its fourth month. 

Trump had said in a social media post that he was ready to make a “final determination” on a preliminary agreement to extend a tenuous truce. However, the two-hour meeting ended with no announcements from the president, according to a White House official who requested anonymity to discuss private talks.

Trump will only make a deal that satisfies his red lines, the official said, referring to the president’s demands that Iran must abandon its nuclear program, give up its enriched uranium supplies and open the Strait of Hormuz.

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The back-and-forth continued a pattern of both sides suggesting an agreement was near, before signaling disagreement over many of the same sticking points, including the fate of Iran’s uranium and nuclear ambitions as well as freedom of navigation of the critical waterway.

Markets have been whipsawed by the abrupt turns in rhetoric, but hopes that a ceasefire extension helped drive stocks toward a........

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