US State Department says Trump will not be ‘rushed into bad deal’

Published May 6, 2026 Updated May 6, 2026 11:31pm

US State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott tells Al Jazeera that US President Donald Trump has made it clear that he prefers the diplomatic path but is not going to be “rushed into a bad deal”.

“Trump is going to make a good deal for the American people,” Pigott says. “Make no mistake that Trump means what he says when he says the Iranian regime can never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.”

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