Trump denies he's willing to meet with Iran with 'no conditions.' Watch Trump and his top aides say just that.

Mike Pompeo and Steven Mnuchin meet the press

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published 16 September 2019

"The Fake News is saying that I am willing to meet with Iran, 'No Conditions,'" President Trump tweeted Sunday night. "That is an incorrect statement (as usual!)." Where would the news media get such an idea?

Well, maybe Pompeo and Mnuchin just misunderstood Trump? Here's Trump in June.

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And last year:

Assuming there isn't some esoteric difference between "no conditions" and "no preconditions," it appears that the "incorrect statement" came from the president himself. Add any parenthetical accentuation you see fit.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.