President Donald Trump said Saturday he has decided against sending a U.S. team to Islamabad to negotiate with Pakistani officials and that Iran can “call” the U.S. if it wants to engage in talks to end the war. “I just cancelled the trip of my representatives going is Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with the Iranians. Too much time wasted on traveling, too much work!” Trump said on Truth Social. “Besides which, there is tremendous infighting and confusion within their ‘leadership.’ Nobody knows who is in charge, including them,” he added, repeating a claim that experts on Iran have refuted. “Also, we have all the cards, they have none! If they want to talk, all they have to do is call!!!” Trump said in a statement later that U.S. officials are “not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.” The cancellation of the trip cast further doubts over an already uncertain situation, with an end to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran proving more elusive. Play ‘We are all fatigued’: Trump’s mixed messaging on Iran puts strain on his own White House April 25, 2026 / 12:36 Steve Witkoff, a U.S. special envoy, and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, were set to travel to Pakistan’s capital for negotiations on Saturday. Iranian state media reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had left Pakistan earlier that day after discussions with the country’s leaders, who have been mediating talks between Iran and the U.S. Iran has said…
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