Trump opens window for deal with Iran

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Either way, the decision for the two sides to talk -- announced by Trump in the Oval Office this week alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- came as a bit of a surprise.
58% : National security adviser Mike Waltz has said Trump wants the "full dismantlement" of Iran's nuclear programme, adding, "That's enrichment, that is weaponisation, and that is its strategic missile programme.
49% : Trump has said the two sides will have "direct" negotiations.
43% : Meanwhile, Netanyahu, who met with Trump on Monday, said he would welcome a diplomatic agreement along the lines of Libya's deal with the international community in 2003.
34% : Trump has been calling for direct talks, while threatening "consequences" for Iran if it doesn't move to get a deal done.
33% : But Trump has notably not embraced Netanyahu's push for the Libya model, said Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, another Washington-based think tank.
29% : After Trump recently sent a letter to Iran's supreme leader, 85-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for direct negotiations, Tehran rejected the entreaty while leaving open the possibility of indirect negotiations.
23% : Trump says he prefers a diplomatic solution, even as he warns that Iran will face "great danger" if talks don't go well.
23% : But Iran's nuclear advances since Trump scrapped an Obama-era agreement during his first term make finding a pathway to a deal difficult, and experts warn that the prospects of US military action on Iranian nuclear facilities appear higher than they have been in years.
22% : " But Trump left greater space for negotiations: "The only thing that they can't have is a nuclear weapon," Trump told reporters as he met with his Cabinet secretaries Wednesday.

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