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'Nobody speaks for the United States,' Trump tells Macron

Thursday, 08 August 2019 8:46 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 08 August 2019 9:15 PM ]

US President Donald Trump (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron during the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan on June 28, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

US President Donald Trump has chastised French President Emmanuel Macron for sending Iran "mixed signals".

Trump scolded Macron on Thursday telling him that no one was authorized to act in the role of mediator between the US and Iran.

"I know Emmanuel means well, as do all others, but nobody speaks for the United States but the United States itself," Trump said in a tweet.

....I know Emmanuel means well, as do all others, but nobody speaks for the United States but the United States itself. No one is authorized in any way, shape, or form, to represent us!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 8, 2019

It was not immediately clear what Trump was referring to, but a report earlier this week said Macron had invited Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to this month's G7 summit to meet Trump.

European leaders are seeking to ease the escalating crisis between Tehran and Washington after Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear last year prompting Tehran to scale back its commitments under the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with world powers officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

PressTV-Iran to slash JCPOA commitments in 3rd phase 'in a month'

Iran says will take the third step in scaling back its nuclear deal commitments "in a matter of a month," if the other signatories fail to honor their obligations.

A main topic of the G7 summit later this month is expected to be the repercussions of European signatories to the Iran nuclear deal continuing to renege on their obligations.

Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the US cannot change the fact that affairs were shifting in favor of Iran.

PressTV-Zarif: US should stop isolating itself, adapt to new realities

Foreign Minister Zarif says the US cannot change the fact that the global power is shifting in favor of Iran, Russia and China by resorting to sanctions and killing deals.

Zarif rebuked the hawkish group of politicians and regional leaders, often referred to as the B-team, who were trying to pressure and isolate Iran by undermining the Iran nuclear deal and instigating regional tensions.

Trump and his administration officials have previously claimed that the US leadership is open to talks with Iran and that the United States does not want a war with Iran.

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