{"id":2595051,"date":"2026-04-25T12:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-cancels-witkoff-and-kushners-trip-to-pakistan-for-iran-negotiations\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T12:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:40:15","slug":"trump-cancels-witkoff-and-kushners-trip-to-pakistan-for-iran-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-cancels-witkoff-and-kushners-trip-to-pakistan-for-iran-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump cancels Witkoff and Kushner&#8217;s trip to Pakistan for Iran negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-cancels-witkoff-and-kushners-trip-to-pakistan-for-iran-negotiations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2595051&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Trump canceled the planned trip of U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to press Iran for a peace deal, saying they shouldn\u2019t spend 18 hours traveling for talks and that the U.S. has all the leverage.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was in Islamabad for bilateral talks and left afterward, stating he met pakistani officials and did not meet the U.S. delegation; Iran maintains the visit was not for talks with Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The move is a setback for negotiations, coming shortly after Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran to buy more time. The talks have stalled over issues like control of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes U.S. demands that Iran freeze its enrichment program and surrender stockpiled material, with a quote from Pete Hegseth about knowing what Iran has and the possibility of taking materials by force if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Washington is depicted as gearing up for a potential resumption of conflict, with reports of massive military airlift and a third <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-biden-abandon-taiwan\/\" title=\"Will Biden Abandon Taiwan?\">aircraft carrier strike group<\/a> in range-the largest Middle East buildup as 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Some U.S. lawmakers, including Senators Roger Wicker and John Fetterman, are calling for resuming or intensifying conflict with Iran, arguing that negotiations should end.<\/p>\n<p>The piece suggests hardliners within Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have gained influence after what it characterizes as the assassination of a former Iranian Supreme Leader, complicating negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>the article questions whether Trump can secure a deal that would be \u201cfar better\u201d than the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> has called off U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner&rsquo;s trip to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, where they were supposed to negotiate with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iranians<\/a> for a peace deal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve told my people a little while ago they were getting ready to leave, and I said, &lsquo;Nope, you&rsquo;re not making an 18 hour flight to go there,&rdquo; Trump said, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aishahhasnie\/status\/2048064757890945030\">according to Fox News<\/a>. &ldquo;We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you&rsquo;re not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing&rsquo;.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;Too much time wasted on traveling, too much work! Besides which, there is tremendous infighting and confusion within their &lsquo;leadership.&rsquo; Nobody knows who is in charge, including them. Also, we have all the cards, they have none! If they want to talk, all they have to do is call!!!&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4541133\/trump-iran-leader\/\">TRUMP: US DOESN&rsquo;T KNOW WHO &lsquo;THE LEADER IS IN IRAN&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iran&rsquo;s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was in Islamabad ahead of Kushner and Witkoff&rsquo;s arrival, but left Saturday, according to state media. He <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PakPMO\/status\/2048040337407615134?s=20\">met with<\/a> Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, military head Field Marshal Asim Munir, and other officials, during which he communicated Tehran&rsquo;s negotiating position. Iran said he only visited the country for bilateral talks with the hosts, and not to meet with the U.S. delegation.<\/p>\n<p>The development bodes poorly for further negotiations, coming just days after Trump extended the ceasefire indefinitely to give Iran more time. Negotiations have so far failed to bear fruit, with the two sides failing to reach a compromise on issues such as control over the Strait of Hormuz and the future of Iran&rsquo;s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>(Graphic by Grace Hagerman \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Trump administration has repeatedly listed Iran freezing its enrichment program, and surrendering its stockpile of near bomb-grade material currently underground as it&rsquo;s red lines for peace negotiations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We know exactly what they have, and they know that,&rdquo; Secretary of War Pete Hegseth <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4531593\/pete-hegseth-iran-digging-bombed-facilities-military\/\">said about the buried material<\/a> on April 16.&nbsp;&ldquo;And they will either give it to us, which the president has laid out, we&rsquo;ll &mdash; they&rsquo;ll give it to us voluntarily &hellip; [Or] We&rsquo;ll get it. We&rsquo;ll take it &mdash; we&rsquo;ll take it out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Washington appears to be gearing up for a resumption of the conflict, with analysts noting a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheIranWatcher\/status\/2047832384981049426?s=20\">massive military airlift<\/a> nearing the scale of that during the buildup before the first strikes against Iran. A third aircraft carrier strike group came within range of Iran this week, marking the first time three aircraft carriers have been deployed to the Middle East since 2003.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4540946\/trump-secure-2015-iran-nuclear-deal\/\"><strong>CAN TRUMP SECURE A DEAL &lsquo;FAR BETTER&rsquo; THAN THE 2015 IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some U.S. politicians are <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4543122\/fetterman-backs-wickers-call-restart-attacks-iran\/\">calling for the conflict to resume<\/a> as well, including Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and John Fetterman (D-PA).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The time is over for negotiations with Iran&rsquo;s regime. The radical successors of Khamenei can never be trusted to keep any promise or agreement,&rdquo; Wicker wrote Friday. &ldquo;Our Commander-in-Chief should direct his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-backs-wickers-call-to-restart-attacks-in-iran\/\" title=\"Fetterman backs Wicker&#039;s call to restart attacks in Iran\">skilled military leaders<\/a> to finish destroying Iran&rsquo;s conventional military capabilities and eliminating any last remnants of their nuclear program.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The war has been characterized by <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >historically unparalleled disproportionate casualty ratios<\/a> in favor of the U.S. and Israel, but a simultaneous failure to enact the political leadership change originally hoped for. Hardliners within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have consolidated control over the country following the assassination of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, making negotiations even more difficult.<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump halts envoy trip to Pakistan for Iran talks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4261,"featured_media":2595052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26113811923991.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[77640,4492,16182,3634,44704],"class_list":["post-2595051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-iran-negotiations-2","tag-kushner","tag-pakistan","tag-trump","tag-witkoff"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26113811923991.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595051"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595055,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595051\/revisions\/2595055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2595051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2595051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}