• President Trump said that he would meet with Iran’s leaders with “no preconditions.”“They want to meet, I’ll meet,” Mr. Trump said. “Whenever they want.”Mr. Trump, speaking at a joint news conference, above, with Italy’s prime minister, went even further. He said that he would “meet with anybody” and argued that his session with President Vladimir Putin was a success — despite fierce bipartisan criticism to the contrary. Hours before Mr. Trump spoke, Iran said that talks with the U.S. would be impossible under what it called the Trump administration’s hostile policies. The trial of Paul Manafort starts today.

Source: New York Times July 30, 2018 20:10 UTC