Back to square one: Trump rejects Iran’s response to peace proposal as ‘totally unacceptable’

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‘TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE’: Despite weeks of hopeful statements in which President Donald Trump insisted Iran was ready to give the U.S. everything it wants, including turning over the “nuclear dust” — its stockpile of enriched uranium — when its response came Sunday, there was no agreement on anything.

Instead, Iran countered Trump’s 14-point roadmap to end the war with a list of demands of its own, including delaying the negotiation of nuclear issues until after the war ends, and maintaining some degree of control of the Strait of Hormuz.

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