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Trump tells CNBC he expects U.S. to make ‘great deal’ with Iran

Cnbc · 🇮🇷 public Iran · · 174 words · By Dan Mangan
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What to know about Trump tells CNBC he expects U.S. to make ‘great deal’ with Iran

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he thinks the U.S.

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What happened

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he thinks the U.S.

Why it matters

is "going to end up with a great deal" with Iran to end the weekslong war, even as he said he does not expect to extend a ceasefire due to expire on Wednesday.

Common ground

"I think they have no choice," Trump said during an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box," when asked what he expected to come out of a second round of peace negotiations with Iran.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “we've taken out their air force”
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Evidence from QOSHE/Hegseth explicitly states 'The Iranian air force is no more,' and other reports discuss the establishment of air supremacy.
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web search NEUTRAL — Main article: Air force history of Iran. In February 1979, the IRIAF came into being when the former Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) was renamed following the Islamic Revolution in Iran. The date of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_F…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran has bombed U.S. bases across the Middle East in retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli war, forcing many American troops to relocate to hotels and office spaces throughout the region, according to mili…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/iran-us-bases…
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web search NEUTRAL — Once air supremacy is established, the US will begin dropping 500-, 1000- and 2000-pound precision bombs, of which the US has a nearly unlimited stockpile, said Hegseth.“The Iranian air force is no mo…
https://qoshe.com/the-times-of-israel/lazar-berman/hegseth-i…
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Claim 2: “We've taken out their navy”
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Reports from iHeart and BBC Verify (via satellite images) corroborate that the US has destroyed numerous Iranian naval vessels and neutralized their major naval presence.
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web search NEUTRAL — An Iranian navy in one form or another has existed since Achaemenid times and the First Persian Empire around 500 BC.1939–1979. The Iranian navy was rebuilt after being almost completely destroyed dur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Navy
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web search NEUTRAL — He added that the U.S. has destroyed more than 20 Iranian naval vessels in total, saying the strikes have "effectively neutralised Iran's major naval presence." Hegseth declared that the Iranian navy …
https://www.iheart.com/content/2026-03-04-us-submarine-sinks…
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web search NEUTRAL — A wave of US and Israeli strikes has destroyed or damaged at least 11 Iranian naval vessels since Saturday, new satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show, with missile bases and nuclear sites also …
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxzzkkkwjqo
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Claim 3: “It is regime change... I've done it indirectly”
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BBC News and other reports explicitly quote Trump claiming he has achieved 'regime change' by removing senior leaders and replacing them with 'more rational' ones, even if the overall government structure remains.
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web search NEUTRAL — and to achieve regime change by bringing the Iranian opposition to power.[82][83][84][85] Iranian and some US officials rejected claims that Iran had been preparing an attack.[86][87] The Internationa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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web search NEUTRAL — “It truly is regime change.” But the government, led by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the nation’s top clerics, remains in place. Only the leaders have changed. Mr. Trump made no announcem…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/world/middleeast/trump-ir…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump claims the US now dominates Iranian skies and has also achieved regime change following the killings of many senior political and military leaders. He described the new leaders in Tehran as "muc…
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c8jke9v9xv9t
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Claim 4: “Trump said during an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box"”
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Multiple sources, including a transcript from cnbc.com and other news reports, confirm Trump gave an interview on CNBC's 'Squawk Box' on Tuesday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump spent his morning giving a bizarre, confusing (and concerning) 45-minute rant on CNBC’s Squawk Box.Here are some of the most alarming exchanges Trump had during his CNBC interview
https://democrats.org/news/watch-disoriented-don-rants-and-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — The president then said he approached Bank of America to “deposit a billion dollars-plus” and was told the bank couldn’t provide him an account.” “ [Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan] said, ‘We can’t…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/theinvestmenthunter_trump-tol…
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web search NEUTRAL — Transcript of Trump interview on CNBC. It's as batshit as you'd expect.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/05/cnbc-transcript-president-of…
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Claim 5: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he thinks the U.S. is "going to end up with a great deal" with Iran to end the weekslong war”
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Multiple web search results confirm that on Tuesday, Trump discussed the Iran war and his views on leaving Iran or reaching a deal, with specific mentions of his statements on Tuesday.
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web search NEUTRAL — On Tuesday, Trump said he believed the US would "leave" Iran soon, even without a deal. Across the world on Wednesday night, millions of people will tune in to watch Donald Trump deliver a primetime u…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74vqd8k3g1o
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump has warned that Iran’s “whole civilisation will die tonight” if Tehran did not comply with his demands, as the world braced to see if the president would deliver on his latest threat to o…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/israel-warns-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump pauses as he finishes speaking about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Alex Brandon/Pool/Getty Images/File.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/world/live-news/iran-war-trum…
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Claim 6: “he said he does not expect to extend a ceasefire due to expire on Wednesday”
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Three independent web search results (CNBC, CruxBrief, and another news source) explicitly state that Trump said on Tuesday he does not expect/want to extend the ceasefire expiring on Wednesday.
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web search NEUTRAL — The two-week ceasefire in the Iran war expires Wednesday, but President Donald Trump does not expect to extend it, according to CNBC. Asked if he would extend the ceasefire to allow time for peace tal…
https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2026/04/iran-ceasefire-exp…
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web search NEUTRAL — The US-Iran ceasefire expires on Wednesday with no extension planned and no confirmed second round of talks. President Trump told CNBC on Tuesday that he does not want to extend the ceasefire — “I don…
https://cruxbrief.com/mena/ceasefire-expires-no-extension-ho…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he did not want to extend a rapidly expiring ceasefire in the US-Israeli war on Iran and that the US military was "raring to go" if negotiations were not su…
https://www.daily-sun.com/world/870188/trump-says-he-does-no…
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Claim 7: “we've taken out their leaders”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources confirm the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli strikes, which aligns with the claim of taking out leaders.
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web search NEUTRAL — This is a list of airstrikes and bombardments carried out during the 2026 Iran war. The strikes began on 28 February 2026, when Israel and the United States launched attacks on targets across Iran, co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Israeli–United_States_str…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump described the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in U.S.–Israeli strikes as “justice for the people of Iran and the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwntG-tx8yo
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been killed in a joint American and Israeli strike, US president Donald Trump says.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70n9wlkx3lo
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