Reference News website, February 1 report: According to the U.S. Fox News Network on January 31, U.S. President Trump said that during negotiations with Iran, the United States could not share military plans with Gulf allies, despite a large U.S. naval force heading to the region.
Trump said in an interview: "We cannot tell them the plan. If I told them, it would be just as bad as telling you. In fact, the situation might be worse. The current situation is that (Iran) is negotiating with us, and we will see if we can achieve some results, otherwise we will wait and see... We have a large fleet heading there, larger than the one we deployed in Venezuela - which is still being deployed currently."
Earlier this week, Trump announced that a large fleet led by the "Abraham Lincoln" aircraft carrier was heading toward Iran.
A senior official from a Gulf country revealed that Saudi Arabia would not allow the U.S. to use its airspace and military bases for attacks. A high-level government official from a member state of the Gulf Cooperation Council told Fox News that the U.S. had not informed Gulf allies of "operational objectives or plans" regarding the Iran issue.
Trump added: "The last time we negotiated with them (Iran), we asked them to abandon their nuclear facilities, but it didn't work. After that, we had to destroy their related facilities in another way. Now, we'll see how things develop." (Translated by Lin Zhaohui)
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