Trump rejects Iran proposal, urges pardon for Netanyahu from corruption charges

<article data-history-node-id="439501" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-rejects-iran-proposal-urges-pardon-netanyahu-corruption-charges" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-rejects-iran-proposal-urges-pardon-netanyahu-corruption-charges" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Trump rejects Iran proposal, urges pardon for Netanyahu from corruption charges</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="448" data-start="301">US President Donald Trump has dismissed Iran’s latest proposal, describing it as unacceptable after reviewing the details.</p> <p data-end="560" data-start="450">Speaking to Israeli outlet Kan News, Trump said he had examined the plan in full.</p> <p data-end="647" data-start="562">“I’ve studied it, I’ve studied everything – it’s not acceptable,” he reportedly said.</p> <p data-end="848" data-start="649">Trump also weighed in on the corruption case facing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging Israeli President Isaac Herzog to grant him a pardon.</p> <p data-end="1115" data-start="850">“Tell your president to pardon Bibi [Netanyahu’s nickname]. He’s a wartime prime minister. They wouldn’t have Israel if it wasn’t for me and Bibi in that order. You want to have a PM that can focus on the war, not focus on nonsense,” Trump told a Kan News reporter.</p> </div> </div> </article>