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- President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he "couldn't care less" if US sanctions forced Iran to the negotiating table.
- National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien appeared on Fox News Sunday and said that a "maximum pressure campaign" against Iran is working.
- "Iran is being choked off, and Iran is going to have no other choice but to come to the table."
- But in his tweets on Sunday, Trump said that he "couldn't care less" if Iran agreed to negotiate.
- Tensions between Iran and the US have flared after Trump ordered the killing of Iran's top military commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in an airstrike earlier this month. Iran responded by firing more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two bases in Iraq hosting US and Iraqi military personnel.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his national security adviser suggested Iran was being "choked" by US sanctions, but Trump said he "couldn't care less" if it forced Iran to the negotiating table.
In a tweet on Sunday night, Trump reiterated statements made by National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, who suggested that sanctions and protests have left Iran "choked off" and will force them to negotiate. See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: A law professor weighs in on how Trump could beat impeachment See Also: SEE ALSO: Trump's dangerous stand-off with Iran is allowing ISIS to plan more attacks in the ensuing chaos  |