Donald Trump said in response to reporters' questions at the White House about the status of talks with Tehran: "Negotiations are underway." "They want to talk and they keep talking, but they don't pay their soldiers and policemen and they are in a big problem and crisis." The US president described the conflict as an "extraordinary" war, and emphasized that "frankly, we have enough time." These statements were made at the same time as the Axios report, which cited diplomatic sources about the 12-hour presence of Qatari mediators in Tehran and their continuous and regular contacts with the White House to open the agreement link between Iran and the US.