Trump Confident He Will Reach 'beautiful' Agreement With Iran

• 21.04.2026, 16:26

Iran's new leadership is "much more rational" than its predecessors, he said.

US President Donald Trump has expressed confidence that Washington will eventually reach a "beautiful" peace agreement with Iran, although he does not expect the ceasefire deal, which ends on April 22, to continue.

Trump said this in an interview with CNBC.

The US president was asked what he expects from the second round of talks with Iran, which are due to take place on Tuesday in Pakistan. Trump expressed confidence that Washington and Tehran will reach a peace agreement.

"I think they have no choice. We eliminated their navy, we eliminated their air force, we eliminated their leaders," Trump said.

The US president said Iran's new leadership is "much more rational" than its predecessors.

"Frankly, we eliminated their leaders, which complicates things to a certain extent, but the current leaders are much more rational. This is regime change, whatever you want to call it, and I didn't say I was going to do it, but I did it indirectly," he said.

When asked if he would extend the ceasefire to allow time for peace talks and an agreement to end the war, the American president said, "Well, I don't want to do that."