Former Trump foreign policy adviser Walid Phares said Saturday on Newsmax that the current U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations are only in the preliminary stages and that President Donald Trump plans to apply serious pressure later in the process.

The United States and Iran held a second round of nuclear negotiations Saturday at the Omani Embassy in Rome, where officials reported progress in talks over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

However, according to Phares, a Newsmax foreign policy analyst and co-host of the “War and Freedom” podcast, these early meetings are just the beginning of a broader strategy led by Trump.

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