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Some reports appeared that an Iran-backed Yemeni rebel group was responsible for a drone attack on an oil processing facility belonging to Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company. So, Trump took to his Twitter account to condemn reports that he was willing to meet with Iranian leaders. The president published his latest tweet on Sunday. The media reports were in question which Trump calls Fake News, 100% true. President Trump informed members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in last July to not believe their eyes and ears when it comes to unflattering news stories regarding him and his administration. Trump said, “Don’t believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news. What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening”.

Reports of Trump’s desire to meet with Iranian representatives first appeared in June, during a trip to Switzerland. The U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo informed reporters that the Trump administration was prepared to engage in a conversation with Iran with no preconditions. Just one month later, Trump informed NBC’s Chuck Todd that there would be no preconditions to talks with Iran. It was a sentiment repeated a day later by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One.

The White House officials said that Trump’s willingness to meet with Iranian leaders had been a source of friction with his then-national security adviser, former Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton. The simmering tensions between the president and Bolton, a veteran Beltway operator known for his bushy mustache and bellicosity towards Iran, boiled over last week. Trump claims that he fired Bolton over their differences of opinion. But, Bolton disputed the president’s account of their professional breakup and maintains that he offered to resign the night before Trump announced his departure. It increased media speculation over whether Bolton’s departure could lead the Trump administration to take Bolton’s policy on Iran.