“For me, I think it’s over,” he said on Wednesday in Ankara, sitting next to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the military alliance’s annual summit. “As far as I’m concerned it’s just a waste of time.”
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“I don’t want to deal with them, but they’re scum,” powerful man said. “You know what scum is? They’re scum. They’re sick people, they’re led by sick people, and they’re vicious, violent people, and if they had a nuclear weapon, they’d use it.”
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A US official said negotiators would continue to work toward a final deal between Washington and Tehran but even before the most recent escalation, the prospect for a broader agreement remained uncertain.
