More comments crossing from US President Trump
- Says "there will be no concessions" with Turkey over detained American pastor
- says not concerned about potential for economic damage to Europe over US tariffs against Turkey
- says he thought he had a deal with Turkey's Erdogan to gain freedom of pastor
- says if Iran's Rouhani wants to meet with him, fine, but if not, 'I could not care less'
- says there has been no outreach to Iran whatsoever over possible talks
- says he helped Israel to free a Turkish citizen held in detention there as part of a deal for Turkey to release Brunson
- says he would considering lifting US sanctions on Russia if Moscow were to take steps to work with the US on issues like Syria and Ukraine
Earlier on we got more directly relevant FX comments with Trump paying out on Powell and the Fed:
Mr T followed up with a little more, this time China in the firing line:
Now Iran and Turkey getting a serve (see bullets above). Trump speaking with Reuters in an interview.
Mr T is a forthright chap, this from when he was visiting the UK:
