{"id":24191,"date":"2026-10-23T20:58:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/trump-dismisses-envoy-tom-barracks-claim-of-possible-us-strike-on-iran-this-weekend\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T20:58:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:58:37","slug":"trump-dismisses-envoy-tom-barracks-claim-of-possible-us-strike-on-iran-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/trump-dismisses-envoy-tom-barracks-claim-of-possible-us-strike-on-iran-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Dismisses Envoy Tom Barrack\u2019s Claim of Possible US Strike on Iran This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-trump-says-he-knows-nothing-about-possible-weekend-strike-on-iran-claimed-by-envoy-barrack\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump Says He Knows Nothing About Possible Weekend Strike on Iran Claimed by Envoy Barrack<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US President Donald Trump dismissed comments by Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy Tom Barrack, who said a US strike on Iran \u201cabsolutely\u201d could occur this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barrack told Mario Nawfal: \u201cCould there be a strike this weekend? Absolutely.\u201d He stressed Trump remains open to a deal with Tehran and that any action would not seek regime change, only reduced threats and restored balance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f1fa-1f1f8.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> Trump was DIRECTLY confronted with what Tom Barrack said in our EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your Ambassador to Turkey just said that &#8216;Absolutely, there could a strike on Iran this weekend.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>Have you gone back on holding off until after the midterms?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His response was remarkably\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PH838cNEPr\">https:\/\/t.co\/PH838cNEPr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarioNawfal\/status\/2113696755212747250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked about the remarks, Trump replied: \u201cThat\u2019s my ambassador to Turkey. He\u2019s a pretty powerful man, I guess. If that\u2019s the case, I don\u2019t know anything about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barrack also discussed America\u2019s changing global role, NATO, and Israel\u2019s long-term options, arguing for policy change in Iran rather than regime change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"greek-2after-post greek-2entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center\" id=\"greek-21233676899\">\n<div class=\"greek-2adlabel\">Advertising<\/div>\n<div id=\"greek-2slider-57972\" class=\"custom-slider greek-2slider-4177004666 greek-2slider\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div id=\"greek-22926853466\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisements\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Advertise-here-banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"750\" height=\"300\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div id=\"greek-23758999927\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisements\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.santoriniheights.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Santorini-Heights-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Santorini-Heights-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"750\" height=\"300\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div id=\"greek-21852166448\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisements\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lawandmediation.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"AB &amp; Assoc Lawyers-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AB-Assoc-Lawyers-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"750\" height=\"300\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {var $greek2slider4177004666 = jQuery( &#8220;.greek-2slider-4177004666&#8221; );$greek2slider4177004666.on( &#8220;unslider.ready&#8221;, function() { jQuery( &#8220;div.custom-slider ul li&#8221; ).css( &#8220;display&#8221;, &#8220;block&#8221; ); });$greek2slider4177004666.unslider({ delay:6000, autoplay:true, nav:false, arrows:false, infinite:true });$greek2slider4177004666.on(&#8220;mouseover&#8221;, function() {$greek2slider4177004666.unslider(&#8220;stop&#8221;);}).on(&#8220;mouseout&#8221;, function() {$greek2slider4177004666.unslider(&#8220;start&#8221;);});});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post Trump Dismisses Envoy Tom Barrack\u2019s Claim of Possible US Strike on Iran This Weekend appeared first on Greek City Times.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/10\/24\/trump-dismisses-envoy-tom-barracks-claim-of-possible-us-strike-on-iran-this-weekend\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Says He Knows Nothing About Possible Weekend Strike on Iran Claimed by Envoy Barrack US President Donald Trump dismissed comments by Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy Tom Barrack, who said a US strike on Iran \u201cabsolutely\u201d could occur this weekend. Barrack told Mario Nawfal: \u201cCould there be a strike this weekend? Absolutely.\u201d He &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Trump Dismisses Envoy Tom Barrack\u2019s Claim of Possible US Strike on Iran This Weekend\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/trump-dismisses-envoy-tom-barracks-claim-of-possible-us-strike-on-iran-this-weekend\/#more-24191\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trump Dismisses Envoy Tom Barrack\u2019s Claim of Possible US Strike on Iran This Weekend\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TRUMP26-MARINE-ONE-WHITE-HOUSE11.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}