Trump Cancels Kushner And Witkoff’s Trip To Pakistan For Iran Peace Talks

BreakingBusinessTrump Cancels Kushner And Witkoff’s Trip To Pakistan For Iran Peace TalksByConor Murray,Forbes Staff. Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends.Follow AuthorApr 25, 2026, 01:00pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.ToplinePresident Donald Trump said Saturday he cancelled a trip for U.S. envoys to engage in peace talks in Pakistan, one day after the White House announced Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff would travel to Islamabad, with Trump claiming the United States holds “all the cards.” Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to head to Islamabad for negotiations Saturday. (Photo by Jacquelyn MARTIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesKey FactsTrump, in a Truth Social post Saturday afternoon, said he cancelled Kushner and Witkoff’s trip to Islamabad because “we have all the cards, they have none,” and if Iran wants to talk, “all they have to do is call.”“Too much time wasted on traveling, too much work,” Trump said, adding, “Besides which, there is tremendous infighting and confusion within their ‘leadership.’ Nobody knows who is in charge, including them.”Trump told Fox News he canceled the trip earlier Saturday, saying the U.S. envoys are “not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”The White House announced Kushner and Witkoff’s trip on Friday, though Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said in a post on X Iranian officials would not meet directly with U.S. envoys and would instead communicate through Pakistani mediators.Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday, as Pakistan mediates talks between the United States and Iran to end the war.Sharif said in a post on X Saturday he had “a most warm, cordial exchange of views on the current regional situation” with Araghchi, in which they discussed “matters of...