Trump Says U.S.–Iran Talks Continue After U.N. Threat; No Settlement Announced

Trump says talks continued Tuesday—but no agreement has been announced

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States and Iran were continuing negotiations and that he believed a settlement would eventually be reached. Reuters reported that Trump described talks as occurring the same day while speaking after a meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham during the United Nations General Assembly.

Trump did not announce a signed agreement, ceasefire, timetable, negotiating framework or halt to U.S. military operations. Neither Reuters nor the Associated Press reported that the parties disclosed terms or verified a breakthrough.

The development is a diplomatic signal during an active war. It should not be presented as peace, an end to hostilities or proof that a settlement is imminent.

The diplomacy followed a threat from the U.N. podium

Earlier Tuesday, Trump defended starting the Iran war and warned during his U.N. address that he could annihilate Iran if no peace agreement were reached. Reuters and the Associated Press separately reported the threat and Trump’s insistence that Iran must not obtain a nuclear weapon.

The Associated Press reported that Iran’s delegation walked out during Trump’s criticism. Trump also urged Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and said he remained open to talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Trump’s threat is a statement by the president, not evidence that a new military order has been issued. His later prediction of a settlement is also a forecast, not a confirmed outcome.

Two Republican Senate candidates now say the Iran war should end quickly

WASHINGTON — Republican Senate candidates Mike Rogers of Michigan and Ashley Hinson of Iowa called Monday for a swift end to the nearly seven-month Iran war, creating a public break with President Donald Trump as fuel costs and voter dissatisfaction pressure the party before the November midterms.

Rogers said in a campaign advertisement that the war ‘needs to end and end quickly.’ Hinson wrote that the conflict should be brought to a ‘successful and immediate end.’ Reuters reported both are running in competitive races and had previously supported Trump’s authority to strike Iran.

Their statements are campaign positions, not changes in federal policy. Trump has not announced an immediate end to the war, and neither candidate controls military operations or fuel markets.

Their new positions conflict with their earlier records

Hinson, a sitting House member, has voted six times against measures seeking to restrict Trump’s authority to continue the conflict, including a vote last week, Reuters reported. Rogers argued in a late-July CBS Detroit interview against limiting the president’s authority while negotiations continued.

Both candidates also called for suspending gasoline taxes and temporarily halting U.S. diesel exports. The Wall Street Journal independently reported Hinson’s push for an export pause and her statement that Iowans should not have to bear the war’s costs at the pump or checkout line.

Their Democratic opponents accused them of election-year repositioning. That is a partisan allegation, not a finding of fact. The documented record is that both candidates’ Monday language was more urgent about ending the war than their earlier positions.

The new poll puts Trump at 32% approval

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s job-approval rating fell to 32% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed Sunday, the lowest reading Reuters/Ipsos has recorded for Trump across his first and second presidencies.

The figure was down from 35% in the prior week’s Reuters/Ipsos survey. Approval among Republican respondents fell to 73%, from 82% one week earlier. Those are survey estimates, not votes or a count of every American.

A movement of three percentage points in the overall rating equals the poll’s stated margin of error. The record-low reading is therefore important evidence of political weakness, but it should not be presented as an exact measurement of the entire country.

Cost of living is the clearest pressure point

Only 17% of respondents approved of Trump’s handling of the cost of living, Reuters reported. Among Republicans, 44% approved of his handling of that issue while 51% disapproved—the first time disapproval exceeded approval among Republicans in this Reuters/Ipsos series.

Ipsos says Republican approval of Trump’s handling of the economy fell from 80% in January to 56% in the new survey. Republican approval on the cost of living fell from 70% to 44% over the same period.

The poll establishes what respondents said; it does not by itself prove why an individual changed position or assign every price increase to one policy. Reuters connects the political decline to persistent living costs and fuel-price pressure during the Iran war, but multiple forces shape inflation and household expenses.

Iran and the midterms deepen the warning for Republicans

The survey found 34% approval for U.S. strikes on Iran, while 82% of respondents said they expected the conflict to continue for an extended period.

Among registered voters in the sample, 43% said they would support a Democratic candidate for Congress and 35% chose a Republican when asked about the November 3 midterm elections. Reuters said the eight-point Democratic advantage was the largest in its polling this year.

That national ballot question is not a seat projection. Control of Congress will be decided district by district and state by state, and candidate quality, turnout, geography and later events can produce a different result.

How the survey was conducted—and what it cannot tell readers

Ipsos conducted the English-language survey online from September 17 through September 20 using its probability-based KnowledgePanel. The nationally representative sample included 1,277 U.S. adults and was weighted for demographic and political characteristics. Reuters reported a margin of error of three percentage points.

Subgroup estimates, including results limited to Republicans or registered voters, generally carry more uncertainty because they are based on fewer people. Ipsos did not publish a separate subgroup margin in the summary reviewed for this update.

A single poll is a snapshot. It can show movement within one organization’s consistent series, but it cannot guarantee an election outcome, identify every cause of the movement or substitute for an average of several methodologically sound polls.

The August findings remain part of the record

This article originally reported an August 21–24 Reuters/Ipsos survey showing Trump at 33% approval, support for the Iran war at 31% and 83% of respondents expecting an extended conflict. The September poll replaces the approval figure with a new low and adds a sharp Republican decline on cost of living.

The accompanying image is Daniel Torok’s authentic January 2025 official portrait of Trump. Wikimedia Commons records that the photographer released it into the public domain. It does not depict Tuesday’s U.S.–Iran talks, Trump’s U.N. address, the September survey, its respondents, the Iran conflict or the November election.