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Update: Trump says more Iran bombing ‘possible’ after midterms as Hormuz talks stall
President Donald Trump, asked in a Time interview whether he would “ramp up bombing after the midterms,” replied “Possible,” and said the U.S. military had been “stocking up for the last six months,” Fox News reported Thursday. The comments came after Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his U.N. delegation to leave New York when weekend mediator talks stalled; Iran disputed that account and said its departure was pre-scheduled. Talks remain stuck on sequencing for a seven-day confidence-building plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart nuclear negotiations, with Qatar mediating; Fox cited Brent crude above $103 a barrel Wednesday and a U.S. national average for regular gasoline near $4.43 a gallon.