“He’s giving talks some space, ​he’s giving it a little ​bit of room,” Mike Waltz told ⁠the broadcaster on Sunday.

Waltz did ​not provide further detail on the ​nature of the talks, but there has been a weekend lull in the fighting ​between Iran and the United ​States. The Pentagon paused bombing operations after 13 ‌nights ⁠of escalating strikes, and there were no weekend reports of attacks by Iran on its neighbours.

Asked ​about the ​pause, ⁠a senior official in Trump’s administration said on Saturday that the president “has ​always been clear that his ​preference ⁠is diplomacy, but he has shown Iran what will happen if ⁠they ​fail to come ​to the table in a serious way.”