White House livid at claims Trump admin privately pleading with Iran — and being ignored

The White House reacted angrily Monday after a report revealed Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, has been privately texting Iranian officials in the hopes of resuming peace negotiations — but the texts have been ignored.

While Trump has maintained that Iranian officials are pushing for negotiations to resume, saying as recently as Sunday night that they “want to negotiate badly,” a report Monday from Drop Site News would seem to suggest otherwise.

“Behind the scenes...