The Latest: Trump says new talks are Iran's 'last chance' to make a deal

President Donald Trump said Monday that newly planned talks with Tehran are the “last chance” for Iran to forge a deal and avoid an escalation of U.S. Trump, speaking at the Oval Office, said he expects negotiations that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and create a pathway for Iran to address United States’ concerns about it’s nuclear program will begin in the next day or two.Meanwhile, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has issued a formal order terminating President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate his political allies. The move follows weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who were blocking his nomination for the permanent job.The order leaves in place a declaration — rejected by a judge as improper self-dealing — giving Trump and his family retroactive immunity for any tax audits.Immigration remains a stronger issue for Trump than the economy or Iran, according to a new AP-NORC poll, even after three people were killed in encounters with Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month.Here is the latest:Trump says he looks forward to meeting DC’s new mayorTrump said he’d welcome meeting with Janeese Lewis George, likely the next mayor of Washington, D.C., after he wrongly referred to her as a communist.Lewis George is a self-described democratic socialist and a member of the D.C.

Council who won the Democratic mayoral primary in June. In the overwhelmingly Democratic city, she is likely to take the top spot in November’s general election. She would succeed moderate Muriel Bowser, who decided to step down after three terms.“I have not met her yet.

I look forward to meeting her,” Trump said of Lewis George.Trump says oil companies Chevron and Exxon Mobil made ‘too much money’The U.S. president said major oil companies are earning excessive profits because of high oil prices.“They made too much money, too much money, “ Trump said. “They ought to give some of that back to the public, and they better cut the retail price.”Trump said he’s not happy with profits reported by Chevron and Exxon Mobil, even though the higher margins reflected energy prices that had increased after Trump launched a war with Iran and the Strait of Hormuz was effectively closed to oil and natural gas tankers.Trump’s predecessor in the White House, Democrat Joe Biden, also attacked oil companies for their profit…