TAPPER: And we're back with our world lead. On the campaign trail, Donald Trump called it a terrible deal and promised to toss it out and in May, President Trump announced that the U.S. was withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. The agreement that established curbs on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. So, now, at midnight tonight, the first wave of U.S. sanctions on Iran will be re-imposed at 12:01 a.m. Joining me now to discuss this and more about President Trump's foreign policy, President Trump's national security adviser, Ambassador Bolton. Mr. Ambassador, thanks for joining us. We appreciate it.</s>JOHN BOLTON, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: Glad to be with you.</s>TAPPER: So, the president has said as recently as this weekend that he's open to meeting with Iranian leaders. Earlier today, you told Fox News that the Iranian leaders, quote, flatly turned him down. They aren't serious about stopping their malignant behavior. A couple of hours, however, the Iranian president said of a potential meeting, quote: If there's sincerity, Iran has welcomed dialogue and negotiations. I don't have preconditions. If the U.S. government is willing, let's start right now, unquote. What's your response? Does that satisfy you?</s>BOLTON: Well, let's see what really comes of it or whether it's just more propaganda. I mean, I think President Trump has been consistent since his days on the campaign trail that he would sit down and negotiate with Kim Jong-un, with the ayatollahs in Tehran. That's his approach to diplomacy and he's, as I say, been consistent on it. So, if the Iranians are really willing to come and talk about all of their malign behavior in the region and around the world, I think they find the president willing to do it.
Interview with National Security Adviser John Bolton.