During a Cabinet meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss the Iran conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States preferred a diplomatic resolution and that there had been some progress in negotiations, AP reported on May 27. The meeting comes days after Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on May 24 that a U.S.-Iran deal "has been largely negotiated" and after U.S. Central Command conducted "self-defense" strikes on Iranian military sites on May 25, following which Iran threatened retaliation.