President Donald Trump said the United States does not need a deal with Iran, according to an ABC News live-updates page published November 12. The ABC News headline quotes Trump as saying, "We don't need a deal with Iran." The same ABC News summary states that Trump announced major combat operations against Iran on Feb. 28.

NPR reported on November 13 that Trump is facing dwindling options to end the conflict with Iran. In an article by Aya Batrawy, NPR said the developments came after Trump's midterm election losses and an ongoing political shakeup in Israel. According to the NPR summary, Gulf countries are stuck in limbo as Trump's options to end the war in Iran dwindle.

The two reports differ in focus. The ABC News item centers on Trump's statement that a deal is not needed, while the NPR item centers on the remaining options to end the war and on the position of Gulf countries. Neither summary explains how Trump's statement relates to the options NPR describes, and neither identifies which options remain or what a deal would involve.

The two reports also differ in timing only by their publication dates. The ABC News page was published one day before the NPR article, and neither summary says whether Trump's remarks were made in response to the other's reporting. The summaries do not state where Trump made his comments.

This account is based only on the headlines and summaries of the two reports. Details beyond those summaries, including the current status of the conflict with Iran and the details of Israel's political shakeup, are not included here because the summaries do not provide them.

Sources: ABC News: Iran live updates: 'We don't need a deal with Iran,' Trump says; NPR: Trump confronts dwindling options to end conflict with Iran.