President Donald Trump offered a characteristically mixed message on Iran this weekend: the negotiations are going fine, but the other guy is not very reliable, and by the way there are still one or two sites left to take care of.

Speaking to reporters in Palm Beach on Saturday, Trump said, "We still have to take care of, I would say, one or two sites, but we can do that in 10 minutes," according to a report by The Times of Israel.

Pickaxe Mountain Is Still Standing

He singled out one location in particular. "You probably could look at Pickaxe Mountain, and you have to take care of that," Trump said.

Western intelligence has flagged Pickaxe Mountain as a site likely used to store nuclear material. The U.S. has not struck it during the war, which makes it the obvious item on any remaining to-do list.

Rubio: No Decision Yet on Renewed Strikes

Secretary of State Marco Rubio struck a more measured tone Saturday at a G20 press conference in Atlanta, saying Trump has not decided whether to resume strikes on Iran. Rubio said Trump prefers a diplomatic solution, and he set no deadline for diplomacy to work.

Earlier this week, CENTCOM chief Adm. Brad Cooper briefed Trump on military options and the ongoing blockade. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine also attended.

On Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran remains open to negotiations. "Iran continues to give diplomacy a chance to succeed," he wrote on X. He said Tehran is in contact with intermediaries on ways to implement its seven-day plan faster.

The U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, and the conflict has now entered its ninth month. It has disrupted energy supplies and pushed up commodity prices, which is the part most investors feel every time they fill up or check a futures screen.

So the state of play is this: talks are ongoing, nobody has set a deadline, and the president is publicly keeping a military option warm. That is not exactly a de-escalation signal, but it is not a strike order either.