Israel will “lead” a military strike along with the US against Iran if nuclear talks don’t succeed, US President Donald Trump says.
Asked whether he would use military means against Iran if the latter doesn’t agree to a nuclear deal, Trump responds: “If it requires military, we’re going to have military.”
“Israel will obviously be very much involved in that — it’ll be the leader of that,” he tells reporters in the Oval Office, in what appears to be the first time he’s explicitly threatened an Iranian strike by Israel, let alone one led by the Jewish state.
But he appears to partially walk back the comment in his next breath. “Nobody leads us. We do what we want to do.”
He says the US will “absolutely” use military force against Iran if necessary and that he has a timeline for how long they will take, though he doesn’t specify. Reports have said Trump is giving the process two months.
The US president says that Saturday’s slated summit in Oman is the “start” of a process. His envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is slated to represent the US, while Iran will be represented by its Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Trump has said the talks will be direct, while Iran has said they will be through a mediator.
“We have a little time, but we don’t have much time because we’re not going to let them have a nuclear weapon,” Trump says.
“We’re going to let them thrive. I want them to thrive. I want Iran to be great. The only thing they can’t have is a nuclear weapon. They understand that.”
“I was a little bit surprised because when the election was rigged, I figured that they would get the weapon because with me, they were broke,” he claims, without elaborating.
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