President Trump Answers Whether He Will Do Airstrikes On Iran

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After the White House’s flag pole ceremony, President Trump took questions from the press.

One reporter asked the 47th President whether he will attack Iran.

Trump told teh reporter, “I may do it. I may not do it.”

The Hill had President Trump’s full comments:

President Trump on Wednesday dodged a question about whether he’s moving closer to ordering a strike against Iranian nuclear facilities.

“You don’t seriously think I’m going to answer that question. Will you strike the Iranian nuclear component?” Trump said.

“I may do it, I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do. I can tell you this, that Iran’s got a lot of trouble. And they want to negotiate. And I say why didn’t you negotiate with me before all this death and destruction.”

The president’s comments came a day after he met in the Situation Room at the White House with members of his national security team amid conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iran.

“They had bad intentions. For 40 years they’ve been saying death to America, death to Israel, death to anybody else they didn’t like,” Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House. “They were schoolyard bullies. And now they’re not bullies anymore but we’ll see what happens.”

Watch the moment he said it here:

Did that reporter really think they were going to get a clear answer?

Come on!

NBC News had the latest update on what the Supreme Leader of Iran’s position is on possible U.S. involvement:

The warning from Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that U.S. intervention will bring “irreparable consequences” is aimed at one man — President Donald Trump.

It is clear that Israel cannot quickly destroy Iran’s Fordo nuclear site without American help, specifically the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, known the “bunker buster.”

And Khamenei’s assertion that Iran will show “no mercy” to U.S. forces in the region will also give greater strength to Israel’s aim of regime change in Iran.

Days ago, a Middle East diplomat confirmed to NBC News that Iran was reaching out to the Trump administration.

That seems like an age ago now. Since then, Trump has indicated he might order an attack on Fordo and he has indicated that Israel could assassinate Khamenei.



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