President Donald Trump Wednesday refused to say if he has determined to order an assault on Iran to assist Israel destroy the Islamic republic’s nuclear program.
Speaking to reporters at an unrelated White Home occasion, Trump was tight-lipped about if or when he may direct U.S. forces to affix Israel’s devastating assaults on the Iran.
“I may do it, I may not do it,” Trump mentioned. “Nobody knows what I will do.”
He added: “I can tell you this: Iran’s got a lot of trouble.”
On this photograph launched by the Iranian Crimson Crescent Society rescuers work on the scene of an explosion after an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. (Iranian Crimson Crescent Society through AP)
Trump stood by his demand for “unconditional surrender” by Iran, and disregarded Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei’s warning that U.S. strikes on Iran would “result in irreparable damage for them.”
“I say good luck,” Trump mentioned when requested concerning the supreme chief’s refusal to give up.
Regardless of the robust discuss and the times of unrelenting Israeli assaults, Trump didn’t fully rule out new diplomatic talks with Iran.
“Nothing’s too late (but) it’s very late to be talking,” Trump mentioned. “There’s a big difference between now and a week ago.”
Trump’s feedback got here as he inspected the development of recent flag poles on the White Home south garden, certainly one of his pet initiatives.
Mourners carry the flag-draped coffins of 5 males, whose names weren’t instantly out there, reportedly killed in Israeli strikes, throughout their funeral within the metropolis of Khorramabad, Iran, Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photograph/Aziz Babanezhad/Tasnim Information Company)
Regardless of Trump’s caginess, Israeli officers are more and more assured Trump will agree to make use of U.S. bunker-buster bombs to assault Iran’s underground nuclear services buried deep within the mountains close to Tehran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes it’s a matter of “not if but when” Trump will be a part of the fray, Axios reported, citing unnamed high Israeli officers.
Trump’s openness to becoming a member of Israel’s battle quantities to a exceptional turnaround from his earlier stance that the U.S. wished to keep away from battle and was dedicated to a diplomatic answer to Iran’s nuclear program.
He had dispatched particular envoy Steve Witkoff to barter with Iran and extra talks had been scheduled for this previous weekend when Netanyahu actually blew up the diplomatic talks by unleashing a large assault on Iran.
Now that the Israeli assaults have confirmed extra profitable than anticipated, and the Iranian response much less efficient, Trump is having second ideas about staying on the sidelines.
The president rushed again early from the G7 summit in Canada to satisfy together with his safety group and has began utilizing the time period “we” to explain Israeli navy actions towards Iran.
The shift has opened deep divisions inside Trump’s MAGA motion with a number of distinguished far right-wing figures calling for him to keep away from getting the U.S. concerned in a brand new Center East battle.
