U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his threat to use military force if the nuclear talks with Iran, which are set to begin this Saturday, fail. In that case, Israel would take a leading role, he added.
“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 said.
The comment made to reporters in the Oval Office is the first time he threatened Iran with Israeli strikes. However, he quickly added, “Nobody leads us. We do what we want to do.”
The summit planned on Saturday in the Sultanate of Oman will be the start of a process, Trump said while cautioning, “We have a little time, but we don’t have much time because we’re not going to let them have a nuclear weapon.”
“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.”
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