'It's Really Simple': Trump Says 'Iran Can't Have A Nuclear Weapon' Amidst U.S.-Iran Talks

In his Oval Office meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, President Trump spoke about Iran.

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00:00Mr. President, there were reports that you waived off an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities.

00:06Can you comment on that? Is that accurate?

00:08And they say the attack is what?

00:10That you waived off an Israeli plan to attack Iranian nuclear facilities.

00:16I wouldn't say waived off. I'm not in a rush to do it, because I think that Iran has a chance to have a great country

00:22and to live happily without death, and I'd like to see that. That's my first option.

00:30If there's a second option, I think it would be very bad for Iran, and I think Iran is wanting to talk.

00:39I hope they're wanting to talk. It's going to be very good for them if they do,

00:43and I'd like to see Iran thrive in the future and do fantastically well.

00:48I know the Iranian people, they're incredible people, always have been very smart, very energetic, very successful people,

00:55and I don't want to do anything that's going to hurt anybody. I really don't.

01:01But Iran can't have a nuclear weapon. It's pretty simple. It's really simple.

01:06We're not looking to take their industry. We're not looking to take their land.

01:13All we're saying is you can't have a nuclear weapon.

01:16The deal that was made, the deal that was made with Obama, and that deal would have expired already.

01:22It was a terrible deal. It would have expired, and that gave them a clear path to a nuclear weapon.

01:29I wouldn't have accepted. That's why I terminated the deal. Number one, it was way too short.

01:33You know, when countries are involved, you don't make short-term deals. These are countries with long lives.

01:40And I terminated that, and it was a great termination because it didn't allow us to do anything.

01:46Once it terminated, you know what the deal was. It was a terrible deal. Really.

01:51One of many terrible deals made by the U.S.

01:53But no, I'd like to see Iran thrive, and they can do that, I think, very easily, or they can do it the other way.

02:04The other way is not going to be good for them. It's going to be really bad for them.