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  • 6/13/2025
Speaking to reporters at the White House, President Trump was asked about Israel and Iran.
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00:00I got a common sense on that.
00:01And my other question about the Middle East.
00:03As the Israelis apparently gear up for some kind of an attack, a possible attack on Iran,
00:09are you trying to talk Netanyahu out of doing that?
00:12Or are you so against Iran having a nuclear weapon that you're okay?
00:17He does his thing because it is not an American war.
00:21Yeah, it's a very fair question.
00:22Look, I want to have an agreement with Iran.
00:25We're fairly close to an agreement.
00:27We are fairly close to a pretty good agreement.
00:30It's got to be better than pretty good, though.
00:32But it's got to be, I'd much prefer an agreement.
00:35As long as I think there is an agreement, I don't want them going in because I think I would blow it.
00:40It might help it, actually, but it also could blow it.
00:44But we've had very good discussions with Iran.
00:47Whether or not we get there, I can't tell you.
00:49But it'll happen soon.
00:51I say this, Peter, very strongly.
00:53They can't have, whether it's going in or not going in, they can't have a nuclear weapon.
00:57And I'd prefer the more friendly path.
01:01And can you tell us what the Israelis told you that made you start to evacuate the dependents of servicemen and women who are stationed in the Middle East?
01:10They didn't tell me anything.
01:11But I said, look, there's a chance of massive conflict.
01:13We have a lot of American people in this area.
01:16And I said, we've got to tell them to get out because something could happen soon.
01:21And I don't want to be the one that didn't give any warning and missiles are flying into their buildings.
01:27It's possible.
01:28So I had to do it.
01:31You know, I had the choice.
01:33Do I do it or not?
01:34Doing it has its downside, but it also has its upside.
01:36Like, you're going to save a lot of lives if it should happen.
01:39Hopefully that doesn't happen.

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