Trump won't say whether he will move forward with US strikes on Iran

Manila Bulletin

President Donald Trump would not say Wednesday whether he has decided to order a U.S. strike on Iran, a move that Tehran warned anew would be greeted with stiff retaliation if it happens.  Trump added that it’s not “too late” for Iran to give up its nuclear program as he continues to weigh direct U.S. involvement in Israel's military operations aimed at crushing Tehran's nuclear program.

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00:00I mean, you don't know that I'm going to even do it.

00:02You don't know. I may do it. I may not do it.

00:04I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do.

00:05I can tell you this, that Iran's got a lot of trouble.

00:10And they want to negotiate.

00:13And I said, why didn't you negotiate with me before all this death and destruction?

00:17Why didn't you negotiate?

00:18I said to the people, why didn't you negotiate with me two weeks ago?

00:22You could have done fine.

00:24You would have had a country.

00:26It's very sad to watch this.

00:28I mean, I've never, I've never seen anything like it.

00:31It's so, you know, everyone thought it was going to be the reverse.

00:33I didn't, I didn't think so.

00:35And I was telling them, you got to, you got to do something.

00:37You got to negotiate.

00:39And at the end, last minute, they said, no, we're not going to do that.

00:42And they got hit.

00:43Do you think it's too late?

00:46Nothing's too late.

00:47The only thing too late is Powell.

00:49Powell's too late. Too late Powell.

00:51Have the Iranians reached out to you, Mr. President?

00:54What?

00:54Have the Iranians reached out to you?

00:56Yes.

00:56And what did he say?

00:57I said, it's very late.

01:01You know?

01:02I said, it's very late to be talking.

01:05Mr. President, we may meet.

01:07It's, it's, I don't know.

01:10There's a big difference between now and a week ago, right?

01:13Big difference.

01:13I think he said, we may meet.

01:14He said, we may meet.

01:16Is this about Vance and Whitbrook possibly going to talk about it?

01:19It's about anybody.

01:21They even suggested they come to the White House.

01:23Nothing's finished until it's finished.

01:25You know, war is very complex.

01:27A lot of bad things can happen.

01:28A lot of turns are made.

01:30So, I don't know.

01:30I wouldn't say that we won anything yet.

01:33I would say that we sure as hell made a lot of progress.

01:37And we'll see.

01:38The next week is going to be very big.

01:40Maybe less than a week.

01:41Maybe less than a week.

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